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Felixstowe strike update

News23 Aug 2022

Pressure is growing on both sides to settle this damaging dispute, as shippers worry about further action when the "peak" season is underway...

News13 Oct 2021

The reasoning behind the Container Exchange Route (CER) in Rotterdam is taken to task by the OECD’s International Transport Forum (ITF)...

News12 May 2021

The Rotterdam port authority has suspended its plan for autonomous transport on the Container Exchange Route (CER) currently under construct...

News22 Jul 2020

Rotterdam city council has passed a motion calling on the city to pursue abolition of the Dockers’ Clause exemption for seafarers on ships...

News10 Jun 2020

Six European shortsea and feeder ship operators have filed an official complaint with the European Commission, claiming that International T...

News23 Mar 2020

The anti-trade union stance in Indonesia’s ports industry is increasingly being taken up by dockworkers in other countries as an issue tha...

News31 Dec 2019

European shortsea and feeder ship operators are challenging efforts by the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) to redefine c...

News28 Nov 2019

The Container Exchange Route (CER) on the Rotterdam Maasvlaktes will be operated with transponder-guided autonomous trucks and chassis...

News28 Oct 2019

Uniport, the last remaining deepsea container terminal in the Rotterdam city area, is to be closed down, as business falls below a viable le...

News23 Apr 2019

Shipping in Amsterdam has again sustained serious delays, as Svitzer harbour tugs remained moored on Good Friday overnight following the fou...

News23 Jan 2019

Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals will be hit a four-hour work stoppage from Wednesday 23rd January 12.30 hours CET...

News8 Dec 2018

On Thursday, 13th December, Rotterdam Maasvlakte will be the venue for the kick-off of a national campaign by the Dutch dockers’ union FNV...

News29 Apr 2018

Grimaldi signs for six hybrid ro-ros worth US$400M in China; Stena RoRo has signed a contract for newbuild for long-term charter to DFDS; P ...

News5 Feb 2018

Dutch transport trade union FNV Havens reports that a labour deal has been struck with dry bulk stevedores Ovet of Flushing (Vlissingen) and...

News31 Jan 2018

Dutch transport trade union FNV Havens has issued dry bulk stevedore Ovet, operating terminals in Vlissingen (Flushing) and Terneuzen, with ...