Houthis continue their attacks on ships
NewsThe attack on the UK-registered and Belize-flagged general cargo ship RUBYMAR on 18 February reveals that the crisis in the Red Sea is far f...
Cosco lashing row at Hamburg Tollerort
NewsA feeder vessel due to arrive at Hamburg Tollerort terminal today from a port in the Eastern Baltic will be lashed and unlashed by the shipā...
Lashings support for unions
NewsRotterdam city council has passed a motion calling on the city to pursue abolition of the Dockersā€™ Clause exemption for seafarers on ships...
European shortsea – docker’s lashing clause challenged
NewsSix European shortsea and feeder ship operators have filed an official complaint with the European Commission, claiming that International T...
ITF wants action over Jakarta
NewsThe anti-trade union stance in Indonesiaā€™s ports industry is increasingly being taken up by dockworkers in other countries as an issue tha...
Lashings – European shortsea and feeder lines challenge legality of Dockers’ Clause extension
NewsEuropean shortsea and feeder ship operators are challenging efforts by the International Transport Workersā€™ Federation (ITF) to redefine c...
Dockers secure lashing rights
NewsThe International Transport Workersā€™ Federation met with representatives of maritime employers in the Joint Negotiating Group and agreed a...
ITF wages war on ICTSI
NewsThe dispute in Melbourne goes well beyond issues the Maritime Union of Australia has with ICTSI over conditions at Victoria International Co...
ICTSI fires back
NewsAfter being denounced by the ITF as being responsible for labour rights violations at terminals around the world, ICTSI defends its record i...
ITF targets DP World
NewsITF makes "raising global standards at DP World a priority." The transport workers' union confederation is also stepping up its rhetoric aga...
Levi Jeans in the wrong spotlight
NewsThe International Labour Organisation (ILO) is to investigate the Malagasy government over the dismissal of 43 employees at the Madagasque P...
Strike call in Spain
NewsSpain has backed down under EU pressure and adopted a Royal Decree to reform its SAGEP stevedoring structure following a vote in Parliament,...
Defiant Spain rocks Europe
NewsThe Spanish Parliament has voted down reforms to dock worker regulations demanded by Europe...
A lashing for Unifeeder
NewsUnifeeder faces a dockworkers' protest at its Aarhus, Denmark heaquarters, this Friday, 2nd December over lashing arrangements...
Social peace in Gdansk
NewsPolish affiliated Dockersā€™ union Solidarnosc has signed a collective bargaining agreement with Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk...