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 shipâ...
Barcelona teams with Novarium
NewsThe Port of Barcelona and a Québec-based innovation hub focused on the blue economy have formed a strategic partnership...
Swedish dockers refuse to handle Tesla cars
NewsThe action concerns the ports of Malmö, Södertälje, Gothenburg and Trelleborg and is likely to spread to other Swedish ports, and perhaps...
ILWU agree new USWC labour contract
NewsFinally, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), which represents over 22,000 employees at 29 US west coast ports, and the P...
Strikes threat for Gothenburg and Helsingborg
NewsThe Swedish Dockworkers’ Union has called for three days of strikes from 9 to 11 July in Gothenburg Ro-Ro Terminal and in the Port of Hels...
Hamburg at a standstill
NewsA 36-hour pilot boatmens’ strike has closed the Port of Hamburg to almost all vessels ...
Widespread strike hits South Africa transport
NewsTalks between South African transport utility Transnet and transport sector trades unions broke down on 6 October...
Strike at Exolgan halted by Argentina’s Ministry of Labour
NewsExolgan, the Dock Sud container terminal in Buenos Aires, was caught up in a “turf war” between two labour unions, but normal working ha...
Next step for SA terminal concessions
NewsTransnet has published shortlists of companies interested in jointly operating Pier 2 Container Terminal at Durban and Ngqura Container Term...
Industrial action under way in ports of Livorno and Piombino
NewsTen days of action are under way in the Tuscan ports, from 12 to 22 September, culminating in two 24 hour strikes...
Liverpool strike to go ahead
NewsA two-week strike will go ahead from 19 September at 06.00h. Unite the Union says it cannot accept Peel Ports’ offer of 7%, while Peel Por...
Strike threat in the German seaports lifted
NewsTrade union Ver.di and ZDS (the association of German sea port operators) have announced that they have finally reached a settlement, after ...
Felixstowe strike update
NewsPressure is growing on both sides to settle this damaging dispute, as shippers worry about further action when the "peak" season is underway...
Impending Felixstowe strike poses big challenge to supply chains
NewsThe impending strike at the UK’s biggest container port (more than 40% of national traffic) is expected to cause considerable disruption a...
Felixstowe dockers’ strike on the cards in August
NewsFelixstowe, the UK’s largest container port, is set to “come to a standstill next month,” says trade union Unite, after members overwh...