Policing a fairer deal for seafarers
NewsThe British Government has published its Seafarers’ Wages Bill, following the scandal of P&O Ferries...
Labour clashes with Yilport in Huelva
NewsFollowing a strike warning issued by the port union Coordinadora de Trabajadores de los Puertos Andaluces at the end of May, it has now been...
HHLA and Eurogate put talks on hold
NewsIn light of the current geo-political situation and its uncertain impact, HHLA and Eurogate have agreed to delay their talks on cooperation ...
Continuing unrest in Montevideo
NewsPort union Supra and representatives from the Ministry of Labour have resumed talks regarding redundancies at port operator Montecon, which ...
People on the move – TOTE shuffles the pack
NewsTOTE promotions in Alaska and Puerto Rico trades; Crowley appoints “Chief People Officer;” new Board appointee for European inland navig...
OECD report criticizes Port of Rotterdam’s CER approach
NewsThe reasoning behind the Container Exchange Route (CER) in Rotterdam is taken to task by the OECD’s International Transport Forum (ITF)...
Spanish stevedoring rules in chaos
NewsLegal action brought by the State Association of Port Operating Companies (ASOPORT) against the IV Framework Agreement for the regulation of...
Rotterdam suspends autonomous transport for CER
NewsThe Rotterdam port authority has suspended its plan for autonomous transport on the Container Exchange Route (CER) currently under construct...
Strike call at HHLA service companies
NewsGerman trade union Ver.di called on the workers of HHLA’s subsidiary companies SCA and SCB to down tools for three days as of Tuesday, 2nd...
Hamburg facing industrial unrest
NewsNews that HHLA and Eurogate plan to cut around 500 jobs has increased social tensions in the German sea port of Hamburg...
Strike threat in Valencia over Navis N4
NewsStevedores at the Spanish Port of Valencia threatened to strike for a total of six discontinuous days, in protest at the use of the Navis N4...
Unions taste defeat in Rotterdam Dockers’ Clause shortsea/feeder ship dispute
NewsA Rotterdam court has turned down trade union demands for crew lashing/securing and unlashing on shortsea and feeder ships under 170m long t...
Lashings support for unions
NewsRotterdam city council has passed a motion calling on the city to pursue abolition of the Dockers’ 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...
Coronavirus absences paralyse work in Algeciras
NewsOn March 31, all handling activities at the port of Algeciras’ two container terminals ceased for six hours for want of sufficient dock wo...