ITF wants action over Jakarta
NewsThe anti-trade union stance in Indonesia’s ports industry is increasingly being taken up by dockworkers in other countries as an issue tha...
Emergency action in Lisbon
NewsThe government has intervened in order to ensure that minimum shipping services can continue to operate between the mainland and the Atlanti...
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 Workers’ Federation (ITF) to redefine c...
Autonomous trucks for Maasvlaktes’ internal Container Exchange Route
NewsThe Container Exchange Route (CER) on the Rotterdam Maasvlaktes will be operated with transponder-guided autonomous trucks and chassis...
Tariff increase for Tema
NewsThe government of Ghana has agreed to big increases in tariffs at the port of Tema to allow operator Meridian Port Services (MPS) to recoup ...
Rotterdam – Steinweg to close down Uniport terminal
NewsUniport, the last remaining deepsea container terminal in the Rotterdam city area, is to be closed down, as business falls below a viable le...
Trams for urban freight
NewsIn Germany, the confessional trade union association (CGB - Christlicher Gewerkschafts Bund CGB) has called upon the city state of Bremen’...
Tug dispute obstructing Amsterdam shipping
NewsShipping in Amsterdam has again sustained serious delays, as Svitzer harbour tugs remained moored on Good Friday overnight following the fou...
DB Cargo/Maritime – TSSA union to ballot members
NewsTSSA is to ballot all its members at DB Cargo UK after what it calls "a complete breakdown in industrial relations" and concerns about the a...
National strike in Belgium
NewsShipping and transport in Belgium, along with public life in general, was seriously affected on Wednesday 13 February by a one-day national ...
Rotterdam Short Sea Terminals stoppage
NewsRotterdam Short Sea Terminals will be hit a four-hour work stoppage from Wednesday 23rd January 12.30 hours CET...
Dutch dockers rally over retirement age
NewsOn Thursday, 13th December, Rotterdam Maasvlakte will be the venue for the kick-off of a national campaign by the Dutch dockers’ union FNV...
Strike disrupts Port of Durban
NewsThe non-recognised Revolutionary Transport Union of South Africa (RETUSA) has - for the second time this year - blockaded road access to the...
Hamburg’s Steinwerder plans face more grief
NewsNorbert Paulsen, who heads the Works Council at HHLA, Hamburg’s biggest operator, has come out strongly against the port’s latest projec...
Grimaldi signs for six hybrid ro-ros
NewsGrimaldi 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 ...