Government
News about the involvement of government in port activities. Includes government laws applicable to ports, state-owned ports including European Union issues with national government implications. Also includes inter-government meetings, agreements and visits of government officials.
OT Logistics ready to continue cooperation with Montenegro regarding the Bar port development
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – OT Logistics S.A. has received an official notification from Montenegro on the decision of the Council for...
Cyprus aims to boost maritime fleet in 2017
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) May 20, 2017 – Addressing the 28th annual general meeting of the Cyprus Shipping Chamber, Nicos Anastasiades said that the...
Spanish stevedores, employees to meet on May 22 to discuss sector reform
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Spanish stevedores’ trade unions and companies will hold their first meeting after the approval in...
Spanish government calls on trade unions to cancel strikes at ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Spanish Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Julio Gómez-Pomar, has called on stevedores to dismiss the call...
Spain prepares for OPE 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – The president of national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Jose Llorca, attended a meeting of the Joint...
EC says Spanish port reform decree complies with rules
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) said that the decree approved yesterday by the Spanish parliament to liberalise the...
Vigo port president says dock strikes affect entire Spanish economy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – In Vigo port, which has the largest group of stevedores in the region of Galicia, the consequences of the conflict...
Spanish dockworkers trade unions express readiness to negotiate
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade unions consider that the government is “giving” them a...
Spanish minister asks dockworkers for “common sense”
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Inigo de la Serna, today asked trade unions of dockers and employers for...
Spanish Congress ratifies stowage sector reform decree
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – The Spanish Congress of Deputies has ratified by a simple majority the royal decree of reform of the...
BPA comments on the EU GBER guidelines on state aids
London, United Kingdom (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – British Ports Association Chief Executive Richard Ballantyne has responded to the news that the...
Portuguese stevedores not to service ships diverted from Spain
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – After the Spanish government approved a decree for the reform of the stowage sector and trade unions announced...
Spanish parliament to discuss stowage sector reform on May 18
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – A new call for strikes in Spanish ports by the stowage trade unions has not had an impact, at the moment, on...
Poland’s OT Logistics places fresh bid for 30% stake in Luka Bar
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – The Montenegrin privatisation council said it has received a new and “more profitable” bid for the...
Basque Country, Valencia claim direct management of ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The governments of the autonomous regions of the Basque Country and Valencia have called on the central...
Spanish minister warns against consequences of dockworkers’ strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works Inigo de la Serna warned against the risks that the strikes of stevedores...
Greek state to keep control of some regional ports
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) May 14, 2017 – State sell-off fund TAIPED will retain control of 10 regional ports of international interest, with the aim...