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.
Spanish government is willing to negotiate on stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Spain’s government is willing to give more time to negotiate on the reform of the stowage sector and to...
Spanish trade unions call off strike on Mar 6, 8
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers’ trade unions have called off the first two days of the strike planned, out of...
Spanish dockworkers present reform concerns to European Parliament
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – A group of dockers today presented to the European Parliament (EP) their concerns about the hiring...
Maersk to divert ships from Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – Danish shipping company Maersk Line announced that it has designed a contingency plan to divert ships to...
Leixoes port to benefit from Spanish dockworker strikes
Leixoes, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – What for some is a problem, is an opportunity for others. This is how the port of Leixoes, in the north...
ANESCO calls on unions to ignore strike in stowage sector
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The Spanish National Association of Stevedoring and Ship Consignment Companies (Asociación Nacional de...
Spain’s Sevasa says trade unions cause severe damage on Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring company Sevasa has warned against the severe damage that the opposition of trade...
Interest in Thessaloniki port privatisation lessens
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – There have been reports that companies previously interested in operating Thessaloniki port, as...
Russia’s NCSP ready to start antimonopoly regulator talks
Novorossiysk, Russia (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Russian port operator Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) is ready to reach an agreement with...
Montenegro to connect Bar port to TEN-T
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The Montenegrin government aims to connect the country to the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) by...
Portugal to boost port contribution to economy
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Portuguese Minister of the Sea Ana Paula Vittorino said that the country aims to double the stake of the...
Regulators signed cooperation deals for Mediterranean, Atlantic transport corridors
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Spanish anti-trust authority Comisión Nacional de Mercado y Competencia (CNMC) signed a cooperation...
Montenegro to complete talks for sale of Luka Bar in March
Bar, Montenegro (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – Montenegrin government expects to complete the talks for the sale of 30% state-owned stake in port...
Andalusia government warns against negative consequences from stowage reform
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – The vice president of Andalusia regional government, Manuel Jimenez Barrios, has warned against the...
EU Commission proposes multi-annual plan for small pelagic stocks in the Adriatic
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 24, 2017 – Today the Commission adopted a proposal for a multi-annual plan for the management of small pelagic...
Spanish Public Works Minister urges trade unions, employers to negotiate
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Inigo de la Serna, has called on employers and stevedores unions to...
Hutchison Ports to start working in Chernomorsk port in June or July
Chernomorsk, Ukraine (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – One of the world’s largest port operators, Hutchison Ports, can start work in...