Spanish dockworkers unions have called off the remaining days of the strike scheduled for March, 17, 20, 22 and 24, after the Congress rejected yesterday the new law on dock labour system reform suggested by the government. The lower house of Spain’s Parliament voted down the law, which now has a status of royal decree, […]
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Spanish ports’ strike on pause
Spain’s dockworkers unions called off the first two days of the 9-days strike scheduled for March, 6 and 8 and expect to continue negotiations with the government on the dock labour system reform. However, the action on March, 10 as well as those every Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the following two weeks are still scheduled. […]
OPDR and Boluda to develop container terminal in Seville
German short sea shipping line OPDR, part of the CMA CGM Group, and Spanish Boluda Corporación Marítima have started jointly operating the container terminal in the port of Seville, Spain’s only navigable river port located 52 nautical miles from the Atlantic Ocean. As announced in OPDR’s press release, OPDR, with the contribution of CMA Terminals, […]
Spanish dockers to start the largest strike since 1980s
Spanish ports face severe disruptions during March, as dockworkers plan to protest government reforms to allow ports to hire non-unionised labour. The Spanish government has been under pressure since December 2014, when the Court of Justice of the EU ruled that the country’s current dock labour system breaches the EU legislation on the freedom of […]
Noatum changes its corporate structure
Noatum, Spain’s leading company in port operations and logistics, has changed its corporate structure, announced the company’s press release. All non-container terminals in the ports of Santander, Sagunto, Málaga and Barcelona will be included in Noatum Maritime, whereas container terminals in Valencia, Bilbao and Las Palmas as well as the dry ports of Madrid and […]
Spanish container volumes up in 2016
The year 2016 Spain’s major ports have finished on a positive note, registering growth in their container traffic. Algeciras, that was overtaken by Valencia in 2015, now outperformed its rival and confirmed its status of the country’s largest container hub by generating throughput of 4.759 mln TEU, which is equivalent to an increase of 5.4% […]
Strategic alliance of Noatum and Algeposa in Sagunto, Spain
Spanish major terminal operator Noatum and Algeposa Group, one of Spain’s leading logistic operators, agreed to integrate the assets and teams of their companies functioning in the port of Sagunto, 25 km north of Valencia, announced yesterday’s press release of Noatum. The alliance of Logística Portuaria de Sagunto, S.A. and Noatum Terminal Polivalente Sagunto will result […]
New Container Terminal in Cadiz will get EUR 11.36 mln in 2017
The Cadiz Bay Port Authority (Cadiz, Spain) will invest EUR 20.7 mln in 2017 in various works, listed in the multiannual Investment Plan, as they have been approved in the corporate business plan for the next fiscal year by the Board of Directors which held its meeting this week, announces the Port Authority’s press release. […]
HMM to buy TTI Algeciras
Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) was chosen as preferred bidder in the sale of Total Terminals International Algeciras (TTI Algeciras) in Spain, one of the lucrative assets of Hanjin Shipping, says HMM’s press release dated Friday. TTI Algeciras operates the second largest (after APMT’s facility) container terminal in the port of Algeciras, Southern Spain. Its annual […]
Metro railcars from Spain to Colombia
Höegh Autoliners ships 60 railcars from Spain to Colombia for the expansion of the Medellin Metro network which will help to reduce the congestion of its 2.5 mln inhabitants, writes the company’s press release. Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF), a Spanish world leading manufacturer of rail cars with factories in Zaragona and Beasain, […]