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Taranto agreement Container Terminal - unions for the start of the Extraordinary Redundancy fund
It will interest the maximum number of 500 workers for the duration of 24 months
May 22, 2012

Yesterday the terminalista society Taranto Container Terminal Spa (TCT) of the port of Taranto has undersigned with the organizations unions the agreement, of which we publish the minutes, for the start of the Extraordinary Redundancy fund that will interest the maximum number of 500 working units (100 between the employees and pictures and 400 between the workers) to pass from on 28 May and for the duration of 24 months.

The subscription of the agreement last February involves the forfeiture of the procedure of mobility of 160 workers started in the course. In good substance - it has explained the Harbour Authority of Taranto - course to one of the engagements taken from TCT Spa with the subscription "of the General Agreement for the development of the containerized traffics" has been given. Exceeded problematic the occupational one - it has emphasized the agency - will be able to be given to course to all finally regarding other asset the infrastructural requalification for the development of the previewed containerized traffics from the agreement.

Moreover Port Authority apulian has evidenced "the sense of responsibility put in existence in the course of all the event from the labor organizations and the workers who never, under no circumstances, also in the more difficult moments, have put in existence activities that could prejudice the positive final solution".

The Harbour Authority and the city council member to the Policies of the job, professional training of the Province of Taranto, Luciano De Gregorio have shared the necessity to start confront on the requalification of the staff of the Taranto Container Terminal to increase, eventually, to the entire harbour within.


Province of Taranto
7° Field
Agency of the Job, Social Cooperation Professional training - Political Juvenile - Activity Charitable Associate

Service "Collective Controversies"

AGREEMENT MINUTES

Year 2012, day 21 of the May month, to hours 15,30 with the continuation, near the offices of the Province of Taranto - Field "Agency of the Job and F.P." - Service "Collective Controversies", sites in Taranto, to the Way Tirrenia n. 4, Managing of the Field - Dr. Angelo Raffaele BORGIA, to the presence of the City council member to the Job - Mr. Luciano DE GREGORIO and of Mr. Michele COVIELLO, In charge of the foretold service

let alone
of USUAL Dr. Roberto of the Territorial Direction of the Job of Taranto and Dr. Francesco ASH PUMPKIN - Secretary Generale of the Harbour Authority of Taranto,
they have met:
  • for the TARANTO CONTAINER S.p.A. TERMINAL: the Director Generale Mr. Bruce Coupland, Assistant manager Generale Alfred CHEN, Assistant manager Generale Captain Giancarlo Russo, Dr. Paolo Carozzini, dott.ssa Giuliana Palmieri, the Mr. Martino Albano, assisted from Dr. Giorgio Meschiari di Confindustria Taranto and from the Avv. Enrico Claudio Schiavone;
  • for the FILT CGIL: Mr. Oronzo Guilder - Secretary Generale;
  • for the FIT CISL: Mr. Nicola Resta - Secretary Generale and Mr. Cataldo Della Queva - Secretary of Field;
  • for UIL Transports: Mr. Franco Castellano - Secretary Generale and Mr. Carmelo Sasso - Secretary of Field;
  • RR.SS.UU: the Sigg.ri Antonio Dell ' Anna, Carmelo Sasso of UIL You transport; Cataldo Della Quev, Of Elia Cosimo of the FIT Cisl; Nicola Azzone, Alessandro Diala, Pietro Catapano of the FILT Cgil.
Object of the encounter is the former consultation art. 2 D.P.R. 218/2000 for participation C.I.G.S for restructure for n. 500 working units for the duration of 24 months.

Premised:
  • that the TARANTO CONTAINER TERMINAL spa has started a procedure of reduction of the staff with note of the 9/11/2011, according to the joint provision of the articles. 24, 4 (codicils 2°-12°) and 5 (codicils 1°-5°) L. 223/91, to the aim to face the situation of structural esubero for about n. 160 units, determined as a result of the crisis of the traffics and stabilizing of incompatible productive volumes with organic the business one;
  • that the procedure of reduction of the staff has beeed exhausted in date 24/2/2012 with minutes of lacked agreement in operations headquarters;
  • that on sollicitation of the Harbour Authority of Taranto, also to light of the supervened nomination of the President of the Authority which Commissioner Straordinario, the Parts have continued I confront for research purposes of solutions alternatives to the programmed reduction of the staff;
  • that near the Prime Minister's Office he has been undersigned, in date 26/04/2012, Agreement finalized to the development of the containerized traffics in the Port of Taranto and to the overcoming of the state of emergency environmental economic associate;
  • that the Society has also declared that therefore is emerged the opportunity to start a Plan of finalized investments on the restructure of the Terminal, coherent with the objectives of I throw again of the competitiveness of the port of call;
  • that the TARANTO CONTAINER TERMINAL spa, with note of the 4/5/2012 therefore has communicated the necessity of the resource to the Extraordinary Redundancy fund for business restructure for the maximum period allowed, functional with the aforesaid one Slowly of Investments, in forecast of the impact that the execution of the same one will have on the operativity of the Terminal and which instrument of connection to the reorganization and requalification of the interested force job;
  • that the TARANTO CONTAINER TERMINAL has declared of wanting to operate the resource to the Extraordinary Redundancy fund with participations of suspension weekly magazine generalized of the activity, that they will be able to involve the maximum number of 500 workers;
  • that the OO.SS take note of the plan of restructure illustrated from the Company, convene with the same one on the necessity that the flat saying performance is accompanied by a CIGS distance.

All that premised one, after deepened wide and, the Parts agree how much follows:
  1. the TARANTO CONTAINER S.p.A TERMINAL will introduce question of CIGS for business restructure, according to the law 223/91, art. 1 codicil 3, to make given from the 28/05/2012 and for the duration of 24 months;
  2. the CIGS will interest the maximum number of 500 working units, of which n. 100 between employees and pictures and n. 400 workers;
  3. the location of the workers to suspend, taken into consideration the purposes of the restructure process that will involve the entire business productive system, will be carried out with priority reference to the productive requirements technical;
  4. one will give rise to the spin of the fungible staff regarding the professionalities and duties, compatibly with the technical-productive and organizational requirements;
  5. in case of operating requirements the Company, with the observance of the term of warning of 24 hours, will recall in service the staff in CIGS;
  6. for the working positions object of spin and/or callback in activity, the staff whom it does not have lend working activity for disease effect will be riprogammato in CIGS until the exhaustion of already the individually defined period of suspension;
  7. in case of bendings of the operating activity the Company, with the observance of the term of warning of 12 hours, will suspend the programmed workers in service ulteriorly exceeding regarding the number of the suspensions already in existence;
  8. the performance than established to the precedence points 5) and 7) will be object of confronts with RR.SS.UU. ;
  9. as a result of the participation of CIGS, will be started professional training program, through finalized distances on the development of the competences that will altogether interest a not inferior number to 30% of the staff in CIGS;
  10. the Society will formulate demanded of direct payment of the wage treatment of integration for staff suspended, in consideration of the index of running liquidity that the Society declares to be inferior to 1. On request of the OO.SS priority it will be verified the possibility and/or admissibility of the payment to balancing for the first two months. Subordinately and in via alternative, in the blackberries of the emanation of the autorizzativo provision, the Society is engaged to correspond, for a reason or purpose of advance on the matured T.F.R and maturing - in the limits of individual capacity and the availability of the credit, an advance pairs to the treatment of CIGS for the maximum period of 2 months;
  11. the Company will supply to RR.SS.UU. informative in order to the suspended staff and the criteria used in case of spin. On request of RR.SS.UU. procedures of trade-union consultation will be activated;
  12. with reference to the procedure of reduction of the staff already defined with lacked agreement the 24/2/2012, the parts convene, in today's date, how much follows:
    - the positioning in mobility on the escort of the exclusive criterion of not the opposition to the lay-off, in the limits characterized from the communication of start of the procedure, to be offended by the workers interested within the terms of law.
  13. the parts are acknowledged of the happened accomplishment of the procedure for the demand for CIGS in the respect of the enforced norm and times will meet to valley of the start of the procedure for the definition of understandings to throw again of the activity of the terminal in matter of productivity, organization of the job and verification of the presence coefficients;
  14. the parts convene to meet, every quarterly, to the aims of the verification of the performance of the restructure plan and of the performance and management of agreement anticipates.
With it anticipates oral of intente agreement positively defined the procedure of trade-union consultation of which to art. 2 - D.P.R. 218/2000.

Bed, confirmed and undersigned, to hours 20,45.



The Society


The OO.SS.


The Harbour Authority


The Territorial Direction of Lavoro


The Province
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Valencia
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Genoa
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PORTS
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Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
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Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
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DATABASE
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ForwardersShip Suppliers
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MEETINGS
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Genoa
It is organized by the Casa America ETS Foundation and the Western Liguria Port Authority
The Federagenti assembly will be held in Civitavecchia on July 3rd.
Rome
Pessina: We will not discuss regulations, community relations, or the pursuit of theories and bureaucracy, but rather the challenges of Italian port infrastructure.
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PRESS REVIEW
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(Bernama)
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Trieste
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Over 770 kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Vado Ligure
Savona
Once released on the market, the drug would have ensured criminal organizations profits of 250 million euros.
Wärtsilä records sharp increase in new order value in second quarter
Helsinki
Net turnover decreased by -2%
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean to build six 13,000 TEU dual-fuel containerships
Keelung
Contract valued at over $1.2 billion
The toll of attacks on ships in the Black Sea worsens
Odessa
Ten dead on board a ship leaving the port of Odessa
Today a new attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
The product tanker Kavomaleas of the Greek company Dynacom Tankers Management caught fire
Confitarma disappointed by the Commission's proposal to revise the EU ETS
Rome
Zanetti: The notable absentee is the competitiveness of the Italian and European shipping industry.
ALIS: Commission's proposals on the EU ETS are positive, but serious issues remain.
Rome
MIT adopts cold ironing guidelines
Rome
The aim is to ensure clear, uniform and transparent criteria for all Port System Authorities.
In the first half of the year, cruise traffic at GPH port terminals grew by +10.1%
Istanbul
In the second quarter alone the increase was +2.8%
Western Liguria Port Authority approves 2026 budget update
Genoa
Assiterminal clarifies its doubts about the responsibilities assigned to Porti d'Italia Spa.
Genoa
ABB buys British Rotork
Zurich/London
The Bath-based company specializes in flow control and industrial automation.
Central Adriatic Port Authority refinances €100 million from the Infrastructure Decree
Ancona
The funds concern seven strategic interventions of the port system
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles increased by 3.4% in the first half of 2026.
Los Angeles
In the second quarter, growth was +11.5%
IMO and ITF call for an end to attacks on seafarers and transport workers
London
Resurgence of incidents in the Black Sea, Sea of Azov and the Strait of Hormuz region
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 0.2% in the second quarter of 2026.
Hong Kong
An increase of +6.5% was recorded in June
Uiltrasporti is strongly opposed to the establishment of Porti d'Italia Spa
Rome
Verzari and Gulli: the AdSPs must be coordinated by a public body that can protect port workers
CMPort sets new monthly, quarterly and half-yearly container traffic records
Hong Kong
In the first half of 2026, 78.3 million were moved (+4.6%)
In the first half of this year, the port of Singapore handled 22.7 million containers (+4.7%)
Singapore
Historic record for half-year bunker sales
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach increased by 10.3% in the second quarter.
Long Beach
Growth of +1.7% was recorded in the first half of 2026
The new board of directors of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane has been appointed.
Rome
Tommaso Tanzilli confirmed as president. Gianpiero Strisciuglio is the new CEO.
Port of Gioia Tauro: tender launched for completion of dredging activities
Gioia Tauro
The expected duration of the contract is 60 days
In the first half of 2026, cargo traffic in Turkish ports was 279.1 million tonnes (+1.5%)
Ankara
Cargoes with Italy alone amounted to 23.4 million tons (-2.5%)
The first steel cutting of the Carnival Destiny cruise ship.
Monfalcone
Fincantieri and Carnival celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of their collaboration
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