Malaga''s port labour company, SEMA, is to introduce short time working, which will affect 72 of its 180 stevedores. This is the result of a decision by Maersk to substantially reduce the amount of containers it handles in the port.
Currently, the overwhelming majority of Malaga's container traffic is generated by this shipping line. In 2009, throughput dropped by 32% to 290,000 teu, where it remained in 2010.