Sweden-based terminal operator APM Terminals Gothenburg, has announced that it has signed an agreement with Adecco for the hiring of temporary personnel, reports the Marine Link. The hiring of the temporary workers will be to "address adhoc extra staffing needs at peak times" from the 1 October 2017 onwards. “The main work carried out at our container terminal will continue to be performed by our permanent staff. But this collaboration with Adecco enables us to increase reliability and flexibility during those times when we require extra staffing to handle our customer requests in a faster, more responsive, customized manner,” APM Terminals Gothenburg Managing Director, Henrik Kristensen, said. Niklas Evheden, Branch Manager at Adecco in Gothenburg also commented, “We have now started recruiting new personnel, and our aim is to work closely with the company to build up an effective staffing solution for them.”

APM Terminals Gothenburg has been involved until now in an arrangement known in Sweden as the Blixtsystem, in which additional personnel were shared with three other port facilities in Gothenburg. More than 300 people are currently employed temporarily on an hourly basis in the Blixtsystem.