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the Clúster Marítimo Español exhorts to give again competitiveness to the Spanish naval registry
the consistency of the national marine marine fleet would have to be three or four times advanced to that current one
September 25, 2017
The importance of the Spanish shipowning industry is very beneath of the economic weight of the nation in Europe. It has emphasized the president of the Clúster Marítimo Español (CME), Alejandro Aznar Sainz, taking part last week to the "7ª Jornada de Pensamiento held Naval" to Madrid near the Ministry of the Economy, industry and competitiveness.
"Spain - it has found Aznar - is the fifth Country of Gross Domestic Product European Economic Spazio in terms of, the quarter relatively to the harbour traffic, but we occupy the fourteenth place for fleet of national flag". Aznar has emphasized that the consistency of the marine fleet marine Spanish would have to be three or four times advanced to that current one.
The president of the Clúster Marítimo Español has specified that the problem mainly resides in the lack of competitiveness of the naval registry Spanish due to two factors: that of the job, because of the elevated expenses of assumption of the staff, and that administrative one, determined from the duplication of competences between different ministries and departments and caused also of the lack of uniformity of the regulations of the Independent Communities.
Aznar has exhorted to resolve these problems because - it has emphasized - this would allow an increase of the Spanish fleet consequently and an increase of the occupation.
The president of the CME has specified that another decisive factor is the creation of the Special Registry of the Canarian Islands, whose birth has given a positive impulse to the Spanish fleet, tendency that gives 2014 however has begun to invert itself.
Aznar has evidenced that "in the course of the last year and means the Spanish shipowners have signed contracts for the construction of eighteen ships, that it allows to preview for the first time that in next the two years the tonnage of the managed mercantile fleet from the Spanish companies of navigation will grow of about 27% exceeding at the end of 2019, from 1985, five the million tons of tonnage. Even if the majority of these ships is constructed in the Spanish yards - Aznar has denounced - a lot little fly national flag".
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The importance of the Spanish shipowning industry is very beneath of the economic weight of the nation in Europe. It has emphasized the president of the Clúster Marítimo Español (CME), Alejandro Aznar Sainz, taking part last week to the "7ª Jornada de Pensamiento held Naval" to Madrid near the Ministry of the Economy, industry and competitiveness.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
