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Spanish terminalists are alarmed by the reduction in the volume of containerized traffic handled by national ports
AnESCO is calling for measures to increase the competitiveness of port ports
February 18, 2020
The associates of the ANESCO, who met today in Madrid, highlighted that if lower growth expectations national economy results in a worsening of forecasts of import and export traffic volumes, terminalists fear that Spanish ports will also be blamed reduction in transhipment traffic volumes, with a decline in containers that are transferred to ports by a ship another, because of the strong competition between shipping lanes International.
In addition to this, the terminalists have specified, take into account the significant investments that are made in the port infrastructure of neighbouring nations such as Portugal, Italy or Morocco, as well as the fact - pointed out ANESCO - that average operating costs are higher in Spanish terminals.
The association therefore stressed the need for improve the competitiveness of Spanish ports and, in this way, demanded a reduction in port taxes, an adequate participatory investment decision-making improving the intermodality, but also do not continue to increase financial pressure on businesses and improve the framework of working relationships.
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The associates of the ANESCO, who met today in Madrid, highlighted that if lower growth expectations national economy results in a worsening of forecasts of import and export traffic volumes, terminalists fear that Spanish ports will also be blamed reduction in transhipment traffic volumes, with a decline in containers that are transferred to ports by a ship another, because of the strong competition between shipping lanes International.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
