Manuel Gracia and Luis Ibarra require the adaptation to the Community regulations for the regulation of the stew (Canary Ports)

Manuel Gracia, president of the Harbour Authority of Seville, and Luis Ibarra, his counterpart in Las Palmas, agree that the adaptation to the Community regulations for the regulation of the stuba is a "bull to be caught by the horns" as soon as possible."Once and for all, the next Spanish government will have to get wet in this matter, after so long a delay", has declared the highest president of the sevilan port, in its appearance before the media during the commercial mission to the Canary Islands to make known the logistical capabilities of the Port of Seville. Luis Ibarra, for his part, recalled that when he took office as president, the Sagep had in Las Palmas about 510 stowaways. Now we're going for 460. The excessive delay in decision-making to adapt European sector legislation to our country is affecting Las Palmas. "We have an oversized template, once the pelagic fishing discharge has been checked and that the initial MSC bet on the Opcsa terminal is not giving the desired fruits". Ibarra announced that Las Palmas could no longer wait for State Ports to resolve the matter. "Our objective is to mitigate the negative consequences of the current system. We have the possibility of agreeing on the pre-retirement of about 50 workers. I think we will be able to know the costs of what this may represent these days.", says Ibarra. Ports of the State has already been informed that the Harbour Authority of Las Palmas is ready to support the operation with an advance of the necessary money with a guarantee of the stowaway companies for the return of the money within a given time. "It's been a long time. Since December 2014, when the European Union resolution took place. Once we know the amount of the pre-retirement of those 50 workers we will give one week to make a decision. We want a staff of just over 400 scrubbers", concludes Luis Ibarra. It is estimated that this cost will be just under EUR 5 million.