The PSOE of Fuerteventura demands a solution to port management that increases goods transport costs by 78%

Blas Acosta, general secretary of the PSOE of Fuerteventura, demands that the Government of the Canary Islands put an end to the management problem at the Port Authority of Las Palmas, which increases goods transport costs by 78% for the residents of Fuerteventura.

The general secretary of the PSOE of Fuerteventura, Blas Acosta, has denounced that the Government of the Canary Islands maintains "a problem that remains unsolved" at the Port Authority of Las Palmas, which is severely harming the island's economy. According to Acosta, majorero companies and families are paying up to 78% more in goods transport costs as a result of the management of the current president, Beatriz Calzada, proposed by the regional government.

Acosta has reminded that the presidency of the Port Authority of Las Palmas is directly proposed by the Government of the Canary Islands, which, in his opinion, used "the largest industrial engine of the province as a political springboard for a candidate for mayor of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria who has not even managed to be a candidate." The consequences, he adds, are being suffered by the companies and families of Fuerteventura.

The socialist leader explained that the main problem for the island is the president's inability to tender the reform of the PIF (Border Inspection Post) or the Schengen facilities at the port of Puerto del Rosario. This delay prevents the port from operating at full capacity and increases logistical costs.

In response to the idea, raised by some sectors, of segregating the ports of Puerto del Rosario and Arrecife from the Port Authority of Las Palmas to create a new state port authority, Acosta has been blunt: "Stop inventing and solve the problem." He believes that creating the 29th port authority in Spain (there are currently 28 managing 46 ports of general interest) would be an "operational absurdity."

For the PSOE of Fuerteventura, the logical trend from the perspective of port management and the economic development of the Canary Islands would be the opposite: the merger of the port authorities of Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife. However, Acosta acknowledges that "we all know that it is a political position without any current prospects."

The socialist leader has emphasized that the management problem at the Port Authority of Las Palmas can only be solved by the Government of the Canary Islands, which is the one that proposed Beatriz Calzada and who can propose her replacement to the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, according to the Consolidated Text of the Law on State Ports and Merchant Shipping.

In an ironic tone, Acosta has suggested that, "if we are going to invent instead of solve," the Government of the Canary Islands could consider handing over the management of the ports of Morro Jable and Corralejo, which depend on Canarian Ports, to State Ports. This way, at least, the two main maritime connections of Fuerteventura with Gran Canaria and Lanzarote could receive the investment they deserve.

Blas Acosta has insisted that the solution lies in a change in the presidency of the Port Authority of Las Palmas and has demanded that the Clavijo government act urgently to alleviate the economic pressure on the residents of Fuerteventura. "We cannot continue to pay the price for poor political management," he concluded.