He president of the Port of BarcelonaLluís Salvadó, has warned this Tuesday that the tax on port emissions from large ships prepared by the Generalitat can cause the “relocation” of cruise ship calls that would choose to go to other ports where they don’t have to pay. Salvador has warned that the creation of this tax, Which affects all ships, could cause the charge move to the roadswhen precisely the efforts are concentrating on the goods being transported by rail or maritime rail.
The person in charge of the port, who made these statements the day the 2022 resultshas assured that he intends to “integrate” all sensitivities and that the cruise business has a sustainable development and a good perception on the part of the citizenry, while betting on the infrastructure competitiveness.
Tarragona will also claim
The Port of Barcelona will present allegations to the environmental tax of the Generalitat, which will close on the 17th, with the will that it be “reconcilable” with the competitiveness of the Catalan ports. He has also advanced that the Port of Tarragona will claim as well.
“We have been committed since 2018 to very important investments with cleaner fuels and the transfer of cruise ships to Moll Adossat to keep emissions away from citizens”, recalled Salvadó in defense of cruise ships and assured that “hundreds of millions of euros have been invested to reduce intrusions and also emissions.
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He Govern works since 2021 in a tax on large vessels that call at the Port of Barcelona, an instrument that was already provided for in the Climate Change Law approved in Parliament in 2017.
Despite the efforts of numerous shipping companies to make their ships less polluting, the mayoress There is Colau He has reiterated on numerous occasions his opposition to the growth of cruise ships in the city. The Climate Action ‘counselor’Teresa Jordà, responded in the summer that they were already working on how to tax these stays.