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MALAGA PORT DOCKERS ARE DOWN THE SALARY TO COMPETE WITH TANGIER. Reduced by 30% AGREE TO ADJUST THE RATES OF SPRING CONTAINERS AND ATTRACT THE GOODS VESSELS MAERSK.
El tráfico de contenedores está prácticamente hundido. La crisis económica y la competencia de Tánger están ahogando al muelle 9, gestionado por la empresa Terminales del Sudeste (TDS), que ha movido un 50,7% menos de contenedores en este primer trimestre del año y respecto al mismo periodo del año pasado.La situación es tan grave que los 241 estibadores que trabajan en el Puerto han acordado reducir un 30% sus sueldos para abaratar costes y ofrecer unas tarifas de carga y descarga de contenedores que sean competitivas con las ofrecidas en Tánger. La apertura de este puerto norteafricano, con una millonaria inversión y unas tarifas cerca 40% cheaper than in Manchester, has attracted much of the Mediterranean transhipment traffic. The chairman of the dock company in Malaga, Salvador Benitez, said that container traffic "is not stable and change shipping companies for cheaper ports to reduce costs." To remedy this situation, Benitez says they are in negotiations with Dragados SPL, which operates the spring 9, "that you move to the shipping company Maersk a more competitive price and, if not similar to that offered Tangier is very close" . Maersk is the world's main shipping freight in containers and who serves with Dragados SPL Malaga facilities. However, during the last year Maersk has shifted much of its traffic to Tangier, where rates are up to 40% cheaper because of low labor costs. Hence the action taken by the stevedores to reduce his salary seek to limit the cost in the tarifas.Salvador Benitez admitted that 98% of current container traffic is transshipment Málaga, so that large ships left here their load to be picked up by smaller ones for transfer to the final destination. Benitez showed his confidence that this measure serves to restore the activity, which last year dropped by 20% and this year is on descenso.La 50.7% improvement in search fees "that we can pass the crisis and maintain the entire workforce of stevedores, which currently consists of 170 permanent and 71 temporary workers. They are currently conducting an average of 4-5 days of work per month, compared with 30 who came to register at specific times of the year some workers are suffering 2007.Estos temporary ERE from the January 2, so that between all share the little existing work "and pay the rest of it up with unemployment, but at least everyone has something," says committee chairman Benítez.El company said longshoremen to recover transfer traffic "will help us overcome crisis, "but you have to attract the market of import and export" that ensures a permanent traffic and create more jobs and trade. "Motion of IU. Moreover, the municipal group shall present IU next April 30 a motion requesting the Ministry of Works and the Junta de Andalucía to boost the underground train from the Port, the arrangement of the conventional line that passes through Alora and Antequera dry port to provide an infrastructure that make it attractive Málaga supply for use as a commercial port. IU spokesman, Pedro Moreno Brenes, stressed the need to strengthen this activity and provide an infrastructure to ensure the flow of goods. Of course not explain how.
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