Adolfo Utor, chairman of the Spanish shipowners' association, is pleading with Madrid to protect owners from steep increases in port dues on cabotage trades. Utor, president of ferry operator Balearia, wants the current level of dues to be maintained because the country's coastal trading would become unviable if reforms to Spain's ports law sweep away discounts for local owners.rnAnave, the owners' association, has proposed an amendment to protect companies from market volatility when port tariff discounts are removed.
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