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Study on services in ports (II): cargo handling and passenger service

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The port system is of great importance for the transport of cargo and passengers nationally and internationally, with implications for consumers and all productive sectors. This study examines the cargo handling and the passenger port services in Spain in order to identify efficiency and competition issues and make recommendations for improvement. It is recommended, first, to promote a transparent, efficient and pro-competitive institutional and regulatory framework, to strengthen the calculation of maximum charges and transparency, to establish incentives for efficiency, to update the Specific Terms and Conditions and to consider creating an independent supervisor. Second, for the cargo handling, it is recommended to facilitate access to the profession, to promote efficiency in the provision of workers through a regime based on direct hiring or temporary employment of workers, to promote automation, to strengthen the efficiency of the PIFs and to promote more competition in concessions. Finally, it is recommended to propose guidelines on the different models of operation of the passenger service.

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  • Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC), 2025. "Study on services in ports (II): cargo handling and passenger service," Colección Estudios de Mercado E/CNMC/005/24_ENG, Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC).
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    • K23 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Regulated Industries and Administrative Law
    • L43 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Legal Monopolies and Regulation or Deregulation
    • L51 - Industrial Organization - - Regulation and Industrial Policy - - - Economics of Regulation
    • L92 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
    • R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General

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