Balearic shipping lines keep 50% port fee discount
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Across the Balearic Islands, shipping lines pay half of certain port fees on regular services to ports run by the regional government from 1 July to 30 September 2026. Professional fishing boats based at those ports pay no fees for fresh fish, storage, water or electricity over the same period. The Balearic Islands government confirmed the extension on Friday, 16 October, spokesperson Antoni Costa said.
The cuts first applied from 1 April to 30 June. They are intended to ease higher energy, transport and supply costs for shipping companies and fishers. Costa said those pressures remain, and that July to September accounts for a significant share of the islands’ maritime and port activity.
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com