Business
Cordoba pier returns a quiet weekend
The cordon held; the brokers grumbled; the Proprietor visited the pier office without comment.
By By V. Aldama·2 min read
Continued — see The Thread: estrella-quarantine →
The Cordoba pier passed Saturday under the cordon it has worn since Tuesday. Stevedores at berths three through six worked the ordinary Mediterranean traffic; the Estrella de Llevant remained at berth seven, the Estrella de Poniente at the outer mooring. The Harbour Authority's refiling requirement on corridor cargoes has produced, by the Authority's own count, a forty per cent rise in paperwork and a corresponding drop in temper among the brokers along the Moll Vell.
Don Cordoba was seen at the pier office on Saturday afternoon in the company of two members of the Chamber of Commerce. The estate has not responded to a request for comment on the visit. The Proprietor has, this week, asked through these pages and others for clarity on the reserve and stability on the tariff; on the quarantine itself, the Cordoba office has been correct and brief, deferring to the Sanitation Council.
The brokers, less correct and less brief, are losing patience. A weekend at eighteen-per-cent surcharges and refiling requirements is a weekend in which someone, somewhere, decides that next quarter's contract goes to a different port. The Authority knows this. So does the estate.
