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Gijón port traffic threatened by power plant closures

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Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 18, 2018 – The Spanish government anticipates the closure of thermal power plants will have an adverse effect on the traffic handled by Gijón port. The planned closures are due to a decarbonisation policy. The port could lose coal traffic of 6.7 million tonnes annually. Iberdrola, a Spanish public multinational electric utility…

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