Changes are under way in the business association representing the real economy at the Port of Las Palmas. The port sector in Gran Canaria is undergoing a rapid change at the top of the business leadership of the La Luz complex. Eduardo Álvarez Jubells has resigned as president of the Association of Ship Agents and Stevedores of Las Palmas (Asocelpa) for ethical reasons, stepping down from his role representing the employers’ association just nine months after taking office on December 3, 2025, as reported earlier Monday by Canariasenpleno.com. Carmen Moreno, the vice president, will assume the presidency until a new agreement is reached at a general assembly.
The reason is that he has left Albatros Inter Shipping. “He could have continued, but we understand that, in his view, he believed this was the most appropriate course of action, and we support him,” said a business owner in the ship-agency sector of the port’s historic employers’ association—the real one, alongside Oneport (Fecol). Meanwhile, the BOC published amendments to Cecapyme’s bylaws on Monday following the alleged financial chaos in which the organization was left after the departure “for personal reasons” of the current president of Fedeport.
Nine months in office at the century-old organization of the Port of La Luz
Álvarez’s resignation cuts short a term during which he had previously served as vice president and board member since December 2017. His appointment as chief executive followed Carmen Moreno’s tenure, during which she led the organization through celebrations marking its first centenary in 2025. The executive’s departure abruptly reopens the succession process at a historic employers’ association founded in 1925 that brings together 42 companies in the sector, representing more than 90% of the ship agents registered with the Port Authority of Las Palmas.
Defending the outermost region against the European regulatory framework
During his brief tenure, Álvarez focused Asocelpa’s priorities on preserving the Port of La Luz’s operational competitiveness in the face of the impact of European Union regulations on the outermost regions. The employers’ association’s roadmap called for a policy of competitive rates, coordinated planning between public administrations and businesses, and protection of the Gran Canaria port’s strategic position on the Middle Atlantic corridors, which handle an average of 15,000 port calls a year. The association’s board, made up of the province’s leading ship agents, will temporarily manage the organization in order to appoint a new president.
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