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Transcoma launches a full-scale challenge to Asocelpa, attacking the ‘paper agents’ and the ‘balcony police’ at Las Palmas port

Raquel Molina Betancor by Raquel Molina Betancor
4 August 2026
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Transcoma issues a full rejection of Asocelpa’s operations

The commercial director of Hamilton y Cía (Transcoma Group), Francisco González Sánchez, has tabled a motion of full rejection against the operations of the Association of Ship Agents and Stevedores of Las Palmas (Asocelpa). The long-standing agent company, a pioneer at the dock, openly questions the internal legitimacy of the employers’ group and categorically demands that it secure a seat on the board of the Port Authority of Las Palmas. In statements to Infopuertos, he also referred to the case involving the far-right stevedores. Without naming that interest group directly, he said: ‘Y aquí seguro que me van a matar— la liberalización de algunos servicios para abrir el puerto a la competitividad’.

For the Hamilton executive, it is not acceptable that the port’s institutional representation be tied up by structures that do not reflect the real volume of investment being handled at the docks. In statements to Infipuertos, he said the core issue behind Hamilton’s attack lies in the distribution of power within the employers’ group. González Sánchez denounces an equal voting system that penalizes structural operators in favor of firms with only a purely token presence.

“We are around forty-odd agents, and barely half a dozen are active members”

‘Estamos en torno a cuarenta y pocos consignatarios en el Puerto de Las Palmas y apenas media docena se acercan a Asocelpa como asociados activos. Creo firmemente en la necesidad de revisar nuestro pliego. ¿Sabe usted que en la actualidad existen consignatarios que atienden a menos de cuatro barcos al año, sin establecimiento portuario ni personal, y que su voto en las asambleas vale lo mismo que el de Hamilton, que invierte millones al año para atraer más armadores? Eso debemos, como mínimo, rebatirlo’.

For Hamilton’s management, the employers’ group cannot continue to serve as a shield for ‘paper agents’ while just six companies underpin the sector’s real activity. The demand is unequivocal: review the bid documents (pliegos), digitize management, and demand weighted representation. Only with that real leverage, they argue, can the agents’ return to the port’s top decision-making body be justified. ‘Deberíamos volver a tener una silla en el consejo de la Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas, donde se toman las decisiones que afectan de lleno a nuestro sector y a nuestra industria’.

‘Balcony police’ and media noise at La Luz

Transcoma’s executive’s war-cry is aimed not only at the inside of Asocelpa, but also at the dockside rumor mill that tries to splash doubt over the stability of the major logistics groups. In the face of comments about the operators’ financial health or changes to concessions (a Transcoma subsidiary is in administration in Barcelona over a debt of €50 million), the message to external critics is one of open contempt.

‘El puerto sale en prensa todos los días, incluso más que nuestra primera industria, pero parece que a algunos les gusta jugar con el puerto, lo que debería estar prohibido por ley […]. Deberíamos centrarnos más en crear oportunidades, en ayudar a nuestros jóvenes a incorporarse a un sector maravilloso que engancha a cualquiera que trabaja en él, y en ayudarnos entre las empresas, en lugar de estar todo el día hablando de si a este le va bien o a aquel le va mal. El puerto necesita ayuda y refuerzo positivo, no tanta ‘policía de balcón’.’

The article Transcoma launches a full-scale challenge to Asocelpa, attacking the ‘paper agents’ and the ‘balcony police’ at Las Palmas port was first published on canarymaritime.com.

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Raquel Molina Betancor

Raquel Molina Betancor

Raquel Molina Betancor is a veteran investigative journalist whose career has been defined by rigor, patience, and in-depth reporting on power structures, corruption, and institutional transparency. She trained in street reporting and court journalism and has collaborated with outlets such as Público, where she produced investigations and analytical pieces grounded in documentation, verified sources, and long-term judicial follow-up. A firm believer in journalism as a craft rather than a spectacle, her work focuses on exposing opaque administrative dynamics and telling uncomfortable stories with facts, context, and a healthy dose of well-aimed grit.

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