Algeciras
The Port of Algeciras is the port and harbour of Algeciras, a city located in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is a commercial, fishing and passenger port. The ports of Bahía de Algeciras and Tarifa ports are managed by Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras). Primarily a transshipment port, its position near the Strait of Gibraltar and key East-West shipping routes establishes it as one of the busiest transshipment hubs in the world. It competes with Tanger-Med for the local transshipment market. State ports are managed by Puertos del Estado which executes port policy of the government; made up of 28 port authorities that manage the 46 ports.
Third container terminal at Algeciras port goes out to public international tender
Algeciras, spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (the Port Authority of the Bay of...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – June 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports June 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Spanish ports can book record-high cargo traffic in 2017 despite strikes of dockers
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – The selective stoppages of stevedores have been felt in the traffic of the main Spanish ports although very...
Andalusia ports cargo traffic falls 4.3% y/y in H1 2017
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – Traffic in Andalusian ports has fallen 4.3% to 73.39 million tonnes in the first half of the year. Algeciras...
Gibraltar beaches not affected by Algeciras port oil spill
Gibraltar (Ports Europe) July 30, 2017 – On July 30, a barge operating in the port of Algeciras caused an oil spill on Saturday after a mechanical...
Baleària reinforces links to North Africa
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Baleària has reinforced the services that connect with north Africa, both in terms of...
Barcelona and Valencia join forces over Mediterranean Corridor
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The Mayor of Barcelona, Ada Colau, and the Mayor of Valencia, Joan Ribó, met last month to sign a joint...
Spanish interport fund to pay €37.55 million to 28 port authorities
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Spanish interport compensation fund (Fondo de Compensación Interportuaria) will provide a funding worth...
Port of Algeciras reports reduced traffic in first half of 2017
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2017 – Algeciras Port has registered a decline in activity in the first half of this year 2017. Total traffic...
Algeciras port shares experience with South Korea officials
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The managers of Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) met with representatives...
Spain fined €3 million by European Court of Justice over stevedore sector
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union’s Court of Justice has ordered Spain to pay a punitive fine of €3 million ($3.4...
Sines port to have railway link to Madrid long before Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Sines port is one of the main beneficiaries of the isolation of the port of Algeciras from Madrid due to lack...
Algeciras port to join Silk Road conference in Ningbo, China
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Algeciras port will participate in the International Forum on Maritime Silk Road Port Cooperation in Ningbo,...
Spanish ship consignment firms to set up association of companies outside ANESCO
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The Spanish ship consignment sector has begun to work intensively in a short space of time to create a new...
Spanish docking strike had mixed implications – government offical
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The stowage strike carried out during three weeks last June was more harmful for some ports than for...
CMA CGM launches service connecting Algeciras port to Africa
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – CMA CGM has announced the launch of its new Wazzan II service connecting the port of Algeciras with Morocco in...
Puertos del Estado hopes for lowest possible fine for Spain
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca has said that he hopes that the...
Algeciras port generates 28,000 jobs
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Algeciras port generates more than 28,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs and €2.010 billion ($2.291...
Spanish government to ensure dockworkers sector agreement is legal
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Íñigo de la Serna, has said that the government will ensure that the...
Ceuta-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines in Jan-May 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Passenger traffic across the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has reached 645,000...