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Tarragona

Tarragona is a port in Catalonia, Northeast Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. The port consists of a commercial and industrial port, several marinas, Tarragona Cruise Port and a fishing port. It is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona). 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.

Spanish ports total cargo traffic rises 2.6% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The total cargo traffic at Spanish ports rose by 2.61% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to 171.3...

Costa Crociere starts operating line from Tarragona

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope), June 3, 2017 – Italy-based Costa Crociere S.p.A. has started to operate from Tarragona port as a base port for a route that...

Tarragona port attends 25th edition of cereal industry meeting

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The president of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona), Josep Andreu, attended the 25th...

Tarragona port welcomes delegation of Ukraine’s USPA

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The president of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona), Josep Andreu, has received a...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – March 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports March 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Spain’s AEST representatives visit Tarragona port

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2017 – Representatives of the Association of Services Companies of Tarragona (AEST) visited Tarragona port to...

Tarragona port takes part in Transport Logistic fair

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – A delegation of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona) presented the intermodal transport...

Event – Transport Logistics – Munich, May 9-12, 2017

Munich, Germany (PortSEurope) May 3,2017 – “transport logistics” is the world’s leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and...

Puertos del Estado – Spanish ports offer solutions for all types of goods

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 30, 2017 – Too big, too heavy, too complicated? 62,743 linear metres for bulk cargo, 17,272 metres dedicated to ro-ro...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado aims to attract traffic at BreakBulk Europe 2017 Fair

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado and the main Spanish ports will participate in the BreakBulk...

Puertos del Estado – February 2017 cargo traffic by port

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Volkswagen starts using Tarragona port as hub in Spain

Tarragona, Spain, April 11, 2017 – German carmaker Volkswagen has recently started using Tarragona port as one of its three hubs in Spain, after...

Tarragona port to attract €62.8 million investment in capacity refurbishment

Tarragona, Spain, April 11, 2017 – Tarragona port expects to attract investments of €62.8 million ($66.5 million) this year to grow and refurbish its...

Tarragona port to diversify traffic from South America

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Tarragona port has participated for the eighth consecutive year in Intermodal South America event. Its...

Event – Intermodal South America – April 4-6, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ports Europe) April 5, 2017 – Intermodal South America is considered by executives of the industry as a strategic platform to do...

Puertos del Estado – January 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports January 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Israel’s Zim to introduce new network of transatlantic services in April

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – Israeli company Zim Integrated Shipping Services plans to introduce its new network of transatlantic...

Andalusia, Aragon jointly request state investment in Algeciras-Tarragona railway

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2017 – The presidents of the Spanish autonomous regions of Andalusia and Aragon have signed a cooperation...

La Rapita port to become basis of sea charters of Cruesa

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2017 – La Rapita port, located near Tarragona, will become the basis for the operation of sea charter trips by...

Catalan and Valencian businessmen support Mediterranean railway corridor

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Around 300 businessmen from Catalonia and Valencia met to defend the need to build the Mediterranean...

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