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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.

In the first two months of 2022, the Port of Tarragona handled 5.47 million tons of cargo, up 10.7%

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 29, 2022 – In the first two months of 2022, the Port of Tarragona handled 5,477,277 tons of cargo, up 10.7% compared...

Port of Tarragona to tender railway management operations

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – The Port Authority of Tarragona (APT) has opened a tender for a technical assistance contract for the...

EU steps to massively reduce Russian energy imports will have implications for its ports

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 9, 2022 – Yesterday, the European Commission proposed an outline of a plan to make Europe...

Port of Tarragona handled 2.98 million tons of cargo in January, growth of +19.9%

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2022 – The Port of Tarragona handled 2.98 million tons of cargo in January 2022, growth of +19.9% ​​compared...

Port of Tarragona recorded total cargo of 2.99 million tons in January 2022, up +19.8%

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2022 – The Port of Tarragona recorded total cargo of 2.99 million tons in January 2022, up +19.8% on the...

Spain: State ports handle 46.6 million tons of cargo in January 2022, +9.8%

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 24, 2022 – In the first month of 2022, Spain’s state-owned ports handle a total of 46.67 million tons (mt) of...

Ports of Tarragona and Barcelona hold a working meeting to close shared strategic issues

This Wednesday, February 9, the ports of Tarragona and Barcelona held a working meeting to discuss various issues of common interest and establish lines of...

Spain’s top performing cargo ports in 2021 – ranking

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – The 46 Spanish, state-managed ports handled 544.53 million tons in 2021, up +5.6% compared to 515.57...

Port Tarragona SEA has grown by 37% in the last three months of operation

Sistema d’Entregues d’Agroalimentaris (SEA – Agri-bulk Delivery System) has seen a 37% increase in usage in the last three months. This is a...

Volkswagen Navarra distributed 1,619 vehicles through the Port of Tarragona in 2021

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2022 – The German automobile company Volkswagen (ETR: VOW3) transported 1,619 vehicles in 2021 from its...

GPH to transform the cruise experience in Tarragona with a new sustainable terminal

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – Global Ports Holding Plc (LON: GPH) has been awarded a 12-year concession, with a 6-year extension...

Port of Tarragona starts its first regular multi-client railway route

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – The Port of Tarragona has started this Thursday the first regular multi-customer railway service TECO...

Noatum increases its fleet of mobile cranes in three of its terminals in Spain

Noatum, through its subsidiary Noatum Terminals, dedicated to the management of port concessions and infrastructures and after obtaining the approval of the...

Combi Terminal Catalonia seeks to expand Port of Tarragona concession

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 14, 2022 – Combi Terminal Catalonia (CTC) has asked the Port of Tarragona for a concession of 129,882 m² in the...

Noatum plans to expand Port of Tarragona concession

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 7, 2022 – Concessionaire Noatum Terminal has applied to the Port Authority of Tarragona for the occupation of an...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – November 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – In the month of November 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 45.75 million tons of cargo, compared...

Port of Tarragona sees improved November cargo statistics

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – The Port of Tarragona continues its upward trend during the month of November with monthly and...

Port of Tarragona sees November traffic up over 13%

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2021 – The Port of Tarragona ended November with an increase of 13.1% over the same month of 2020. With the...

Ership adds a new crane in its facilities in Port of Tarragona

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2021 – The company Ership has added a new crane in its facilities in the Port of Tarragona, the seventh such...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – October 2021

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 26, 2021 – In the month of October 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 47.26 million tons of cargo, compared...

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