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Vigo

Vigo is a port in Galicia, Northwest Spain, and is Spain’s leading fishing port. Vigo is one of the largest and most important fishing ports in all of Europe and is known for its freezing and canning industry. It is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo (APV – Port Authority of Vigo). 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.

Galicia regional government ensures safety of Ribadeo port access road

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – Galicia regional government’s sea council, through Portos de Galicia, invested €200,000 ($234,768) in...

Vigo port aims to include four more ports to MoS with Nantes

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said that the...

Galicia extends maximum port concession term to 50 years

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – The validity of the concessions of ports in Galicia region is expected to rise to 50 from 30 years under the law...

Vigo is only Galician port to lose cargo traffic in H1 2017

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 11, 2017 – Vigo is the only port in the northern Spanish region of Galicia that lost traffic in the first half of the year....

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...

Vigo port calls tender for expansion of car silo at Bouzas terminal

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has called a tender for the expansion of the silo of vertical...

Vigo port completes remodelling of administrative offices

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – With the objective of improving the user experience and facilitating its accessibility, the port authority...

Maersk keeps reducing cargo traffic at Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – The president of the port of Vigo, Enrique López Veiga, attributes the negligible cargo traffic by Maersk in...

Vigo port to expand Bouzas ro-ro terminal capacity

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has decided to launch an ambitious plan, the construction of a...

Vigo port cargo traffic declines in June

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – The stowage strike, the transfer of Maersk’s operations to Marín port and the complications encountered by...

Vigo port says refrigeration facilities customers could face higher costs

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has informed the owners...

Vigo port promoted as benchmark for EU’s Blue Growth strategy

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Representatives of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) travelled to Brussels to promote the harbour...

Vigo port complains of EC bureaucracy

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Vigo was the first port in Europe to join the blue growth strategy launched by the European Commission (EC), a...

Vigo port cargo traffic rises 2% y/y in Jan-May 2017

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – Vigo port saw its cargo traffic in the first five months of 2017 decline by 2% on the year, while the most...

Vigo’s Barreras wins Ritz-Carlton luxury yacht contract

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Astillero Hijos de J. Barreras (HJB) has announced that it will construct a luxury cruise yacht for The...

Portos de Galicia’s investments boost cargo traffic in regional ports

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The cargo traffic of Galician regional ports, i.e. the harbours that are not controlled by the Spanish state, but...

Galicia region continues air quality monitoring project at Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The Department of Environment and Spatial Planning of Galicia regional government has started the second phase of...

Suardíaz strikes deal with dockworkers, avoids strikes at Vigo port

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish company Suardíaz, which operates the Vigo Motorway of the Sea, has reached an agreement with the workers...

Vigo seeks to attract cruise calls of UK-based companies

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Next year will be one of the poorest in the history of Vigo port in terms of cruise calls. To date, the list of...

Vigo port faces congestion risk due to dock workers strike

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has explained that the...

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