Vilagarcía
The seaport is located in Northwest Spain. It has direct access to the AP-9 motorway (Autoestrada do Atlántico) and the A-52 dual carriageway (Autovía da Rías Baixas), as well as its own recently extended rail connection which reaches all the quays and is linked to the national rail network. The modern Border Inspection Post (BIP) allows all kinds of goods to be inspected quickly. Its adaptability and flexibility, which allow it to meet the needs of its customers and users, as well as a business culture based on quality and respect for the environment, are two major features of this port. The port is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía (APV – Port Authority of Vilagarcía). 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.
Spain: Total port traffic Q1 2020 by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2020 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has published port authority cargo numbers for January-March 2020, showing that total...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports January 2020 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports January 2020 cargo figures by port authority. The state-owned Puertos del Estado...
Top Spanish cargo ports in 2019 – winners and losers
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2020 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has reported that the 46 ports of general interest in Spain handled 564,611,193...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports November 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports November 2019 cargo figures by port authority. Port Authority November ...
Vilagarcía port sets new annual cargo traffic record at end November, over 1.2 million tons
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) December 10, 2019 – By end-November this year, Vilagarcía port registered cargo traffic of 1,207,801 tons, compared to...
Puertos del Estado reports September 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 6, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports September 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...
Boluda Lines to attend Fruit Attraction Fair
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 15, 2019 – Boluda Lines, part of Boluda Corporación Marítima, will the attend Fruit Attraction fair taking place...
Puertos del Estado reports August 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 14, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Portos de Galicia invests €720,000 in aquaculture in Vilaxoán port
Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) August 29, 2019 – Portos de Galicia has invested almost €720,000 in two new dock lines with 19 berths for aquaculture...
Boluda starts new railway operation at Vilagarcía port
Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2019 – Boluda Corporación Marítima, concessionaire of the container terminal at Vilagarcía port, has carried...
Puertos del Estado reports February 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Spain’s Boluda launches Canary Islands-Galicia freight service
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Boluda Corporación Marítima has launched a new freight service between the Canary Islands...
Court confirms fine on Vilagarcía port for environmental rules violation
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – The Pontevedra administrative court has confirmed the sanction imposed by the Galicia regional government...
Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Vilagarcía port supports Compostela 2M21 project
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía (APV – Port Authority of Vilagarcía),...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...
Vilagarcía port sets a new traffic record of 1.2 million tons in 2018
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Vilagarcía port ended 2018, establishing, for the second consecutive year, an annual record of port...
Portos de Galicia presents promotional strategy at Fitur 2019
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2019 – The president of Portos de Galicia, José Juan Durán Hermida, has presented the organisation’s...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – November 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Spanish state ports to receive another €68.2 million of EU aid
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – Puertos del Estado has negotiated, as an intermediary body for European aid, with the Spanish Ministry of...