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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.

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...

Port of Vigo sees January growth exceed 2019 cargo

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2022 – The Port Authority of Vigo has reported that total traffic for the first month of the year amounted to...

Port of Vigo hosts the inaugural call of the first hybrid car carrier in the world,

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2022 – The Port of Vigo has received the inaugural call of the “Auto Advance”, the first hybrid car...

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...

Greek port of Igoumenitsa and Spain’s Vigo port renew their EcoPorts PERS certificates

Igoumenitsa, Greece (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – Greek port of Igoumenitsa and Spain’s Vigo port were certified through the EcoPorts’...

Port of Vigo plans shipbuilding facility

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – The Port Authority of Vigo is planning a tender to develop a shipbuilding and repair faciity to occupy a...

Port of Vigo forecasts record year for 2021

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2021 – The Port of Vigo has registered the best data in the last five years in terms of movement of cars, and...

Port of Vigo promotes the blue economy

The president of the Vigo Port Authority, Jesús Vázquez Almuiña, participated this morning in a Conference on the Future of Europe (COFE) that took place at...

Port of Vigo sees cargo traffic up over 9% in year to October

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – In the first ten months of 2021, the Galician port of Vigo handled 3.95 million tons, an increase of +...

Vigo Ship Repair relaunched in Galicia

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 18, 2021 – The Vigo Ship Repair platform has been relaunched by over 20 local companies, businesses and associations...

Xunta de Galicia aims to double the transport of goods by rail by 2030

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2021 – The Xunta de Galicia plans to double the transport of goods by rail before 2030 with the incorporation of...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – September 2021

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – In the month of September Spanish state ports handled 45.03 million tons of cargo, up +3.9% on September...

Vasco Shipping Services has started new services for COSCO Shipping to West Africa and USA

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – Vasco Shipping Services, a company belonging to the VASCO group, has started the commercialization of a...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – August 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – In the month of August Spanish state ports handled 48.53 million tons of cargo, up +0.7% on August...

Orange to install 5G into Port of Vigo

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2021 – Orange España is to install two innovative 5G communications systems in the Port of Vigo. The first is...

Terminales Atlánticas de Vigo is the new stevedore in the port of Vigo

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – Terminales Atlánticas Vigo (TAV) has started operations as the new stevedore providing port services and...

Port of Vigo reports improved first half cargo rise

Despite the uncertainty that the global health crisis continues to generate as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and other temporary problems such as the...

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