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Algeciras

The Port of Algeciras is the port and harbour of Algeciras, a city located in the province of Cádiz in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. It is a commercial, fishing and passenger port. The ports of Bahía de Algeciras and Tarifa ports are managed by Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras). Primarily a transshipment port, its position near the Strait of Gibraltar and key East-West shipping routes establishes it as one of the busiest transshipment hubs in the world. It competes with Tanger-Med for the local transshipment market. 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.

Ranking: leading Mediterranean and Black Sea TEU ports for the period 2005-2017

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2018 – Assoporti, the Italian ports association, has published full statistics for TEU traffic at leading Mediterranean...

Spanish ports’ cargo traffic rises in Jan-Feb 2018, backed by solid bulk, containers

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – At the end of the second month of 2018, Spanish ports accumulated a 6.86% growth in the total cargo traffic,...

Algeciras port starts trade mission to Costa Rica

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – Algeciras port has started in Costa Rica its first commercial action for the second quarter of 2018. The...

Algeciras port stowage company signs deal to improve harbour’s competitiveness 

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – The Algeciras port stowing company, Sociedad Anónima de Gestión de Estibadores Portuarios (SAGEP), has...

Puertos del Estado reports figures for fish landed at Spanish ports in January 2018

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – The state-owned authority for ports, Puertos del Estado, has reported fish landed by Spanish ports in...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – January 2018 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports January 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Algeciras, Seville ports to reinforce connectivity 

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (Seville port authority) president Manuel Gracia and his counterpart from...

2M alliance strengthens Mediterranean services 

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 2M alliance has announced the strengthening of its services in connections from Asia to Europe and the...

Algeciras port improves position on Drewry’s ranking

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – Algeciras port was the second in the world, just behind Singapore, by increasing its maritime connectivity...

Spanish multimodal cargo traffic declines in 2017

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – Multimodal sea and land transport grew by 3% in 2016, according to the annual report of the Observatory of...

Algeciras port handles largest container ship in Spain

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – The TTI container terminal of the port of Algeciras (Total Terminal International Algeciras SA), located in...

Cadena de Suministro comments on port-railway developments in Spain

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – In the second month of the year, Spanish ports and large logistics platforms continue to bet on the...

Spanish ports cargo traffic rises 7% in 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The 46 Spanish ports handled a total of 544.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, which represents an increase...

Spain’s Partido Popular proposes port digitalisation plan

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish ruling political party Partido Popular (PP) has proposed to the Congress a plan to promote the...

Spain to reduce port fees by 10%

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has announced that the government budget for 2017 includes a drop of...

Andalusia ports meet to plan 2018 cruise strategies

Motril Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – The Minister of Tourism and Sports, Francisco Javier Fernandez, met today in Seville with the heads of...

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

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

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