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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.

Puertos del Estado expects port cargo traffic to rise to 530 million tonnes in 2017

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has said he expects...

Algeciras port to carry out trade mission to Asia in November

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras), Singapore Shipping Association...

Spanish competition watchdog launches probe into docking companies, trade unions

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Spanish competition regulator Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has launched...

Algeciras port to invest €56 million in 2018

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has approved a draft business plan for...

Boluda incorporates new tugboat to fleet in Algeciras

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Boluda Towage and Salvage, the maritime towing and salvage division of Boluda Corporación Marítima, has...

Andalusia demands more infrastructure investments

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Andalusia regional government president Susana Díaz called on the central Spanish government to...

Costa Rican agricultural exporters visit Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – A delegation of companies from the agricultural export sector of Costa Rica and representatives of Costa...

Algeciras port cargo traffic declines 4.65% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 73.81 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2017, down 4.65% on...

France’s CMA CGM launches line linking Algeciras to South America

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM has announced the launch of a regular line connecting the east coast of...

Andalusian ports handle 4.2 million tonnes of fruits, vegetables in 2016

Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – The Andalusian ports, namely Almería, Algeciras Bay, Cádiz, Huelva, Málaga, Motril and Seville, handled a...

Algeciras port delays deadline for Isla Verde Exterior offers

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras) has postponed the deadline for the...

Raminatrans starts warehousing projects in four Spanish ports

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Spanish company Raminatrans S.L. is carrying out an ambitious project that includes the construction of...

Algeciras port dockworkers’ company names president

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – The dockworkers’ company of Algeciras port has appointed Javier Sáez González as president....

Hamburg Süd launches regular line connecting Mediterranean, Northern Europe, South America

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – German shipping company Hamburg Süd Group (Hamburg Süd-Gruppe) has presented a weekly service that links...

Spain’s Ardentia Marine starts removal of sunken ship at Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Spanish company Ardentia Marine S.R.L. has started the removal of the vessel ‘Panagia Parou’,...

Algeciras port cargo traffic rises 5.8% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 65.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 5.8% on the...

Puertos del Estado president says docking labour contract should meet rules

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president Jose Llorca Ortega has warned trade...

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