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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.

Port of Algeciras reports reduced traffic in first half of 2017

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2017 – Algeciras Port has registered a decline in activity in the first half of this year 2017. Total traffic...

Algeciras port shares experience with South Korea officials

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The managers of Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) met with representatives...

Spain fined €3 million by European Court of Justice over stevedore sector

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union’s Court of Justice has ordered Spain to pay a punitive fine of €3 million ($3.4...

Sines port to have railway link to Madrid long before Algeciras

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Sines port is one of the main beneficiaries of the isolation of the port of Algeciras from Madrid due to lack...

Algeciras port to join Silk Road conference in Ningbo, China

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Algeciras port will participate in the International Forum on Maritime Silk Road Port Cooperation in Ningbo,...

Spanish ship consignment firms to set up association of companies outside ANESCO

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The Spanish ship consignment sector has begun to work intensively in a short space of time to create a new...

Spanish docking strike had mixed implications – government offical

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The stowage strike carried out during three weeks last June was more harmful for some ports than for...

Puertos del Estado hopes for lowest possible fine for Spain

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca has said that he hopes that the...

Algeciras port generates 28,000 jobs

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Algeciras port generates more than 28,000 direct, indirect and induced jobs and €2.010 billion ($2.291...

Spanish government to ensure dockworkers sector agreement is legal

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Íñigo de la Serna, has said that the government will ensure that the...

Ceuta-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines in Jan-May 2017

Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Passenger traffic across the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has reached 645,000...

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

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports May 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

APM Terminals Algeciras receives award from Cádiz business community

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – APM Terminals Algeciras has received an award for its leadership in logistics management during the celebration...

Social Dialogue Committee for Ports meeting does not take place

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – Last March 1, 2017, the Social Dialogue for Ports meeting in Brussels was interrupted after IDC and ETF...

APM Terminals restarts operation of terminals in Barcelona, Algeciras

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – APM Terminals has restarted operations at its terminals in Barcelona and Algeciras after closing them for two...

Spanish dockers cancel strike, reach agreement with employers

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Spanish trade unions of dockworkers and the representatives of Anesco have reached an agreement this morning...

APM Terminals activity in Algeciras port blocked by cyber attack

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The cyber attack that has affected several international companies, including the Danish shipping company A.P....

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