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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.

TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...

Andalusian government insists on strategy to boost cruise tourism

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The Minister of Tourism the Andalusian regional government, Francisco Javier Fernández, explained that the...

Spanish ports face diversion of 34 ships during dock workers strike

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The strike of 48 consecutive hours called by dock workers ended on June 16 with a significant economic and...

Valencia port says loses €2 million due to strikes of dockworkers

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The first three days of strike in the stowage sector led to economic losses of more than €36 million ($40.2...

Spanish dock workers to stage more strikes

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Spanish dock workers trade unions decided to extend their strikes in the absence of progress in the...

Dockworkers strike causes diversion of 31 ships from top three Spanish ports

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado said a total of 31 ships have been diverted to other countries...

Spanish minister says government has no responsibility for dockworkers strike

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna said all the responsibility for the strikes of dockworkers is on...

France’s CMA CGM updates Euroaf3 service

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – French shipping company CMA CGM, in line with its intentions to further optimise its connections with Africa,...

Dockworkers strike causes total block of Spanish ports

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The 48-hour strike that Spanish dockworkers started at 0800 local time is causing a “total stop”...

Spanish trade union UGT calls strike of employees of state-owned ports, port authorities

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – Spanish trade union Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) has called on the employees of port authorities and...

Spanish dock workers employers ask competition watchdog for support

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The Spanish employers association in the stowage sector and trade unions ended their meeting without agreement...

Spanish dock workers to stage 48-hour strike as of June 14

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spanish dock workers plan to hold a 48-strike as of June 14 as they did not manage to reach an agreement in...

Spanish minister expresses dissatisfaction with dockworkers’ strike

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has said the decision of dockworkers to stage a 48-hour...

Spanish minister confident in positive outcome of dockworkers, employers meeting

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has expressed his confidence that the meeting between dock...

Algeciras port extends Cadiz container terminal bidding deadline to October 31

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has extended until October 31 the deadline...

Basque Country, Castile and Leon regions lobby for shorter Madrid-Bilbao port route

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Basque and Castile and Leon regional government officials have called on the central government to initiate a...

Spanish public works minister says companies to leave Spain due to dockworkers strike

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has called on trade unions to stop the strikes in the...

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