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The Port of Cádiz Bay is a port facility in Cadiz Bay serving the city and province of Cádiz in southern Spain. There are four docks – Cadiz, Zona Franca (free zone), La Cabezuela-Puerto Real and El Puerto de Santa María – which handle all kinds of cargo and have the capacity to adapt to new maritime traffic. It is managed locally by Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz). 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.

Construction of phase II of the New Container Terminal of the Port of Cádiz approved

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – The government has approved approval the construction of phase II of the New Container Terminal of the Port...

Port of Cádiz tenders a third solar plant

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2023 – The Bay of Cádiz Port Authority (APBC) tendered the installation of a solar (photovoltaic) plant to generate...

Spain: Total TEU handled by port – Jan-May 2023

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – In January-May 2023, Spanish state ports handled 6.69 million containers (TEU), down -8.3% on the same period...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port – Jan-May 2023

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – In January-May 2023, Spanish state ports handled 228.3 million tons of cargo, a decrease of -3.6% compared to...

Spain: TEUs handled by port, April 2023

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2023 – In April 2023, Spanish state ports handled 709,466 containers (TEU), a decrease of -14.3% compared to the same...

Spain: Ranking – ports by total cargo, March & Q1 2023

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2023 – In March 2023, Spain’s state ports handled 47.61 million tons of cargo, up +3.6% on the same month of...

Spanish seaports – January 2022 – ranked by total TEU handled

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 28, 2023 – In January 2023, state-owned Spanish seaports handled 1.26 million containers (TEU), down -13.2% from...

Port of Cádiz records another record year in cargo

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) February 6, 2023 – The movement of merchandise in the Port of the Bay of Cádiz reached 5,718,284 tons in 2022, making this...

State-owned Spanish ports – cargo handled in 2022 – by port

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 30, 2023 – State-owned Spanish ports saw cargo traffic up +3.5% in 2022 to 563,373,981 tons, compared to 544,419,737 tons...

Navantia to invest €43 million in the Puerto Real (Cádiz) shipyard

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 24, 2023 – Spanish shipbuilder Navantia will invest €43 million in the Puerto Real (Cádiz) shipyard. It will...

Port of the Bay of Cádiz exceeds 5.2 million cargo tons in 2022 so far

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2022 – The Port of the Bay of Cádiz exceeded 5.2 million tons of cargo moved up to the month of November,...

Ranking: Top five Spanish container ports January-October 2022

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2022 – Puertos del Estado has published a list of the top Spanish ports by containers (TEU) handled in the...

Spanish ports cargo traffic up 4.56% in Jan-Oct 2022 (statistics)

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 28, 2022 – State-owned ports handled 472.82 million tons in January-October 2022, with traffic up +4.56% compared to...

General traffic in the Port of Cádiz recorded 4.7 million tons in Jan-Oct 2022

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 11, 2022 – Total general traffic in the Port of the Bay of Cádiz recorded 4.7 million tons of cargo in...

Port of Cádiz obtains European subsidy for New Container Terminal

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2022 – The Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz (APBC) has obtained €15.6 million of European subsidy for the...

Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz plans dock electrification

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2022 – Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz has started planning dock electrification at the the Alfonso XIII...

In Q3 2022, cargo of Spanish ports was 425.3 mln tons, up 5%

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2022 – In Q3 2022, total cargo traffic of Spanish state ports was 425.3 million tons, an increase of 5%...

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