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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.

Spain: 3.6 million cruise passengers in the first six months of 2017

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Cruise passenger traffic through Spanish ports has once again set a new historic record in the first...

Cádiz port studies expansion into Andalusian passenger market

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Cádiz has become in the last years a tourist port par excellence. Especially, in the dock closest to...

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

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

Andalusia ports cargo traffic falls 4.3% y/y in H1 2017

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – Traffic in Andalusian ports has fallen 4.3% to 73.39 million tonnes in the first half of the year. Algeciras...

Port of Cádiz and Municipality of Puerto de Santa Maria explore integration

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – The President of Ports of the State, José Llorca Ortega, chaired last week an institutional meeting between...

Cádiz port to handle four cruise ships of 300 m in length for first time on July 26

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Cádiz port will receive for the first time on July 26 four cruise ships of almost 300 metres of length in a...

Cádiz port to reduce cruise ship fees in 2018

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) plans to maintain in 2018 its rates and bonuses on the...

Cádiz port general cargo traffic rises by 40% y/y in Jan-May 2017

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2017 – General cargo traffic in Cádiz port grew by 40.14% in January-May this year compared to the same period last...

Puertos del Estado supports Cádiz port’s acquisition plan

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – The president of Spanish port agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has assured that the agency will include...

Cádiz port board approves acquisition of land plot in Puerto Real municipality

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) board of directors has given the green light to the...

Cádiz port promotion association, employers union CEC join forces

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The association for the promotion of Cádiz port, Gades-Port, and the confederation of employers in Cádiz...

Cádiz port mulls over acquisition of land plot in Puerto Real

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 23, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) is studying the possibility of acquiring a land plot of...

Málaga port is fifth most important Spanish cruise port

Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Málaga has been placed as the fifth most important Spanish destination of cruise ships with the arrival in the...

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

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports April 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Cadiz port container traffic rises in Jan-April 2017

Cadiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2017 – Cadiz port container traffic rose to 19,585 TEUs in the first four months of 2017 from 9,779 TEUs in the respective...

Cádiz port generates 3% of province’s employment

Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – A study by the University of Cádiz has estimated the employment impact and the gross value added (GVA) generated...

EIB lends CEPSA €70 million to implement plan to optimise aromatics plants in Andalusia

Luxembourg (PortSEurope) May 3, 2017 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted CEPSA a €70 million ($76.21 million) loan to finance projects...

Cadiz starts home port feasibility study

Cadiz, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Cadiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) has reported that the start of the high season of...

Cadiz port approves concession to Cereales Astigi

Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – The board of directors of Cadiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) has approved the granting...

Puertos del Estado – February 2017 cargo traffic by port

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

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