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Marin

Marin seaport is located in Northwest Spain. The Port of Marín has outstanding connections, meaning goods can be transported quickly and safely to any part of the Iberian Peninsula or Europe via the AP-9 motorway and A-52 dual carriageway. It is one of Spain’s leading ports in terms of intermodal boat-rail transport and is directly connected to the national rail network. Its internal rail network spans more than 7000 metres and has 7 main lines with sidings for different goods. It also boasts the Iberian Peninsula’s first all weather terminal. The port is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Marín y Ría de Pontevedra (APMRP – Port Authority of Marin). 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: TEUs handled by port, April 2023

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

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

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) 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...

Spain’s Port of Marin to be modernised by Thales

Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2023 – The Spanish Port of Marin is to be modernised by Thales, a leading company in railway solutions for port...

Spanish ports handled 42.49 mln cargo tons in Feb 2023, -3.3%

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2023 – Spanish state-owned ports handled 42.49 million tons of cargo in February 2023, down -3.3% compared to the...

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...

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

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) 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...

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...

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

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

Spanish state ports handled 380.1 million tons of cargo in Jan-Aug 2022

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2022 – Spanish state ports handled 380.1 million tons of cargo in January-August 2022, up +5.55% on the same...

Spain: State ports cargo traffic Q1 2022 by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2022 – In the first three months of 2022, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 136.7 million tons of...

Spain: State ports handle 46.6 million tons of cargo in January 2022, +9.8%

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 24, 2022 – In the first month of 2022, Spain’s state-owned ports handle a total of 46.67 million tons (mt) of...

New Maersk rail service starts between ports of Algeciras and Marin

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 4, 2022 – The first refrigerated train has completed the almost 1,700 km between the ports of Algeciras and...

Maersk launches new reefer train service between Algeciras and Marin ports

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 14, 2022 – A.P. Moller- Maersk (Maersk) has announced a new rail service for reefer cargo between its Andalucía...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – November 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – In the month of November 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 45.75 million tons of cargo, compared...

Port of Marin approves three agreements to intensify the Port-City relationship

Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2021 – The Board of Directors of Marin Port has approved several agreements that contribute to deepening the...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – October 2021

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 26, 2021 – In the month of October 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 47.26 million tons of cargo, compared...

Xunta de Galicia aims to double the transport of goods by rail by 2030

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2021 – The Xunta de Galicia plans to double the transport of goods by rail before 2030 with the incorporation of...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – September 2021

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – In the month of September Spanish state ports handled 45.03 million tons of cargo, up +3.9% on September...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – August 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – In the month of August Spanish state ports handled 48.53 million tons of cargo, up +0.7% on August...

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