Tarragona
Tarragona is a port in Catalonia, Northeast Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. The port consists of a commercial and industrial port, several marinas, Tarragona Cruise Port and a fishing port. It is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona). 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.
Commodity traders investing in Spanish port terminals
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2024 – Global commodity and trading companies have been investing in port terminals in Spain. Many traders are...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – March & Q1 24
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2024 – Spain’s ports of general interest moved 47.2 mt million tons of cargo in March 2024, slightly down on...
Port of Tarragona 2024 Yearbook published
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2024 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) has published the “Port...
Ports de la Generalitat – a new body to support Catalan ports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2024 – A new organisation, Ports de la Generalitat, has been established to develop cooperation between the...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – February 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-February 2024. In the first...
Rubis to sell 55% of terminal business to I Squared Capital
Paris, France (Ports Europe) March 19, 2024 – Rubis has announces that the exclusive negotiations opened with I Squared Capital concerning the sale of...
Port of Tarragona handled 33.03 mt of cargo in 2023, up +9.9%
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2024 – The Port of Tarragona handled 33.03 million tonnes (mt) in cargo in 2023, up +9.9% on 2022 (30.05 mt)....
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – January 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2024 – With containers (TEUs), 2024 began with an increase of +5.8% reaching 1.34 million tons, almost...
Port of Tarragona issues tender for dock electrification
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2024 – The Port of Tarragona has issued a tender to start the process of electrification of its docks. The...
Noatum Terminal Tarragona extends concession
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 12, 2023 – The Port Authority of Tarragona has approved the extension of the term of the concession for Noatum...
Adif to tender railway between Tarragona and Zaragoza
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 1, 2023 – Adif plans to put out to tender at the beginning of next year a railway between Tarragona and...
Lhyfe to set up first green hydrogen project in Tarragona, Spain
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 26, 2023 – Lhyfe, a global operator in the production of renewable green hydrogen for transportation and...
ANFAC report on Spanish maritime port logistics for cars in 2022
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 23, 2023 – The 2022 edition of the sector report on maritime-port logistics reports an increase in vehicle...
Bergé begins logistics operations for Celsa in Port of Tarragona
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2023 – Bergé has started providing logistics services to Celsa Group in the Port of Tarragona. The first...
Vopak to expand terminal in Port of Tarragona
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2023 – The Board of Directors of Vopak Terquimsa has approved the start of work on the fourth phase of...
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...
Electrification of mobile cranes in Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2023 – The Port of Tarragona is now planning for mobile harbour cranes on the southern side of its Castilla Quay...