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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.

Consul of South Korea visits Tarragona port

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 4, 2019 – The Consul of South Korea to Barcelona, ​​Taewan Huh, has visited the Catalonian port of...

Tarragona port sees 4.9 % increase in cargo traffic in first 7 months of 2019

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) August 27, 2019 – Accumulated cargo handled by Tarragona port in the past seven months increased by 4.9%, compared to the...

ANFAC 2018 report highlights port role in automotive industry

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) August 6, 2019 – ANFAC has produced a report for 2018 that includes the assessment of maritime-port logistics in vehicle...

Puertos del Estado reports Jan-Jun 2019 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports June 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Mayor of Turkish city of Çanakkale visits Tarragona port

News – The mayor of the Turkish city of Çanakkale visits the Port of Tarragona – July 12, 2019 The Port of Tarragona received a delegation from...

Spain completes bulk of Mediterranean Corridor’s Tarragona-French border rail section

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2019 – The bulk of the works of the Mediterranean Corridor from Tarragona towards the French border are...

‘A European strategy for plastics in a circular economy’ – Tarragona port

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 27, 2019 – On May 24, an environmental conference entitled ‘ A European strategy for plastics in a circular...

Mediterranean ChemMed Tarragona cluster holds general assembly at Tarragona port

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – The Mediterranean ChemMed Tarragona chemical cluster held its general assembly on Friday at...

Tarros launches weekly service linking Tarragona port to Turkey

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The container terminal of the port of Tarragona, DP World, has started handling a new container shipping...

Vopak Terquimsa completes second phase of Tarragona port terminal development

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – Vopak Terquimsa has said it completed the second phase of expansion of its facilities at the Chemistry Wharf...

Puertos del Estado reports February 2019 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Parcs Químics de Seguretat to assume firefighting services at Tarragona port

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Spanish company Parcs Químics de Seguretat signed on April 5 an agreement to assume...

Euroports Ibérica to start operating new Liebherr 600 crane at Tarragona port

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Euroports Ibérica plans to improve its operational capacity in the port of Tarragona thanks to the...

Tarragona port to attend Seventeenth Meeting of Cereal Operators to promote itself as agri-food logistics hub

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Last week, the port of Tarragona attended Encuentro Nacional de Operadoras de Cereales (ENOC –...

Tarragona port consolidates leadership in agrifood at Inter-Pyrenean Cereals Exchange

Tarragona, Spain, March 20, 2019 – This Friday, the Port of Tarragona will take part in the Inter-Pyrenean Cereals Exchange in Mollerussa (Lleida), a...

Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Tarragona port ends 2018 with slightly lower revenue and traffic

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) has reported that in 2018...

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