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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.

Ekol decreases travel time between Spain and Turkey to 60 hours

Ekol renders a new service as part of its intermodal transportation through a Ro-Ro line between Izmir, Alsancak Port, and Spain’s Tarragona Port – which...

Port Tarragona closes the financial year 2020 with positive numbers

Tarragona presents better results than expected after a year of pandemic – March 18, 2021 The Port maintains the investment strategy thanks to a great...

Port of Tarragona reports profit of €740,000 in 2020

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 18, 2021 – The Port of Tarragona closed the 2020 financial year positively with a final profit of €740,000...

Combi Terminal Cataluña and Port of Tarragona sign a agreement to invest and operate the La Boella Intermodal Terminal

The agreement establishes the firm commitment to intermodality and the transport of goods by rail – March 15, 2021 The company expects to start its...

Euroenergo España reports increased capacity storage in 2020

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2021 – Euroenergo España SL, operator in the storage of petroleum products and biofuels, ended 2020 with a...

Port of Tarragona to host Rail Day meeting to focus on intermodality

On April 8, the Port of Tarragona will celebrate the second edition of Rail Day, under the slogan ‘Tarragona, strategic intermodal node of the...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – January 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in January 2021 of...

Port of Tarragona starts final construction phase of the Moll de Balears

The works have entered the last phases with the completion of the dredging and the placement of the material with land means – February 15, 2021 The pier...

EKOL logistics to start new Ro-Ro service between Izmir and Tarragona port

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 10, 2021 – The president of the Port of Tarragona, Josep M Cruset, and the president of the logistics company...

Tarragona port approves aid worth €1.6 million for port companies

The maritime traffics that have most noticed these negative effects of the pandemic are crude oil and new vehicles, among others – February 5, 2021 The...

Spanish ports see total cargo traffic down 8.6% in 2020

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The Spanish port system ended the 2020 financial year with 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, a decrease of...

Tarragona port increases rate of dredging

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The dredger Zheng is carrying out its tasks to fill the interior of the Balearic Wharf of the Port of...

Port of Tarragona grew in December about 5% compared to same month of the previous year

Port Tarragona grew 4.9% in December 2020 compared to the same period of the previous year. The signs of recovery shown by the Port of Tarragona during the...

Port of Tarragona moves more than 800,000 tons of agri-food products in the first three months of SEA system

The system has been robust and efficient during the first months of operation – January 13, 2021 Nearly 13,000 orders have been placed which have...

The Balears dock of Port Tarragona closes the north dock while waiting to start dredging

The second connection made between the Llevant dock and the caissons of the Balears dock in Port Tarragona already gives a very identifiable appearance to the...

Tarragona port promotes 2021 cruise season

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 2, 2020 – ‘Nothing moves without you’ is the message Tarragona port is ton use to promote its cruise...

Spanish port traffic drops 5.5% in October

Puertos del Estado – November 24, 2020 Goods in transit continue to recover ground, growing by 12.5%. 9 of the 28 Port Authorities (Alicante, Almería,...

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