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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.

Transport of stone from Vallcarca port to Tarragona port by sea benefits environment

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – Transporting stone from the industrial port of Vallcarca to the port of Tarragona, in order to supply by...

Tarragona port splits railway to improve the transport of agri-food in Castilla wharf

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – The improvement of the railway infrastructures in the Castilla wharf of the Port of Tarragona consists of...

Tarragona port continues construction of synchrolift

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 26, 2020 – The synchrolift project being carried out by the Alava company URSSA, a steel construction company, at...

The Port of Tarragona and Renfe restart transport of goods after 20 years

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 16, 2020 – The Port of Tarragona and Renfe have restarted the rail transport of agri-food products in Lleida after...

Construction of new Balears Wharf will change Tarragona port

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 4, 2020 – Work on the new Balears Wharf is entering a decisive phase and over the next fourteen months it will...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports April 2020 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports April 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Tarragona port tests agri-food transport by rail

The Port of Tarragona carries out a test with an agri-food product by rail; loading 250 tons of soybean meal in 4 wagons at the port facilities – May 29,...

Spain: Total port traffic Q1 2020 by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2020 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has published port authority cargo numbers for January-March 2020, showing that total...

Tarragona port sets record for live animal load

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – The Port of Tarragona set a record in its history – the ADEL 1 ship loaded 21,500 lambs to Saudi...

Tarragona port extends grain transportation

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2020 – The Port of Tarragona has extended the operations of loading and unloading of agri-food products by rail...

Siport21 assesses the nautical feasibility of Tarragona port cruise terminal

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 14, 2020 – Siport21, a port-maritime engineering company, has been working with the Catalan port of Tarragona to...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports February 2020 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports February 2020 cargo figures by port authority.  The state-owned Puertos del...

Work slows down in port of Tarragona

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2020 – The Port of Tarragona has slowed down work. The Port kept operations underway for the legal security of...

Tarragona port claims leadership in food products traffic at the fair ENOC

Proximity, productivity, price, experience, quality and specialization are the keys to a traffic that has positioned the Port of Tarragona as a leading port...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports January 2020 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports January 2020 cargo figures by port authority. The state-owned Puertos del Estado...

Tarragona port presents future projects at conference – ZAL and intermodality

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2020 – Attending the conference “Tarragona, port of Aragon – future projects (Tarragona, puerto de...

12 million tons of fruit and vegetable products moved in Spanish ports in 2019

Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2020 – One of the main suppliers of fruits, vegetables and legumes in Europe is Spain. In 2019, total traffic was over...

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