Vigo
Vigo is a port in Galicia, Northwest Spain, and is Spain’s leading fishing port. Vigo is one of the largest and most important fishing ports in all of Europe and is known for its freezing and canning industry. It is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo (APV – Port Authority of Vigo). 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: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Aug 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-August 2024. TEUs...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Aug 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – In January-August 2024, general interest ports handled a total of 376.44 million tons, an increase of...
Moroccan trade delegation visits Port of Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Port of Vigo received yesterday a visit from a delegation from Morocco that is currently on a trade...
Strikes at Leixoes and Lisbon, cruise ships divert to Vigo
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 16, 2024 – The strike called by Portuguese port pilots for today and Tuesday will directly affect several...
Port of Vigo invests against illegal goods
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2024 – Last May, construction work started on a new infrastructure that will house the technical inspection...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Jul 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-July 2024. TEUs...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Jul 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – In January-July 2024, Spanish general interest ports handled a total of 330,322,598 tons, an increase of...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – H1 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-June 2024. Spain’s ports...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – H1 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2024 – Spanish ports handled a total of 283.24 million tons (Mt) between January and June, which represents an...
Port of Vigo hosts delegation from Uruguay
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2024 – The President of the Port of Vigo Authority, Carlos Botana, held a working meeting yesterday with the General...
Stellantis expands concession in Port of Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 4, 2024 – The Port Authority of Vigo has approved a new concession for Stellantis España to occupy an area...
Spanish fishing ports see landings down -5.5% in Jan-May 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – In January-May 2024, Spanish ports handled 53,321 tons of fish, down -5.5% on the same period of 2023. In...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – May 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-May 2024. Spain’s ports of...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – January-May 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 24, 2024 – Spanish ports handled a total of 236,330,520 tons between January and May, which represents an increase of...
Port of Vigo reports records cargo numbers
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) June 4, 2024 – The Galician Port of Vigo continues to break historic records month after month, which, according to its...
Port of Vigo sends delegation to Castletownbere, Ireland
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – A delegation from the Port of Vigo and the Xunta de Galicia has visited the Port of Castletownbere in the...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – January-April 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 23, 2024 – Spain’s state ports handled 185,045,014 tons of cargo in January-April 2024, growth of +2.2% compared...
Links with South America expose ports to criminal gangs
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Whilst Galicia in Northern Spain is not considered a main gateway for cocaine smuggling into Europe, there are...
Over 1,000 kg of cocaine seized in Spanish & Portuguese ports
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – The Portuguese Tax Agency, National Police and Judicial Police have seized more than 1,000 kilos of cocaine...
Eleven European ports awarded the EcoPorts’ PERS standard
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 27, 2024 – Eleven European ports have been awarded the EcoPorts’ environmental management standard (PERS). They...