Galicia port operators benefiting from new port law
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 – More than 30 companies in Galicia have extended their port concessions to 50 from 35 years, taking advantage…
Spanish company to build covered warehouse at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) February 20, 2019 – Spanish company Desarrolla Obras y Servicios has won a contract for the construction of a facility for the storage of…
Spain’s Incargo Galicia may relaunch ferry links to UK from Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) February 18, 2019 – Vigo-based Incargo Galicia SL is looking to restart a regular ferry service between Vigo and the United Kingdom which…
Spain: Puertos del Estado – 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 14, 2019 - Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port authority, including…
Leixões port aims to compete with Barcelona, Valencia
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) February 13, 2019 – Vigo is not the only target of Leixões port's offensive in container traffic. Until now it was enough…
Free Trade Zone and Director of Groupe PSA plant in Vigo meet to discuss progress
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) February 12, 2019 - With the aim of contributing to consolidate the activity and employment of the French automotive Groupe PSA plant…
Vigo port sees record cargo traffic in 2018
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) February 8, 2019 - Total traffic through Vigo portin 2018 amounted to 4,362,334 tons, a 2.99% increase compared to 2017, with an…
Tanger Med port to strengthen maritime links with Vigo
Tanger Med, Morocco (PortSEurope) February 5, 2019 – Tanger Med port is committed to strengthening its maritime connection with Vigo port to increase traffic to Spain and avoid…
Portos de Galicia presents promotional strategy at Fitur 2019
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 28, 2019 - The president of Portos de Galicia, José Juan Durán Hermida, has presented the organisation's promotional strategy at…
Ranking – Vigo top Spanish fishing port in November 2018
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 - Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2018 fish landed (tonnes) statistics by port authority. The…
Spain: Puertos del Estado – November 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 - Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port authority. Port…
Orange, Vodafone to test 5G applications at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Telecoms groups Orange and Vodafone plan to test at the port of Vigo the possibilities of 5G technology in…
Marín port to invest €20,000 in overhaul of PV plant
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Marín y Ría de Pontevedra (APMRP - Port Authority of Marin) has awarded a €20,000…
Vigo port seeks storage space to cope with rising aluminium traffic
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Vigo port has started a desperate search for free land to offer to operators for the storage of aluminium, a…
Spanish state ports to receive another €68.2 million of EU aid
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 - Puertos del Estado has negotiated, as an intermediary body for European aid, with the Spanish Ministry of Finance…
Suardíaz drives Vigo port’s traffic growth in 2018
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – The Suardíaz group, headquartered in Madrid, ends the year as the growth generator of traffic at the port of…
Galician recreational ports see improved traffic in 2018
Pontevedra, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 - The autonomous ports of the Rías Baixas, the coastal estuary between Muros and Tui, received 7,400 boats in…
Spanish ports to receive €68.2 million of EU funding
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 – Twelve Spanish port authorities will distribute more than €68.2 million ($77.6 million) of EU funds for actions whose…
Volkswagen to keep exports via Vigo despite end of Setúbal port strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – German carmaker Volkswagen AG has said it plans to continue the export of cars produced at its Palmela…
Vigo port to receive €13 million EU funding for Ro-Ro terminal overhaul
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Vigo port will receive €13 million ($14.9 million) of financing from the European Union (EU) to upgrade its…