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: Puertos del Estado – December 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Vigo port cargo traffic rises 11% y/y in January
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Vigo port cargo traffic rose by 10.99% on the year in January to 329,017 tonnes. The data was presented by...
Galician court rules in favour of Vigo port in dispute with Audasa
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2018 – Vigo port won the first phase of the litigation undertaken by Spanish toll-road operator Audasa against the...
Vigo port committed to reduce truck traffic in nearby towns
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – The local government of Redondela has transferred the problems that exist in the urban centre of the Chapela...
Spain’s OHL reunifies its maritime division’s fleet at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2018 – Spanish construction company Obrascón Huarte Lain (OHL) has chosen the port of Vigo to reunify the entire...
Puertos del Estado appeals against sentence of National Court
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado plans to appeal against the sentence of the National Court...
Vigo port still seeks for tenant of general cargo warehouse
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – The Civil Guard of Vigo port has been using its new premises in El Tinglado area for months, but the works...
Spanish companies bidding in Vigo port’s logistics zone urbanisation tender
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Eighteen of the biggest Spanish construction companies applied for the tender called by the Consortium of the...
Algeciras port presents bunkering, innovation activities in Rotterdam
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has participated in the Seminar on...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – November 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Event: 1st Spanish Ports Seminar – Rotterdam, February 1, 2018
Rotterdam, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Atlantico Business Development is holding the first edition of its Spanish Ports Seminar, February...
Vigo port takes part in Atlantic Ports of Spain Seminar in Rotterdam
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – A delegation of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), led by its director, Beatriz Colunga, will...
Vigo port seeks to improve ties with Tanger Med
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) received the visit of a delegation from Tanger Med port,...
Vigo port cargo traffic rises 2.5% in 2017
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Vigo port’s cargo traffic in 2017 amounted to 3.96 million tonnes, 2.54% more than in 2016, the president...
New project reinforces fishery control and monitoring in the Black Sea
European Fisheries Control Agency Vigo, Spain, January 24, 2018 The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) has recently issued a...
Vigo port profit nearly doubles in 2017
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – Vigo port closed 2017 with “quite positive” financial results, having recorded a profit of €2...
Galicia yacht clubs to apply for extension of port concessions
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Spanish yacht clubs Sanxenxo and Portonovo plan to initiate a process for extending their concessions at ports...