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.
Greek port of Igoumenitsa and Spain’s Vigo port renew their EcoPorts PERS certificates
Igoumenitsa, Greece (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – Greek port of Igoumenitsa and Spain’s Vigo port were certified through the EcoPorts’...
Port of Vigo plans shipbuilding facility
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – The Port Authority of Vigo is planning a tender to develop a shipbuilding and repair faciity to occupy a...
Port of Vigo forecasts record year for 2021
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2021 – The Port of Vigo has registered the best data in the last five years in terms of movement of cars, and...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – October 2021
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 26, 2021 – In the month of October 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 47.26 million tons of cargo, compared...
Port of Vigo promotes the blue economy
The president of the Vigo Port Authority, Jesús Vázquez Almuiña, participated this morning in a Conference on the Future of Europe (COFE) that took place at...
Port of Vigo sees cargo traffic up over 9% in year to October
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – In the first ten months of 2021, the Galician port of Vigo handled 3.95 million tons, an increase of +...
Vigo Ship Repair relaunched in Galicia
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 18, 2021 – The Vigo Ship Repair platform has been relaunched by over 20 local companies, businesses and associations...
Xunta de Galicia aims to double the transport of goods by rail by 2030
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2021 – The Xunta de Galicia plans to double the transport of goods by rail before 2030 with the incorporation of...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – September 2021
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – In the month of September Spanish state ports handled 45.03 million tons of cargo, up +3.9% on September...
Vasco Shipping Services has started new services for COSCO Shipping to West Africa and USA
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – Vasco Shipping Services, a company belonging to the VASCO group, has started the commercialization of a...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – August 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – In the month of August Spanish state ports handled 48.53 million tons of cargo, up +0.7% on August...
Orange to install 5G into Port of Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2021 – Orange España is to install two innovative 5G communications systems in the Port of Vigo. The first is...
Terminales Atlánticas de Vigo is the new stevedore in the port of Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2021 – Terminales Atlánticas Vigo (TAV) has started operations as the new stevedore providing port services and...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – June 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in July 2021 of 45.99...
Port of Vigo reports improved first half cargo rise
Despite the uncertainty that the global health crisis continues to generate as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and other temporary problems such as the...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – June 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in June 2021 of 44.82...
President of Vigo Port Authority promotes fishing trade
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2021 – Speaking at the international seminar “The challenges of sustainable fishing”, organized by the...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – May 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in May 2021 of 45.34...
Port of Vigo sees record cargo traffic in May
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2021 – In the month of May this year, the Port of Vigo exported a total of 211,915 tons of merchandise. This is the...
Port Authority of Vigo awards PLISAN contract
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2021 – The Vigo Port Authority has awarded GOC SA a contract for technical assistance for the study and...