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.
Puertos del Estado to establish HQ of Galician unit of business accelerator in Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has chosen Vigo to establish the Galicia regional...
Vigo port’s Bouzas terminal expansion not to have negative environmental consequences
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Vigo port authority president Enrique López Veiga has said that the extension of the Bouzas terminal is...
Atlantic regions institutions launch project for energy self-sufficiency at ports
Oviedo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Eighteen institutions in the regions bordered by the Atlantic Ocean have launched the Ports Towards Energy...
Vigo port’s ro-ro terminal expansion drafting tender attracts engineering firms
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – The tender for the drafting of the construction project for the expansion of the ro-ro terminal in Vigo has...
MSC leads container ranking in Vigo port in 2018
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) led for the first time in 2018 the movement of containers at...
Puertos del Estado reports February 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Spain receives 10.1 million cruise passengers in 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Spain’s state-owned ports received 10,178,169 cruise ship passengers in 2018, an annual...
Vigo port’s traffic rises 4.8% in February
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo (APV – Port Authority of Vigo) president Enrique López Veiga has said that...
Vigo port establishes conditions for Bouzas terminal extension drafting tender
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Vigo port has established the tender conditions for the provision of technical assistance for the drafting of the...
Vigo port seeks compensation for exclusion from Europe’s main transport network
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Vigo port is demanding compensation for the decision of the European Commission not to include the railway with...
Vigo port cancels port spaces plan drafting tender
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Vigo port has cancelled a tender for the drafting of a plan for the delimitation of uses...
Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Vigo port’s operators want board of directors’ seat
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – The spokesman of the Federation of Operators (Federación de Usuarios) of Vigo port, Enrique Mallón, has...
Galicia port operators benefiting from new port law
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) 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 (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Spanish company Desarrolla Obras y Servicios has won a contract for the construction of a facility...
Spain’s Incargo Galicia may relaunch ferry links to UK from Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – Vigo-based Incargo Galicia SL is looking to restart a regular ferry service between Vigo and the United...
Leixões port aims to compete with Barcelona, Valencia
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Vigo is not the only target of Leixões port’s offensive in container traffic. Until now it was...