Let’s welcome the port of Algeciras!

The port of Algeciras Bay is a leading member of the Spanish and Mediterranean port systems in total cargo traffic, with 110 million tons in 2019. Thanks to its privileged location in the Straits of Gibraltar, its high level of connectivity offers direct sailings to more than 200 ports worldwide, while it serves as a marine bridge between Europe and Africa. More than 6 million passengers pass through the port every year. This figure, together with the 30,000 jobs that the port provides, puts City Port cooperation projects high among the priorities of the Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA). Now that it has improved much of the waterfront of the five municipalities affected by the service zone, the Port Authority is working on other proposals including landscaping and environmental reintegration in San Roque and Tarifa, work on the historical heritage material on Isla Verde de Algeciras and the Tarifa Lighthouse,…