Accessibility

The Port Authority of Tarragona adopts the following measures to guarantee the accessibility of the official website - Port Authority of Tarragona:

• Include accessibility as part of our mission statement.
• Incorporate accessibility into our internal policies.
• Integrate accessibility into our hiring practices.
• Designate an accessibility manager and/or an ombudsman.
• Offer continuous training in accessibility to our staff.
• Assign clear objectives and responsibilities in terms of accessibility.
• Use formal accessibility quality assurance methods.
• Include an accessibility widget with a wide range of profiles and tools that users can use to tailor our website content to their needs.
• Work with a digital accessibility consultancy to help us achieve the required level of compliance.

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) define requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. They define three levels of conformity: Level A, Level AA and Level AAA.
The official website - Port Authority of Tarragona is partially compliant with WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Being partially compliant means that some parts of the content do not fully meet the accessibility standard.

While WCAG 2.1 Level AA compliance is our goal, we're also working to enforce several AAA Level criteria: Images with text are used for decorative purposes only.
Compliance with the EAA:
Partially compliant
The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is a European Union law that will enter into force in June 2025 and sets accessibility requirements for products and services with the aim of improving accessibility for people with disabilities throughout Europe.
ADA Compliance: Partially compliant
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a United States law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in areas such as employment, transportation, access to public buildings, and telecommunications, ensuring equal opportunity and access

We appreciate your comments on the accessibility of the official website - Port Authority of Tarragona. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on our website:

Phone:+34 977 259 462
Email:sac@porttarragona.cat
Address:Passeig de l'Escullera s/n, 43004 Tarragona

The accessibility of the official Web - Autoritat Portuària de Tarragona depends on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browser and any assistive technology or plugins installed on your computer:

• HTML
• WAI-ARIA
• CSS
• JavaScript

These technologies are based on compliance with the accessibility standards used.

Despite our best efforts to guarantee the accessibility of the official website - Autoritat Portuària de Tarragona, there may be some limitations. Known limitations and possible workarounds are described below. If you notice a problem that is not listed below, please contact us.

Known limitations for the official website - Port Authority of Tarragona:

• Image links: Some links with images may not have alternative texts because we are still working on the accessibility status of our website. We will add the corresponding alternative texts. Contact us if you experience problems related to this limitation.

The Port Authority of Tarragona has evaluated the accessibility of the official website - Port Authority of Tarragona using the following approaches:

• External evaluation

This statement was created on January 8, 2025.

The following measures have been considered on the website of the *Port of Tarragona to allow users to access all the content and functionalities more easily.

The WCAG, in Spanish "Accessibility Guidelines for Web Content", are a set of recommendations from the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) to make web content accessible to people with disabilities. They are organized into four principles: perceptible, operable, comprehensible and robust, and have three levels of conformity: A, AA, AAA.

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) is a European Union law that will enter into force in June 2025 and sets out accessibility requirements for products and services with the aim of improving accessibility for people with disabilities throughout Europe. ADA Compliance The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a United States law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in areas such as employment, transportation, access to public buildings, and telecommunications, ensuring equal opportunity and access . WCAG conformance certification Our widget meets the conformance criteria to ensure that your website meets the established standards.

Predefined settings that adapt to various disabilities, to facilitate navigation.

Changes the font size of the entire page.

Modifies the kerning or spacing between letters for the entire page.

Modifies the line spacing or space between lines of the entire page.

Changes the size of the focus area.

Change the color of the first letters of the word with the "easy reading" tool.

Modify the saturation, contrast and brightness values ​​of the entire page using a slider.