The Project Cargo traffic is currently one of the commitments our Port is pledged to as part of its strategy of traffic growth and diversification.

The Port of Tarragona is consolidating its position as one of the benchmark ports in the Mediterranean in terms of the export of special cargos, since we have specialists in all types of transport as well as qualified staff that coordinate and organise the operations from source to destination. Due to the fact that Tarragona has the largest chemical Cluster in the South of Europe, this type of cargo benefits from the powerful pool of professionals coming from Tarragona’s auxiliary chemical industry.

The convergence of these factors in Tarragona and the port’s commitment to this type of cargo has led to a significant increase in the volume of projects, with those of three different companies currently in underway.

A wise choice

Tarragona’s port infrastructure has a particularly outstanding advantage in this respect: its excellent climate that allows almost any project to be built in the open air. This means the completed object can be loaded directly from the dockside. The port also offers spacious operational areas and a convenient supply of specialist labour, thanks to the city’s important auxiliary industry and powerful petrochemical cluster, a benchmark for the whole of southern Europe.

In addition, it has extensive operational areas, 11 RO-RO ramps and excellent road and rail accessibility to guarantee the logistics supplies for these projects.

The 16-metre draft does the rest, allowing the docking of vessels specially prepared for transporting large cargos that would be impossible to move with normal container vessels.

The multi-purpose cranes with a load capacity of up 35 tons allows the development, manufacture and loading operations of this type of structure to be carried out almost the whole year, making Tarragona and, in this specific case, our port, the perfect location for these projects.

The confluence of these factors in Tarragona and the commitment of the port to this type of cargo have led to an increase in the volume of projects, with more than 30 operational per year of large cargoes and volumetrics.

From the Port to the world

The construction and assembly of a project cargo item is highly specialised. In some cases it can take up to twelve months and requires deep draughts, specialist labour and ramps for loading on board ship.

The development and manufacturing process of one of these projects requires some 1,500,000 hours of work and sometimes more than 500 workers.

This boosts employment rates during the construction and materialisation of the project. Most of these jobs are filled by local companies and professionals with the necessary abilities and proven experience thanks to Tarragona’s important auxiliary industry, together with the area’s strong petrochemical cluster, which is a benchmark for the whole of southern Europe.

Such projects are normally metallic structures or boilers for combined cycle power plants, industrial sheds, bridges, footbridges, power station ovens, large gas tanks, chimneys, structures for refineries, petroleum and petrochemical industries, refrigeration equipment, etc.

The main destinations for these projects are North Africa, northern Europe and the United States or even Australia and China

Offshore wind, a sustainable opportunity for Tarragona

The Port of Tarragona is positioned as a productive hub for floating platforms and the assembly of floating wind turbines, mainly for the western Mediterranean. The construction of offshore wind farms will require ports prepared to accommodate the transportation of parts and the assembly and embarkation of large wind turbines.

Its strategic location and availability of space means the Port of Tarragona offers the conditions necessary to become one of the major centres for the assembly and dispatch of these elements for the production of renewable energy.

We will be able to see the first wind turbine prototypes in Tarragona in 2025. Subsequently, the construction of the new Ponent breakwater will make it easier to accommodate this type of activity on an industrial scale. One of the possibilities envisaged for the breakwater project is for a docks to be dedicated to the assembly of marine platforms and wind turbines.

The Ponent Outer Harbour Wall

MAXIMUM DRAUGHT
16 metres

DOCKING LINE
3,500 metres

EXTENSIVE OPERATIONAL AREAS ON THE DOCKS

RO-RO RAMPS
11

​​ Map Port Tarragona

Who do we work with?

SCHWARTZ HAUTMONT CONSTRUCCIONES METÁLICAS, SA

NOATUM TERMINAL TARRAGONA

EUROPORTS

BERGÉ MARÍTIMA

GRUPO LINDE SA

​​ ERSHIP SAU

Contact

 Commercial and Business Development Office

Leticia Morales & Pau Morales

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