Intermodal transport logistics center
The Port of Tarragona’s strategic growth is based on five main principles: improving the Port’s international profile, diversifying traffic, promoting infrastructures, a commitment to cruise ships and sustainability. These are the five strategic lines on which the action plan initiated in 2012 turns, and this plan sets the growth targets for the Port of Tarragona in order to reinforce its position within the totality of ports in Spain and on the Mediterranean.
Based on this vision of growth and with the desire to serve the economic and productive development of its area, the Port of Tarragona has set itself the goal of becoming a major logistics centre for intermodal transport and one where highly valuable logistics activities are carried out.
At the same time, the Port of Tarragona’s service to its customers translates into a continued collaboration with the Port community in searching for and generating new business opportunities.
Improving the international profile
The Port of Tarragona is a powerful logistics platform that plays a key role in the process of internationalising the economy of the surrounding area, and of the rest of the country. The strategy is based on boosting its international profile in order to become established as a major Euro-Mediterranean hub for the transport of intercontinental goods.
Sustainability
From a strategic point of view, the sustainability of the Port of Tarragona evolves in parallel to the growth of the whole infrastructure itself and its efficiency. The direct benefits on the activity due to the good environmental practices of the operators in the Port of Tarragona, and the lines of work in the field of environment are examples of the commitment of Tarragona’s Port infrastructure to sustainable growth. The various AENOR certifications accredit the efforts of the Port of Tarragona to strive towards a more sustainable production.
Diversification
The diversification strategy positions the Port of Tarragona in a scenario of continuous growth, both in terms of the positive behaviour of the traffic, as well as the economic indicators revealed by its income statement. The Port of Tarragona satisfies all the conditions to make it one of the benchmark ports on the Mediterranean in all kinds of goods, and has terminals that specialise in all kinds of market products.
Cruise ships
The project for attracting cruise ships to the Port of Tarragona is showing very positive results. The brand name Tarragona Cruise Port Costa Daurada will embrace all the players in the area that make up the 'cruise ship committee’ supporting a strategic line promoted by the Port of Tarragona.
Infrastructure
The promotion of efficient infrastructure enables the Port of Tarragona to expand and grow, while at the same time responding to the needs of customers and operators. The new master plan for 2015-2035 envisages new major infrastructures in the Port such as the Prats outer harbour wall. The Port of Tarragona’s ‘La Boella’ intermodal terminal and the Logistic Activities Area are the main items of internal infrastructure on which we are working to provide an impetus to the logistic activity in Tarragona.
Culture
The Port of Tarragona is working to become a meeting point and an entertainment and cultural reference for the inhabitants of Tarragona and the towns of the surrounding area. Thus, the Moll de Costa (Costa Dock) is our cultural brand that offers citizens a privileged area fully integrated into the city, where tradition is combined with modernity and dynamism, a unique attraction for our territory.
