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Today in Pancorbo, the Port Authority of Bilbao has presented its operational and management model for its Railway Logistics Terminal (TELOF in Spanish) which it is developing in this town in the province of Burgos.

The Port Authority of Bilbao has put out to tender the first phase of the construction works for the new dock in the Outer Abra at a cost of 125.03 million euros (not including Value-Added Tax). The European Commission has granted aid of 23.24 million euros as part of the Connecting Europe Facility Programme (CEF) under the proposal “Future Proofing Bilbao – Core Port of The Atlantic Corridor” as it is considered to be a strategic project.

In 2015, Port of Bilbao traffic – without including local traffic or supplies- stood at 32.4 million tonnes, representing a 5.12% increase (+1.6 million tonnes). This increase in traffic, which grew for the third year running, (12.11% in the period 2013-2015), is thanks to liquid bulks (+11%), mainly as a result of the increases in petroleum, natural gas, gasoil and petrol. It was precisely this group that showed greatest accumulated losses in the 2007-2012 period as a consequence of the economic crisis.

The Autonomous Basque Government has recognised 28 Basque Organisations that have obtained the theEMAS Certificate for Environmental Performance in the Basque Community, which include the Port Authority of Bilbao. With this certificate, the Port Authority continues on track to making Bilbao a reference port as well as voluntarily integrating socially responsible policies and criteria, as established in the Port of Bilbao Strategic Plan 2013-2017.

The Port of Bilbao will again be prominent at the Fruit Logistica to be held in Berlin from 3 to 5 February. Bilbao will be presented as the best-connected Atlantic port for fruit and vegetables distribution for both the north of Europe and the Iberian Peninsula itself. In 2015, this traffic rose to 169,528 tonnes, with frozen vegetables, shipments of onions, garlic and leeks, potatoes and citrus fruits outstanding.

The Bilbao stevedoring company Consignaciones Toro y Betolaza has acquired a new Liebherr LHM 400 harbour mobile crane with a view to reinforcing its operational capacity in the Port of Bilbao. It will be mainly used for stowing and breaking iron and steel goods and for heavy loads projects.

Progeco Bilbao has a 400m² workshop specialised in repairing reefer equipment at its facilities in the Port of Bilbao. This will avoid customers having to send reefer containers with serious structural damage to ports in the North of Europe.

The Port Authority of Bilbao has awarded the tender for the building works of the planned maritime cruise station the Port of Bilbao has at Getxo to the temporary consortium formed by Giroa, S.A.U. – Excavaciones Viuda de Sainz, S.A. The cost will be 4.6 million euros (excluding VAT) with an eleven-month completion period.

The Algerian Company CNAN Nord, represented by Transcoma Shipping, made a new call at the Port of Bilbao on the way to consolidating a regular connection for general and container traffic from the North of Spain to Algeria and other Mediterranean countries such as Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Turkey as well as to the North of Europe and the United States.

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