Port of Cartagena

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Port of Cartagena
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CountrySpain
LocationCartagena
Coordinates 37°35′00″N0°59′00″W / 37.58333°N 0.98333°W / 37.58333; -0.98333 Coordinates: 37°35′00″N0°59′00″W / 37.58333°N 0.98333°W / 37.58333; -0.98333
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Operated byPort Authority of Cartagena
Type of harbor Commercial port, naval base, fishing port, marina
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The port of Cartagena (Spanish : Puerto de Cartagena) is the port located in Cartagena, Spain. It is the fourth nationwide port in freight traffic behind Algeciras, Valencia and Barcelona. [2] [3] It occupies the eighth place in relation to the number of cruises. [2] 60% of exports and the 80% of imports from the Region of Murcia are made through the port of Cartagena. [4] More than 40% of the tourism that Cartagena receives is made by its port. [5]

It historical importance relies on both the good harbour offered by the natural bay and its strategic location near the East–West maritime route linking the Suez Canal to the strait of Gibraltar. [6] It was used by the Punic civilization, and then by Romans. Besides its location, it also was appreciated at the time because of the metal ore mining (argentifourous galenas) in the surrounding mountains as well as the esparto exports. [7]

In 2006, the Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena proposed the expansion of the port with a new dock in El Gorguel. The estimated cost exceeded 1500 million of euros. [8] The Port of Cartagena has two independent docks (Cartagena and Escombreras), separated from each other by a distance of 5 km by road and 1.5 miles by sea. [9]

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  2. 1 2 "Resumen general del tráfico portuario" (PDF). Puertos del Estado (in Spanish). Dirección de Planificación y Desarrollo, Departamento de Estadística. Ministerio de Fomento, Gobierno de España. January 2019. p. 29. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. ↑ "Estadísticas. Resumen de movimiento de mercancías al mes de septiembre de 2015". Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (in Spanish). Ministerio de Fomento. Gobierno de España. September 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. ↑ "El puerto de Cartagena como infraestructura logística de apoyo a las empresas exportadoras". Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (in Spanish). Ministerio de Fomento. Gobierno de España. 3 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Noticias". CARM.es (in Spanish). 27 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  6. ↑ Morales Gil 2004, pp. 107–108.
  7. ↑ Morales Gil 2004, pp. 110.
  8. ↑ "Informe técnico sobre el impacto de la instalación de una dársena de contenedores en El Gorguel" (PDF). Fundación Sierra Minera (in Spanish): 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Declaración Ambiental 2009" (PDF). Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (in Spanish). Ministerio de Fomento. Gobierno de España. 2010. p. 54. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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