Port competitiveness in container traffic from an internal point of view: the experience of the Port of Algeciras Bay

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• The list of those interviewed, by activities, is the following: Official bodies (Customs, Animal Health, Plant Health, SOIVRE); Associations (Asociación de Empresas de Servicios de la Bahía de Algeciras: AESBA; Asociación Comarcal de Empresarios de Transporte y Maquinaria Auxiliar Obras Públicas del Campo de Gibraltar: ACETM; Cámara de Comercio Industria y Navegación del Campo de Gibraltar); Customs Agents (Gonzalez Gaggero, SL; Agencia Paublete SL); Forwarders (Algeciras Puerto Import & Export SL; NAYPEMAR SL; Universal Forwarding SL); Ships’ agents (Alfaship Bacomar, A.M. Condeminas Cádiz, SA, COTRANSA Andalucia SA, Maritima del Estrecho, SA, Naviera del Odiel, SA, Romeo & Cia, SA, Sea—Spain Andalucia, SA); Container terminals (Maersk España, SA, Terminal de Contenedores de Algeciras: TCA); Stevedores (SESTIBALSA); Auxiliary Services, Supplies and Bunkering (Barwil Ship Services SL, Compañía Ibérica de Remolcadores del Estrecho, SA; Shell Lubricantes Marinos)
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• The Consortium that is constructing and that will manage the Logistic Activities Zone of the ‘Campo de Gibraltar’, comprising the public company ‘Puertos de Andalucia’, the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras and the Local Authorities in whose municipalities this zone is situated, has forecast that it will enter into operation in mid 2006
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