Port of Seville

Port in Spain

37°21′11″N 5°59′38″W / 37.353118°N 5.993956°W / 37.353118; -5.993956UN/LOCODEESSVQ^[1]DetailsOperated byPort Authority of Seville

The Port of Seville is a river port in Spain, located on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, in the city of Seville. It is the only commercial river port in the country.^[2]

History

In the Early Modern Period Seville was chosen by the Catholic Monarchs as head port for the transatlantic routes to the New World.^[3] Historical and political factors played into the election, but the difficulties posed by the river vis-à-vis the navigation entailed Seville did not enjoy full exclusivity, and other ports placed in locations such as Sánlucar, Cádiz or the Canary Islands continued sending ships to the New World.^[4]

Description

It is managed by the port authority of the same name.^[5] It has a dock for cruise ships, the Muelle de las Delicias.^[6] The dársena del Batán comprises two docks: the Centenario Dock (featuring a container terminal, a ro-ro ramp) and the Batán Norte Dock (also with a ro-ro ramp), both of them prepared for the charge and discharge of solid bulk.^[7] The Tablada dock in the Dársena de Alfonso XIII operates bulk cargo.^[7] Further dowstreams there is shipyard dock.

References

Citations

^ "UNLOCODE (ES) - SPAIN". service.unece.org. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ Gil, Daniel (2002-12-16). "Reportaje | El puerto de Sevilla tiene planes". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
^ Pérez-Mallaína 1997, p. 17.
^ Pérez-Mallaína 1997, p. 38–39.
^ Couceiro Martínez, Serrano Pérez & Magro Andrade 2013, p. 12.
^ Martos, Elena (6 February 2019). "El Puerto de Sevilla recibirá tres cruceros nuevos este año". ABC.
^ ^a ^b "Análisis del Puerto de Sevilla". University of Seville.

Bibliography

Couceiro Martínez, Luis; Serrano Pérez, Marta; Magro Andrade, Rafael (2013). "Competitividad de un Puerto y su Relación Actual con el Sistema Portuario Español". Tecnologí@ y desarrollo. XI. Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio. ISSN 1696-8085.
Pérez-Mallaína, Pablo (1997). "Auge y decadencia del puerto de Sevilla como cabecera de las rutas indianas". Caravelle. Cahiers du monde hispanique et luso-brésilien. 69 (1): 15–39. doi:10.3406/carav.1997.2753.