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;e and planning, ain's maritime activity can be ded into three regions: 3ciras in the south, Barcelona 1 Valencia on the diterranean, and Bilbao and ;o on the Atlantic, .lgeciras has been considered 3 predominant container port in 3 Mediterranean, since breaking e one million TEU barrier in »94. Maersk Line generates a ajor portion of the Port's contain- • traffic.

Growth has been steady for the laersk Line, accounting for 92,000 of the Port's container noves in 1993 and 356,000 in

L994, with more than 450,000 were expected for 1995. To encourage upward trend, Algeciras has opened a new terminal dedicated to the Danish giant.

Meanwhile, Barcelona has applied phase one of its new con- tainer terminal, which will increase its capacity from 700,000

TEU to 1.2 million TEU.

Additional plans entail the devel- opment of its logistics center, Zona de Actividades Loglsticas.

Vehicle traffic is another area in which the Port is booming.

Barcelona invested in storage at its car terminal with the construction of a multi-story parking garage.

Also, there has been a significant increase in cruise passenger ser- vice in the last three years — 298 cruise ships and 174,008 cruise ship passengers used the Port of

Barcelona in 1994, representing an approximate 15 percent increase over 1993 figures. First quarter figures for 1995 showed a 7.6 per- cent increase.

The Port of Valencia traffic reportedly grew by 24.7 percent in 1994, reaching 10,640,000 tons in throughput. APV, Valencia's port authority, controls the Ports of

Sagunto and Gandla as well. The total traffic in the three ports increased by 30.8 percent in the first quarter of 1995 with respect to 1994 figures.

The Port of Bilbao is presently immersed in expansion of a new terminal, with a total investment of approximately $287 million.

Fishing Sector

There are three fleets operating from Northwest Spain which fish outside Spanish waters. The

Grand Sol ships (224 total) work around Ireland and the western approaches to the British Isles; the cod fleet (22 total) fish off Canada; and the hake and groundfish freez- ing fleet fish (112 total) in the

South Atlantic.

Spain also has shrimpers and a fleet of tuna and swordfish ships that work the Southern Atlantic, and a tuna fleet in the Indian

Ocean. The Spanish cephalopod fleet, based in Southern Spain, works mainly in Moroccan waters.

There has recently been a conflict with Morocco, during which approximately 650 Spanish vessels were fishing off its coast. The

Kingdom of Morocco broke with a prior agreement and demanded renegotiation. As a result, EU

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