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GETTING THERE, PORT

Port of Seville
Address: Avda. de Moliní, 6
Telephone: +34 954 247 300 Fax: +34 954 247 313
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Email: comercial@apsevilla.com

The river and it's port

As in the case of many other large cities, Seville's origins surge from its magnificent location along a great river, the Guadalquivir. This location is the crossing of natural communication routes which connect the interior of Andalusia with the coastal plains and outlets to the ocean. From the left bank water is received from the Genil, Gorbones and Guadiana Rivers, while the Hueznar, Viar, Cala and Guadiamar Rivers from the province of Huelva flow into the banks on the right side.

The Guadalquivir River has always been the true motor of Seville. The primitive Tartessos River, which the Romans called Betis and the Arabs, Wadi al-Kabir ("big river"; original name of the Guadalquivir) begins to flow in the Sierra de Cazorla at 1600 meters and stretches over 590 km through Andalusia to the Atlantic coast. The Guadalquivir has the only river port in all of Spain, located some 80 km from the Atlantic coast and is very close to the Mediterranean Sea. The surface area of the river is three million square meters.

The river flows between Sanlucar de Barrameda (Cadiz) and the Doñana National Park (Huelva) – Europe's most important natural reserve, and is enclosed by floodgates of the following dimensions:

Dimensions
Length
200 m. closed gates. no limits with doors opened.
Breadth
24,36 m.
Depth
7 m.
Depth from the air
42 m.
Wind directions
Along the banks
East – South – East
At the Port
Southwest
En el interior del Port
Within the port there are no tide flows

This multi-role port moves important volumes of cereals, fertilizers, cement, minerals, oleaginous seeds , feed and oil derivative energy products. Not only have goods, such as the famous gold from mines from the Americas entered here, but also many surrounding towns have sprung up supporting the growth of the city. Today the port also represents a main link for trade between the Canary Islands and the mainland.

On the other hand, and with the objective of making the most out of the benefits the river provides our city, the Port Authority is working to increase activity by creating a large commercial-nautical complex compatible with urban life. By promoting this, the goal is to make Seville's port, which back in ancient time was renown for its busy trading, an ideal spot for docking cruise-lines and sport boats.

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