<- Multimedia content weight 8 -> <- End bw 8 multimedia content ->
Algeciras (Cádiz), Aug 3 (Reuters) -. Waits to board from Algeciras (Cádiz) to Tangier ( Morocco) today increased to 12 hours in a day tip Operation Crossing the Strait (OPE) with many vehicles waiting in Llano Amarillo area and the Los Barrios (Cádiz).
According to EFE have informed source port, currently the device of OPE in Algeciras port is operating at full capacity, as it has reached the arrival of up to 600 vehicles per hour.
Every year at this time, has enabled the interchangeability of tickets, allowing travelers to board in order of arrival.
The Port Authority of Algeciras Bay (Cádiz) has recommended the purchase of tickets before arriving at the port due to the queues that are taking place in box office sales, I delay the exit of travelers, who have spent hours driving to get to your destination.
During the today also are taking deductions on the A-7 as a result of the opening of the area of Los Barrios (Cádiz).
Activated occasion of the OPE contemplated device, before the great deluge vehicle, sharing water bottles among travelers, so they can cool off while waiting to catch a boat to take them to the other side.
Employment in the Algeciras port has been around 82 percent, hence the opening of the sitting area in Los Barrios (Cádiz).
Forecasts indicate that by the end of the day the data of passengers and vehicles are similar to those of the day yesterday when shipped from Algeciras (Cádiz) 33,500 passengers and 8,300 vehicles.
In fact, just this morning had reached 5,000 cars, a figure that has been rising during the afternoon.
The shipping companies are operating normally, with a capacity of 9,000 vehicles per day, which many North Africans who arrived this afternoon will have to wait until dawn or until tomorrow to board.
For the data must be added Algeciras registered at the port of Tarifa (Cádiz), which is currently closed to vehicle shipping, so the Port Authority advised not to go to this port until Tuesday, the day is expected to return the normally having spent the days end.
From the beginning of Operation on 15 June have crossed the Strait from the ports of Algeciras and Tarifa about 145,000 vehicles and 648,000 passengers until yesterday, Saturday , representing 14 and 22 percent, respectively, over 2013.
So far there have been no significant incidents in the port area, according to sources cited.
(Reuters)
<- Topics related article -> <- End a related article ->
No comments:
Post a Comment