Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife


The Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, is used by fishing boats, commercial and passenger ships, and sports. Located on the Atlantic Ocean, it is managed by the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, who also manage all commercial and leisure ports of the Province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Next to this port is the famous building of the Auditorio de Tenerife.
The Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is the most important of the Canary Islands ports in terms of passengers, as 23% of passenger transport by sea of the islands is through this port. Apart from hosting interisland ferry connections, the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is a staging post of numerous shipping lines, linking it with the main ports in Europe, Africa and America. The Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife stretches from the fishing dock of San Andrés until muelle de Hondura, with an area of about twelve kilometers, this makes the port more extension of the Canary Islands. In 2016, the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife was included among the three major ports in the world for cruise traffic by Seatrade Cruise Med. It shares this consideration with the Port of Southampton and the cruise terminal Kai Tak, the Port of Hong Kong.

Characteristics

Under Spanish maritime regulation, several ports are bundled together on technical, political and historical reasons under the structure of Autoridad Portuaria, and full statistics sometimes only refer to Port Authorities, rather than individual ports. However, a brief description of the strengths and weaknesses of the Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife is included here, based on statistical data published by the Port's Authority:
The port's facilities include a border inspection post approved by the European Union, which is responsible for inspecting all types of imports from third countries or exports to countries outside the European Economic Area.
Some of the world's largest ocean liners like the Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth II have stopped in the Port. The proximity of two international airports backs up its position as a base for cruises.
On september 26, 1993 Michael Jackson's Dangerous World Tour stopped in the port of Santa Cruz in front of 20.000 people.

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