Port of Garrucha, Commercial port in Garrucha, Spain.
The Port of Garrucha is a working harbor on Spain's southeastern coast that serves commercial fishing vessels, cargo ships, and recreational boats. The facility includes docks, mooring areas, and service stations for different types of vessels.
The port belonged to the maritime province of Cartagena under registration CT-1 before passing to the Junta de Andalucía, which transferred it from the State. The Empresa Pública de Puertos de Andalucía now manages it, leasing five pontoons with 227 berths to the Club Náutico Garrucha. An expansion awarded at 10,000,000 euros was planned mainly for the commercial zone and bulk mineral traffic, with works due by October 2008.
The port's fishing zone has 250 metres of quay, a 970 m² fish auction hall (lonja), 80 boat-owner premises, an ice factory and a cold-storage chamber. The auction is where the catch is graded and sold, and the ice plant supplies the fleet before each trip.
Access is via the A-7 E-15 Mediterranean motorway then the A-370 regional road, or the AP-7 E-15 motorway then the A-1200. The harbour entrance is 170 m wide with 13.5 m depth, and the marina basin has 2 to 3.5 m over a sandy bottom. The marina monitors VHF channels 9 and 16 and is staffed around the clock; showers, toilets, drinking water and a 12 t crane are on site.
The port's 12-tonne crane and slipway serve its boatyard, where vessels up to 12 metres long can be hauled out for maintenance. The harbour has 249 berths in total, including 56 for rental, spread across five floating pontoons.
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