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The APA - Administração do Porto de Aveiro, S.A. [APA], as the port administration, ensures the exercise of necessary competences to regulate Port of Aveiro operation in their multiple aspects. Port of Aveiro is an industrial and modern port located in the center of Portugal, specialized in breakbulk cargo, solid and liquid bulk and project cargoes, serving the vast economic hinterland of the central and northern part of the country, and the center of Spain as well. Annually the port is responsible for handling a cargo of approximately 5.5 million tons and more than 1.000 vessels, which makes it the fifth largest national port.