To the joint venture between the Chinese group COSCO and the Argentine PTP, which was the only bidder for the construction and management of a multipurpose terminal at the Moll d'Andalusia of the port of Tarragona ( of 21 April 2026), the concession of the duration up to 50 years to carry out these activities. The agreement includes the La Boella train terminal.

The winning joint venture will be 51% owned by Rapport Investment Ltd, 51% owned by COSCO Shipping Ports and 49% by COSCO Bulk, and 49% by PTP Ibérica, subsidiary of the PTP group. It is envisaged that the joint venture invests a total of 116.8 million euros in the Spanish port.

Since the entry of COSCO-PTP among the port operators of Tarragona, the Port Authority of the Spanish port expects a strong boost to container traffic that has so far been a major boost in Tarragona a completely marginal result and which last year was Less than 16 thousand TEUs: "Not only will we recover the traffic of container and we will expand that of various goods and vehicles - has commented the president of the port authority, Santiago J. Castellà - but we will also become one of the main ports of entry of Mediterranean reference for traffic from China, from the Far East and Latin America".

After the concession contract has been signed, it is expected that the joint venture COSCO-PTP will start operations at the end of this year for start the works that will be completed in 2028, when the terminal will have a container traffic capacity equal to 680 thousand TEUs.