Spain
Spain (España) is located in Southwest Europe, occupying the Iberian peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic; a member of the European Union; by tonnage the leading ports are Algeciras, Barcelona and València. State ports are managed by Puertos del Estado which executes port policy of the government; made up of 28 port authorities that manage the 46 ports.
Ports of Barcelona and Busan held the 2023 Europe Logistics Platform Seminar in Seoul
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 21, 2023 – The ports of Barcelona and Busan held the 2023 Europe Logistics Platform Seminar in Seoul yesterday...
Port of Las Palmas hosts final tests of drone project
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) September 20, 2023 – The Port of Las Palmas has hosted the final tests of the project ‘Transport...
Spain’s Port of Algeciras sees August rise in containerised traffic
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) September 20, 2023 – The Port of Algeciras saw an August rise in containerised traffic of +1.7%, a small but significant...
Pérez y Cía Group acquires Barcelona Container Depot Service
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 19, 2023 – The Pérez y Cía Group has acquired Barcelona Container Depot Service, SL ( BCDS), which focuses...
Port of Barcelona reports cargo traffic down over -12% in Jan-Aug 2023
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 18, 2023 – In the first eight months of 2023, the Port of Barcelona reported total traffic of 42.8 million...
Port of Huelva receives three offers for Enagás terminal work
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) September 18, 2023 – The Port Authority of Huelva has received three offers to build a cold conduction network from the...
DFDS acquires FRS Iberia
Copenhagen, Denmark (PortSEurope) September 18, 2023 – International shipper DFDS has acquired FRS Iberia from its parent company FRS, a Flensburg-based...
Adif improves the Sagunto-Teruel-Zaragoza rail line
València, Spain (PortSEurope) September 12, 2023 – Adif has improved the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto line with the commissioning of the seven sidings for...
Port of Valencia hosts floating solar power trial
València, Spain (PortSEurope) September 12, 2023 – The Port of Valencia is hosting the first unit of an innovative floating solar energy pilot project...
Port of Valencia maintains the downward trend in export freight
València, September 8, 2023.- Export freight rates from the Port of Valencia moderate their fall, but continue to decline. In the month of August the...
Bergé begins logistics operations for Celsa in Port of Tarragona
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2023 – Bergé has started providing logistics services to Celsa Group in the Port of Tarragona. The first...
Japan’s Nagoya port sends delegation to Port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) September 7, 2023 – A delegation from the Japanese port of Nagoya has visited the port of Bilbao to strengthen commercial...
Port of Granadilla handles wind turbines
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) September 5, 2023 – The port of Granadilla has welcomed the general cargo ship “BBC...
First hydrogen-powered container stacker arrives at Port of Valencia
València, Spain (PortSEurope) August 31, 2023 – The Port of Valencia has taken delivery of the hydrogen-powered ReachStacker, as part of the European...
JSV to start new shipping line linking Turkey and Spain in four days
València, Spain (PortSEurope) August 29, 2023 – The JSV group, a multimodal logistics operator specializing in transport to the Canary Islands, will...
Port of Las Palmas to adapt Cristóbal Colón dock for larger ships
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) August 29, 2023 – The Port of Las Palmas has awarded Gantrex Spain a contract to adapt the infrastructure...
Spain’s largest cocaine seizure in the port of Algeciras – 9.5 tonnes
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) August 25, 2023 – 9,436 kilograms of cocaine, the largest haul ever seized in Spain, were found in a refrigerated container...