Cartagena port strengthens links with Brazil
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) March 25, 2019 – Cartagena port handled 15% of Spain's bilateral trade with Brazil in 2018. Therefore, last year, Cartagena port handled 4.07 million…
Gijón port ranks second in Spain for cargo traffic with South America
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) March 25, 2019 – Gijón port is ranked second among Spanish harbours for cargo traffic with South America, a situation based on the supply of…
Cartagena port hosting oil platform repair operation
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) March 25, 2019 – The Stena Icemax oil platform, consigned by company Hamilton and Cia, will remain for two months in Cartagena port to…
Valencia port to build wind towers, power substation
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 21, 2019 – Valencia port authority aims to achieve the energy balance by 2050 with its own wind power plan that includes the installation…
A Coruña port obtains labour safety certification
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) March 22, 2019 – A Coruña port is the first in Spain to obtain certification of its labour safety and health management system, in…
Sintraport presents proposals to negotiate the transport conditions of Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 22, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport has asked the Barcelona port authority and the Catalan regional government to resume negotiating tables…
Huelva port to call tender for temperature-controlled storage complex
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) March 22, 2019 – Huelva port has approved the list of requirements of the tender of one or several administrative concessions destined to…
Hyster Europe develops zero-emission reachstacker for Valencia port
Press Release - Hyster Europe - Hyster Europe has announced it is developing a zero-emission reachstacker featuring a hydrogen fuel cell for the Port of…
Las Palmas port expects arrival of four platforms, drillers this week
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) March 21, 2019 – Las Palmas port expects the arrival of four platforms and drilling vessels dedicated to the offshore…
Transcont Valencia announces five days of strikes
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 21, 2019 – Autonomous truck drivers association Transcont Valencia association plans to carry out demonstrations on March 21 in protest against the failure…
Malaga port expects 180,000 cruise passengers during the spring season
Málaga, Spain, March 20, 2019 - The Port of Malaga is forecasting 180,000 passengers and 113 stopovers from March 20 to June 30, thus consolidating the positive figures for…
Tarragona port consolidates leadership in agrifood at Inter-Pyrenean Cereals Exchange
Tarragona, Spain, March 20, 2019 - This Friday, the Port of Tarragona will take part in the Inter-Pyrenean Cereals Exchange in Mollerussa (Lleida), a benchmark…
Valenciaport Foundation attends meeting of the SKILLFUL project in Dublin
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 20, 2019 - On the 7-8 March, the Valenciaport Foundation attended a follow-up meeting of the SKILLFUL (Skills and Competence Development…
Valencia port transport corridors to be integrated into EU networks
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 20, 2019 - The Port Authority of Valencia has welcomed the news of the incorporation of the rail corridors Valencia-Madrid and…
Puertos del Estado president resigns
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 20, 2019 – Ornella Chacón, president of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado, is leaving the position for personal reasons after eight…
Sintraport ends strikes at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 20, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport has decided not to call new mobilisations and to sit down again on the…
Barcelona port hopes to benefit from SmartCAT Challenge
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 19, 2019 - The Catalan government and Barcelona's port authority have joined forces to find innovative digital solutions for improving the port and…
Sintraport’s strike in Barcelona may spread to other ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) March 19, 2019 – While the longshoremen's conflict remains latent in Spanish ports, it is now the transporters who are mobilising, threatening to paralyse the harbours.…
Barcelona port expresses willingness to dialogue with Sintraport
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 19, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport held a day of protest in the centre of Barcelona, which adds to the…
Alicante port to move to companies responsible for emissions from outdoor activity
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) March 19, 2019 – From 2020, stevedoring companies in Alicante port will assume the responsibility for their emissions into the atmosphere, which…