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.
CLH Group expands services in hydrocarbon storage facility in Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – CLH Group has expanded its offer of services in its hydrocarbon storage facility in Bilbao port. Regular...
Huelva port to invest €113 million in 2019
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Huelva port plans to invest in 2019 a total of €113 million ($129.5 million) as part of its business plan to...
Las Palmas port aims to become offshore wind power hub
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port Authority of Las Palmas) aims to...
Orange, Vodafone to test 5G applications at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Telecoms groups Orange and Vodafone plan to test at the port of Vigo the possibilities of 5G technology in very...
Noatum Port Holdings – November 2018 container terminal statistics
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported November 2018...
Marín port to invest €20,000 in overhaul of PV plant
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Marín y Ría de Pontevedra (APMRP – Port Authority of Marin) has awarded a...
Vigo port seeks storage space to cope with rising aluminium traffic
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Vigo port has started a desperate search for free land to offer to operators for the storage...
Cartagena port handles first cruise ship of 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – The Aidamar cruise ship, with more than 2,500 passengers, docked on January 3 at Cartagena port, which is...
Galician ports’ fishing exports to UK increase in 2018
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Galicia-based companies have significantly increased their exports to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018,...
Cartagena port to handle 165 cruise calls in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Cartagena port has “the best forecast in history” for the year 2019 with 165 confirmed cruise...
Valencia port to introduce hydrogen-fuelled cargo handling operations
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Valencia may become the first port in Europe to incorporate hydrogen energy to reduce the environmental...
ANESCO urges Adif to restore rail traffic to Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of Stevedoring...
Suardíaz drives Vigo port’s traffic growth in 2018
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – The Suardíaz group, headquartered in Madrid, ends the year as the growth generator of traffic at the port of...
Las Palmas port terminates tender for Nelson Mandela dock overhaul
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – Las Palmas port has opted to terminate the tender called at the end of November to find a...
Galician recreational ports see improved traffic in 2018
Pontevedra, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – The autonomous ports of the Rías Baixas, the coastal estuary between Muros and Tui, received 7,400...
Valencia port reduces “carbon footprint” by 17% in eight years
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – The fight against climate change and the reduction of emissions of CO 2 and other pollutant particles...
Valenciaport Foundation co-ordinates blockchain development
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – A consortium of entities, coordinated by Valenciaport Foundation, will develop a proof of concept to...