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.
Andalusian marinas present at Paris Boat Show
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Andalusia marinas will promote their services at Paris Boat Show, December 8-16, 2018. The...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...
Canary Islands government to invest €15 million in Corralejo port
Corralejo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2018 – The Canarian government has approved an investment of €15 million ($17 million) for the improvement of...
CORE LNGas hive completes multimodal LNG transport pilot test
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2018 – The CORE LNGas hive project has successfully carried out the first pilot test of multimodal...
Port Authority of Almería see increased traffic in Jan-Oct 2018
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) December 9, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería), which manages the ports of...
Melilla port, a victim of Spain-Morocco’s trade blockade
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – The hardening of the commercial rows between Morocco and Spain has sunk the activity of the port of Melilla....
Cádiz port breaks cruise traffic record in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Cádiz port handled 306 cruise ships and 399,823 passengers in the first eleven months of 2018. In this...
MSC takes full control of container depot operator VCD Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has became the sole shareholder of Valencia Container Depot...
Cartagena port authority to invest €16 million
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) has approved a tender for a...
Repsol carries out largest supply of LNG to a ship for use as fuel with Cartagena port
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Working with Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) and Enagás...
Carnival Corporation to operate Santa Cruz de Tenerife Cruise Terminal
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Carnival Corporation & plc has announced an agreement with Autoridad...
Carnival Corporation to operate Tenerife port’s cruise terminal
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Tenerife port has signed a contract with Carnival Corporation for the operation of the...
Cartagena port says waters in its area are clean
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Cartagena port has verified that the quality of the waters in its area is “very good” after the...
Balearic Islands government envisages no new port constructions until 2033
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – The Balearic Government has presented in Ibiza its proposal of the General Plan of Ports of Balearic Islands...
European Core LNGas Hive presented at Tarragona port event
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) has hosted an event to...
HuelvaPort and Huelva port authority create Customs and Customs Forum to streamline goods inspection services
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – The Association for the Commercial Promotion of the Port of Huelva, HuelvaPort, and Autoridad Portuaria...
Future Strategic Framework will be oriented to the new port reality – Puertos del Estado
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, accompanied by Salvador...