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.
Bergé, Gefco establish Spain’s largest car logistics operator
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 28, 2018 – Spanish companies Bergé and Gefco announced the signing of the agreement to create the leading provider...
Cuba shows interest in Almería port’s services
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2018 – Cuba is interested in the services of Almería port, Cuba’s consul general in Seville, Alejandro...
Trade union protests against Solvay’s decision to alter Santander port service
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2018 – The change in the concession of the road transport service of Belgian chemical company Solvay to Santander...
Las Palmas port’s container traffic declines in November
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2018 Container traffic at Las Palmas port turned negative in November with a fall of 15.53% on the...
Tarragona handles export of CCR system units to USA
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2018 – Tarragona port handled last week the export to the USA of six independent modules of a complete unit of...
Cartagena port expects record-high 165 cruise calls in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2018 – Cartagena port received on December 26 the last cruise of the year, the ship Aidamar, belonging to the...
Las Palmas port opens probe into contaminated water spill accident
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – Las Palmas port has opened an investigation to clarify the causes of a...
Gijón port awards €42,000 insurance services contract to Aon Gil y Carvajal
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón (APG – Port Authority of Gijón) has awarded a €42,000 ($47,800)...
Cádiz port attracts winter season cruise calls
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – Cádiz port has booked record-high cruise figures in 2018, with 322 registered calls, making the industry...
Avilés port to invest €57 million in overhaul of Raíces dock
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) December 24, 2018 – Avilés port has said it plans to invest €57 million ($64.9 million) in a project for the overhaul of...
Cartagena port to join MEDPorts association
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 The MEDPorts association, which brings together twenty of the main ports and state port agencies of the...
Santander port in talks to terminate contract with builder FCC
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 – Santander port has started negotiations with civil engineering company Fomento de Construcciones y...
Amazon gets plot concession at Seville port’s logistics zone
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Seville port authority has approved the concession of a land plot at its logistics zone to US e-commerce...
Spain’s SATO to build outer harbour wall at Arrecife port
Arrecife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Spanish company SATO has won a €8.1 million ($9.2 million) contract for the...
A Coruña port postpones launch of Punta Langosteira railway project
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – A Coruña port has postponed by more than a year the works for the construction of a railway line in...
Vopak Terquimsa starts liquid bulk operations at Barcelona port terminal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Spanish company Vopak Terquimsa, a specialist in the storage, processing and transport...
Spain’s Gmetal gets 30-year plot concession at Seville port
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Spanish company General de Metalistería, Maquetas y Diseños (Gmetal) has signed a 30-year concession for...