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.
Las Palmas port to launch air quality measurement project in October
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 28, 2018 – Las Palmas port plans to launch in October a project for the installation of a system...
EU Research Report: Brexit – transport and tourism – the consequences of a no-deal scenario
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 28, 2018 – The European Parliament Think Tank has published a report entitled: Research for TRAN Committee...
Valenciaport wants to reach 6 million TEUs with the help of Aragón
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – Commercial director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of...
A Coruña port records best month of August with more than 1.5 million tons
Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – The port of A Coruña registered in 2018 the best statistics in a month of August of its history,...
PortCastelló achieves its best ever August cargo statistics
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – The Port of Castellón has grown 13.6% in the first eight months of 2018 and traffic has already...
Tarragona port to tender intermodal terminal construction project by end-2018
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – Tarragona port plans to tender the construction of the Guadalajara intermodal terminal by the end of...
Cádiz port receives delegation of Moroccan port sector representatives
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) has received a...
Barcelona port approves €3.7 million dredging deal with Spain’s Dravo SA
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – Barcelona port has approved a €3.69 million ($4.32 million) contract with Spanish company Dravo SA...
Carlo Secchi to attend CEF Conference of the Intermodal Platform of the Port of Huelva in October
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – The European Coordinator for the Atlantic TEN-T Corridor, Carlo Secchi, will join the second...
Eiffage set for approval to build new Alicante port terminal
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante (APA – Port Authority of Alicante) is set award a 30-year...
Port Authority of Alicante approves strategic plan for 2018-2022
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante (APA – Port Authority of Alicante)...
The XXIII Ibero-American Course on Port Management begins in Madrid
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The 23rd edition of the Ibero-American Port Management Course will be held during the next four weeks...
Andalusian ports represented at Southampton Boat Show
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The councils of Development and Housing and Tourism and Sports and the employers association Marinas...
Marín port calls tender for dock reinforcement works
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Marín y Ría de Pontevedra (APMRP – Port Authority of Marin) has invited...
Spain’s Transcont CV joins Valencia, Sagunto, Gandía ports navigation council
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 –TransCont Comunitat Valenciana (Transcont CV), the Valencia regional association of self-employed persons...
Spain’s ANESCO requests urgent measures to counter traffic loss at Melilla port
Melilla, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – ANESCO (Asociación de Empresas Estibadoras/National Association of Stevedoring Companies) has raised its...
Portos de Galicia visits Madrid to discuss issues of concern
Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2018 – The president of Portos de Galicia, José Juan Durán, and the Minister of the Sea, Rosa Quintana,...
Belike wins contract to build Amazon-based technical architecture for Valenciaport
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has awarded...
Castellón port authority to name new president
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 25, 2018 – Ana Ulloa, current operations director of Vigo port authority, is to replace Roberto Arzo as head of...
Spain’s Portsur to build new dock at Castellón port
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 25, 2018 – Spanish bulk terminal operator Portsur Castellón SA decided to step up investment, in order to keep...