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.
Algeciras port handles 2.8 million passengers in OPE 2018
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – Algeciras port handled the passage of more than 2.8 million passengers – 23 times the inhabitants...
Avilés mayor presents “Camino de Santiago” cruise route
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – The mayor of Avilés, Mariví Monteserín, has presented a new maritime route of short cruises called...
Event: GreenPort Cruise & Conference – October 16-19, 2018, Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – The Greenport conference (October 16-19, 2018, Valencia) provides decision makers from the port...
Barcelona port completes preparations for Vietnam trade mission
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – Barcelona port is finalising this week the organisation of a trade mission to Vietnam that will take...
Ceuta offers incentives to attract cruise ships
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – Ceuta’s local government has announced investment of up to €500,000 ($583,100) per year to attract...
Noatum Terminal Malaga has launched an import-export rail service
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Noatum Terminal Malaga has launched an import-export rail service following the decision last June by...
EU Commission appoints new coordinators for Trans-European transport network (TEN-T)
European Commission, September 14, 2018 – Commission appoints new coordinators for Trans-European transport network (TEN-T) Today the Commission...
Cádiz port traffic reaches 2.3 million merchandise Jan-July 2018
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – Total general traffic in Cádiz port increased by 0.48% in the period January-July 2018, compared to...
Huelva and Balearic ports discuss cooperation
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – The presidents of the port authorities of Huelva and Balearic Islands, José Luis Ramos and Joan Gual...
Almeria port increase traffic in Jan-Jul 2018
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – In January and July 2018, traffic registered by the ports managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Almería...
Barcelona port presents PierNext initiative
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Barcelona port has presented its PierNext initiative to bring the technological and digital...
Spain’s Endesa joins competition for LNG supply at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Spanish company Endesa SA has filed an application to join the competition for a concession of...
Valencia port urges EC to include rail links in CEF 2021-2027
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has urged the...
Algeciras port completes stevedoring liberalisation
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Algeciras port has completed its adoptation to the reform of the stowage sector approved last year to...
Spain’s TEPSA to increase investments in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Spanish company Terminales Portuarias, S.L. (TEPSA), which operates a terminal for petroleum products in...
Málaga port, Railway Innovation Hub to seek development synergies
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – Málaga and Railway Innovation Hub have agreed to jointly seek synergies and develop collaboration lines...
Spain’s Cementos Tudela Veguín to build terminal at Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – Spanish company Cementos Tudela Veguín plans to build a terminal in Gijón port for the reception,...