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.
Tarragona port calls tender for cruise sector advisory services
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Tarragona port has called a tender for advisory or research service with the purpose of reinforcing...
Las Palmas stevedores agree to reduce stowage costs by 10%
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – The four stevedoring companies that make up the Stowage Society of Las Palmas (Sagep) have reached an...
Spain names new president of Tenerife port authority
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Spain’s government has appointed Pedro Suárez López de Vergara as president of Autoridad...
Noatum Container Terminal Valencia’s net profit rises 62% in 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia, a subsidiary of China’s Cosco Shipping Ports Ltd, recorded a...
Cordoba logistics development set for completion
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – The construction of the new warehouse of the Logistics Area of Cordoba has entered its final...
Bilbao port’s BBG plant regasifies 21% of Spain’s LNG Jan-Aug 2018
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Bilbao port’s regasification plant Bahía Bizkaia Gas (BBG) is once again the most used in the...
Valencia port to invest €1 billion in northern extension
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia)’s board of...
Castellón port installs dust protection barriers
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Castellón port has installed two new windshields in order to protect the residential areas around...
Barcelona port’s shortsea traffic continues growth
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Barcelona port’s short sea traffic continues to expand, as during the first seven months of...
Vigo port continues advancing in its energy self-sufficiency strategy
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Vigo port continues to advance its goal of achieving energy self-sufficiency of all its buildings and...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – July 2018 fish landed by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2018 fish landed (tonnes) statistics by port...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – July 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Valenciaport reports increased traffic in year to end-July 2018
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Valenciaport ended the month of July 2018 with traffic of 2,924,394 TEU, which represents a growth...
Gandía port ends July with growth of 11.84%
Gandía, Valencia (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – The port of Gandía has handled 232,995 tons until the month of July, an increase of 11.84% over...
Tarragona port handles 19 million tonnes in the first seven months of 2018
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Tarragona port moved (load and unload) 19 million tonnes (18,728,380 million tonnes) of cargo in the...
Development plan approved for dry port of Antequera, Málaga
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – The Junta de Andalucía has approved the Special Plan for the management of Antequera dry port at the...
Balearic Islands port authority installs cameras to control navigation speeds
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has installed...