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.
Spain’s Ría de Arousa positions tugboat in Motril port
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Naviera Ría de Arousa has positioned the Paula S tugboat in Motril port,...
Spain’s Tax Agency to complete Castellón port customs building reconstruction in 2019
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Spain’s Tax Agency will obtain in the coming days the building permit to carry out the reform of the...
TBS-SDS container depot in Valencia port grows above forecasts
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – The container base of TBS (TransBase Soler) and SDS (Spanish Depot Service SA) in the northern extension of...
Huelva tenders €1.02 million bridge repair tender
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing has issued a €1.05 million ($1.22 million) tender to improve the...
Ayamonte port communities to be consulted on developments
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing has agreed with the different socio-economic groups and citizens of...
First direct freight train linking Spain to China departs from tmZ maritime terminal
Zaragoza, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – The first export train to China has departed from Spain’s Maritime Terminal of Zaragoza (tmZ),...
Spain’s Adif approves details for a tender for Zaragoza-Sagunto rail line upgrade
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – The board of directors of Spanish railway operator Adif has approved at its last meeting a tender for...
Valencia port, Dutch consultancy MTBS finishing northern expansion project design
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Valencia port authority and Dutch consultancy MTBS (Maritime & Transport Business Solutions BV) are...
New company Alboran starts Málaga port-Tanger Med ferry service
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Alboran, owned 50% by Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas SA and Maritima Peregar SA group, has set up a...
Noatum Port Holdings – June 2018 container terminal statistics
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018 container...
Spanish company Tudela Veguín applies for concession at Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 17, 2018 – Spanish company Cementos Tudela Veguín has requested of the Gijón port authority a concession of 14,000 m²...
Sagunto local authorities approve urbanisation of port’s northern area
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) July 17, 2018 – Sagunto local authorities have approved unanimously the agreement of Valencia port authority for the urban...
Bilbao port’s new president takes office
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 17, 2018 – The new president of Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao), Ricardo Barkala, has...
Cádiz port, Free Trade Zone to deepen cooperation
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 17, 2018 – The president of the Cádiz port authority, José Luis Blanco Romero, received an institutional visit of the...
Bonanza port in Cadiz tenders construction work
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing has taken out a tender, worth €300,000, works to improve the...
New maritime terminal of the catamaran in the bay of Cádiz in El Puerto de Santa María
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The new maritime terminal of the catamaran of the Bay of Cádiz in El Puerto de Santa María has put into...
EIB cooperates with China with new €500 million Silk Road Fund equity investment initiative
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – At the EU-China summit June 2, 2018, the European Investment Fund and the Silk Road Fund signed a...