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 names president of Puertos del Estado
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Spanish Council of Ministers approved the appointment of María Ornella Chacón as the new president of national...
Valencia port to open new cruise terminal in 2020
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Valencia port plans to open a new cruise terminal in 2020 in the space occupied by Unión Naval de Levante,...
Spain’s Espacio eyes property project at San Andrés
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Spanish company Espacio, a subsidiary of Grupo Villar Mir, has announced plans for launching a property...
Marín port completes expansion works of Border Inspection Post
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Marín port has just completed the execution of the expansion works of its Border Inspection Post (BIP). The...
Port Authority of Ferrol reports 6.5 million cargo tonnes in first half 2018
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – According to provisional data, the companies operating at the docks of the Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San...
PortCastelló approves its annual accounts with an increase of 52% in profits
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Castelló (Port Authority of Castellon) has approved...
Cartagena port increases handling of liquid bulk
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) continues to be a benchmark in...
Bilbao port launches new service for forwarding agents
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) announced the launch of its new booking and...
MEP Ayala accuses Ferrmed of favouring Barcelona port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – The Member of European Parliament, Inés Ayala, has accused the Ferrmed business lobby of favouring in the...
Spain’s government dismisses national ports agency’s president José Llorca
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – Spain’s government has announced a decision to dismiss the president of national ports agency Puertos del...
Tarragona port organises innovation forum
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – Tarragona port has launched a forum aimed at fostering innovation through cooperation between the port...
MSC carries out first export of Spanish melons to Asia
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has carried out the first shipments of melon from Spain to Asia...
Spain’s SLP cargo handling at Bilbao port increases in H1 2018
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – Servicios Logísticos Portuarios, SA (SLP), a stevedoring company, consignee and regular line agent based in the...
Spain’s Endesa activities boost Ferrol port’s cargo traffic in H1 2018
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – Spanish utility Endesa’s thermal power plant in As Pontes has played a vital role for the increase...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – May 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports MONTH 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Huelva port tender issued for Punta Umbria extension work
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...
Spain’s Transglobal delivers crane simulator to Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2018 – Spanish company Transglobal has delivered a virtual reality simulator for crane operations for the workers of Vigo...