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.
Barcelona introduces new tourist tax – cruises in the cross hairs
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Barcelona is one of the many Mediterranean port-cities where local citizens have forced local...
Carnival to solar panels on cruise terminals in Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Carnival Corporation will install solar panels on the two cruise terminals it manages at the Port of...
Port of Valencia promotes reefer offer at Conxemar
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 -The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) is attending the 25th International Frozen Seafood Fair Conxemar, one of...
Dutch Port of Moerdijk visits Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – A delegation from the Dutch Port of Moerdijk has visited the Port of Bilbao. It was accompanied by the...
Port of Bilbao awards central pier construction contract
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – The Port Authority of Bilbao has awarded a contract to build the second phase of the Central Pier of the...
European ports visit Barcelona to see new cold ironing progress
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – Some members of the Power-to-Ship working group of the World Ports Climate Action Program (WPCAP) have...
BERGÉ adds Liebherr cranes on ports of Bilbao, Tarragona
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The logistics group BERGÉ has added Liebherr cranes to its facilities in the ports of Bilbao and...
Noatum seeks more space in Port of Tarragona
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – Noatum Terminal Tarragona is seeking extra space for cargo storage. A request has been submitted to...
Port Authority of Las Palmas visits Brazil
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The president of the Port Authority of Las Palmas, Beatriz Calzada, and director...
Boluda expands container handling in Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – Maritime operator Boluda expects to exceed 100,000 TEUs and one million tons by the end of the year...
Dragados expands in Port of Cadiz
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – The construction company Dragados has been expanding at the Port of Cadiz. The company currently has a...
Contract awarded for ST1 electrical substation in Port of Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has awarded a contract for the construction works of the ST1...
Total cargo at Port of Barcelona in January and August, up 11.4%
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – Total cargo at the Port of Barcelona between January and August, was 47.7 million tonnes, up 11.4%...
Four companies bid for Santander port Ro-Ro project
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – Four companies have submitted bids for construction works for a Ro-Ro cargo facility on the northern...
Valenciaport Foundation supports Sefairer project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 25, 2024 – The Valenciaport Foundation joined the kick-off meeting of the “Sustainable Energy and...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Aug 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-August 2024. TEUs...
Spanish ports see cargo up 2.9% in January-August 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – In January-August 2024, general interest ports handled a total of 376,449,304 tons, an increase of 2.9%...
Port Authority of the Balearic Islands will invest in cold ironing
Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) will invest €30 million between now...
Melilla questions EBRD load to Nador, Morocco
Melilla, Spain (Ports Europe) September 23, 2024 – Last August, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said it will lend 110 million...
Port of Marín part of new Brazilian fruit reefer service
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2024 – The Port of Marín re-enters the maritime fruit transport circuit with a weekly line starting on...