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.
Alcúdia port installs structure to reduce air pollution
Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has...
Málaga port presents its activities and infrastructure to China’s COFCO International
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – The Port of Malaga has today received a delegation from COFCO International, a company dedicated to the...
Isabel Pacios Fernández named manager of Gijón port authority
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – The Asturian Isabel Pacios Fernández, who since 2014 was responsible for frozen food operations of Friobás...
Spain’s Caisur to build €1 million agrifood laboratory at Motril port
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Spanish company Laboratorio Caisur SL plans to invest €1 million ($1.2 million) in the construction of a...
Gijón port’s fresh fish cargo traffic declines in Q1 2018
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Gijón port recorded in the first quarter of the year a 69.5% decline in fresh fish handling on the year to 885...
Maersk offers Zaragoza companies rail line for exports via Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – The conviction of the Vigo port community that Maersk would never completely abandon the harbour but would increase...
Ceuta port president resigns
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – The president of Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta), José Torrado, has announced his resignation...
Tenerife port records growth in 2017-2018 cruise season
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – Tenerife port received a total of 310 cruise ships, with 670,000 visitors on board, in the 2017-2018 season, 57...
Las Palmas port authority president says leaves post with pride
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority president Luis Ibarra has said he is leaving his post “proud of the agreement...
Ceuta court opens trial against port president on alleged embezzlement
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – The head of the Court of First of Ceuta has issued an order to open the trial of president of the port authority,...
Huelva port participates in ‘Palma International Boat Show’ to attract superyachts
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – A commercial delegation of the port of Huelva participated in the 35th edition of the nautical fair ‘Palma...
Barcelona port highlights importance of efficient multimodal offer
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – Barcelona port participated last week in the Birmingham Multimodal fair dedicated to transport and logistics in...
Valencia port consolidates offer to keep ro-ro traffic leadership in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – Valencia and Sagunto ports, both managed by the Valencia port authority, have developed in recent years a series...
European Parliament proposes further limit of cabotage operations
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – The Employment Committee of the European Parliament (EP) has proposed to further limit the maximum period of two...
MSC Cruises starts procedure for terminal construction at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – MSC Cruises has started the procedures necessary for the construction of a passenger terminal at the Adossat...
Boluda receives prize from Las Palmas port foundation
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – Boluda Corporación Marítima has been awarded the Ports of Las Palmas Prize 2018, in the...
Minister of Development and Housing López calls for momentum in developing transport corridors
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – The Minister of Development and Housing, Felipe López, has described as “key to the momentum of the...