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.
Cádiz port to handle 85 cruise ship calls in April, May
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – Cádiz will handle 85 cruise ship calls in its docks during the months of April and May, being, next to...
Cartagena port collects 7,800 tonnes of garbage in 2017
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) has been operating a specific vessel for more...
Cádiz port, government join forces to promote railway link to container terminal
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – Cádiz mayor José María González, and the president of the Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la...
Ferrol’s outer port handles 35,000 tonnes of wood
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – The “Feyha” ship has made in the outer harbour of Ferrol the second shipment of Galician wood...
Spain to include Seville port in special regime contributors’ list
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) April 12, 2018 – The Bill of the General State Budget for 2018 includes a proposal to modify the Ports Law to include Seville...
Amarradores Valencia implements Nereus management system
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 12, 2018 – Amarradores del Puerto de Valencia, S.L., the mooring operator of Valencia port, has opted for innovation and...
Huelva port to promote halal food handling services
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 12, 2018 – Huelva port will participate in the Alimentaria exhibition on April 16 and 19, which this year hosts the Halal...
Neptune Lines, UECC mull Vigo-Tangier line
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 12, 2018 – Shipping companies are preparing to attract part of the significant flow of goods that is expected as of the end...
Pasaia port’s cargo traffic rises 3% y/y in Q1 2018
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – Pasaia port recorded in the first quarter an annual growth of 3% in the cargo traffic to 717,163 tonnes....
Las Palmas port applies reduction in ship handling fees
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – Las Palmas port is the only Spanish harbour that applies a reduction in the fees for ship handling in 2018...
Coated Solutions to start exports to USA from Santander port
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – Coated Solutions, a company dedicated to the production of pre-lacquered steel, will have next year a second...
Balearic Islands port authority asks environmentalists for cruise industry studies
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – Balearic Islands port authority has asked the environmental group GOB to provide studies on the...
Balearic Islands port authority launches passenger station at Palma de Mallorca port
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – Balearic Islands port authority has put into service on April 9 the new Maritime Station No. 6,...
Ertransit carries out oversized cargo operation to Canary Islands
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – Spanish company Erhardt Transitarios (Ertransit) has carried out an important oversized cargo operation to...
Palma de Mallorca mayor in talks with port for cruise traffic limits
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – The mayor of Palma de Mallorca, Antoni Noguera, has said that the arrival of eight cruise ships to...
Andalusia port agency head visits Motril port
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – The managing director of Public Ports Agency of Andalusia, Mariela Fernández Bermejo, made her first...
Authorities start dredging of port of Cadiz Conil de la Frontera
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, via Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA –...