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.
Huelva port, Enagás to launch temperature-controlled logistics hub
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – Huelva port, Spanish group Enagás SA and HuelvaPort foundation announced a project for the launch of a logistics...
Valencia port cruise traffic declines in Q1 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – Valencia port is the only port in Spain that lost cruise passengers in the first quarter of 2018. At the end of...
Heineken imports tanks for Spanish factory via Seville port
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – Heineken plans to expand the production and storage capacity of its factory in Seville with three large storage...
Spain has the cleanest ports among ESPO members
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – A total of seven Spanish ports have achieved environmental certification of the international standard Port...
Bilbao port promotes its services in Brussels, Birmingham
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – Bilbao port continues with its policy of promoting its facilities and logistical means in the main international...
Motril port reports improved traffic figures for Q1 2018
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – The Port of Motril, with 28% more traffic in the first quarter compared to the same period last year,...
Brittany Ferries commences Cork-Santander port service
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – Brittany Ferries’ previously announced new route between the Irish port of Cork and northern...
Barcelona port attends Logistics Transport China fair
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – The Port of Barcelona is presenting its activities and services at the Logistics Transport China, May...
MacAndrews starts weekly container line with northern Europe and Canary Islands from Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The External Port of Ferrol (El Puerto Exterior de Ferrol) will have a regular line of container traffic,...
Agrifood International Congress consolidates Tarragona port’s leadership in the agri-food sector
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The Port of Tarragona has closed the Agrifood International Congess consolidating its position in the...
Córdoba wants to market halal products through the port of Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The port of Algeciras has received halal certification issued by the Muslim authority of Spain, which...
Marina Asmen SL wins Maó port contract
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares (APB – Balearic port agency)...
Las Palmas port to proceed with new oceanography centre
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares (APB – Balearic port...
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...
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...