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.
Valencia port detects radioactive cargo
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is keeping a container and three full trucks...
Marín enters list of Spanish cruise ports
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Marín port entered the ranking of cruise ports in Spain with a total of 143 passengers in 2017. They were the...
Spain’s Partido Popular proposes port digitalisation plan
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish ruling political party Partido Popular (PP) has proposed to the Congress a plan to promote the...
Spain’s Oryx to unload 75,000 tonnes of fuel at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – The British Tradition tanker, 274 metres long, will unload next week 75,000 tonnes of fuel and marine diesel...
Marbella city government applies with Málaga port for lighthouse concession
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – The City Council of Marbella municipality has applied with Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria...
Puertos del Estado continues to invest in the local cruise industry
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – In 2017 Spanish ports exceed 9.2 million cruise passengers, a result of a long-standing commitment by the...
Castellón port to improve meteorological, oceanographic information service
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Castellón port will have improved meteorological and oceanographic information on its website with systems...
Vilagarcía port awards concessions of two lighthouses
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Vilagarcía port has awarded contracts for the operation of the lighthouses of Corrubedo and Punta Insua....
A Coruña port cargo traffic rises 23% y/y in January 2018
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – After closing 2017 with historical figures, the port of A Coruña continues to show a positive trend in the...
Ceuta port cruise traffic declines in 2017
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Ceuta port closed 2017 with figures below those of the previous year in terms of arrival of tourists aboard...
Spain to reduce port fees by 10%
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has announced that the government budget for 2017 includes a drop of...
Escola prepares for the first batch of technical courses in spring 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Escola Europea–Intermodal Transport is scheduling technical courses in the first quarter of 2018. The...
Development of Isla Cristina fishing port announced
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...
Hispania Petroleum to build facilities for LNG supply at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Spanish company Hispania Petroleum applied with Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...
Valencia port to grant 50-year concession to investors in new container terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is willing to grant a long-term concession, up to...
Finnlines launches Bilbao-Rosyth service
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Finnish shipping company Finnlines, a subsidiary of Italy’s Grimaldi Group, will launch a new sea...
Boluda launches Canary Islands-Cantabria line
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Boluda Corporación Marítima, through Boluda Lines, has launched a Canary Islands-Cantabria line, utilising...