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.
Ricardo Barkala to be next president of Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Ricardo Barkala will be the next president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) to...
CPMR regions to provide input into revision EU Directive on port reception facilities for delivery of ship waste
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’s (CPMR) member regions are being invited to...
Atlantic Arc Commissions hub meetings prepare for post-Brexit period
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’ (CPMR) Atlantic Arc Commission (AAC) held its...
Andalusia ports meet to plan 2018 cruise strategies
Motril Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – The Minister of Tourism and Sports, Francisco Javier Fernandez, met today in Seville with the heads of...
Intermediterranean Commission regions strengthen their alliance for sustainable development
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’ (CPMR) Intermediterranean Commission...
Barcelona port starts work on new railway accesses project
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has taken the first steps to promote rail...
Naples port to keep growing in 2018
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Naples port will keep growing in 2018, backed by the cruise sector. These are the forecasts of the...
Seago Line to launch service linking Cartagena to Felixstowe
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – A new container transport line will be in operation between the port of Cartagena and England, operated...
Las Palmas port’s cruise, cargo traffic keeps rising in January
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has started the year continuing the...
GAINN projects presented at joint working group meeting on ports and multimodal terminals in Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 Last week Eva Pérez, the general coordinator of the GAINN4MOS and GAINN4SHIP Innovation projects,...
Private companies invest €71 million in Bilbao port in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – The Port of Bilbao has reached an occupancy rate of nearly 83% in 2017 and private enterprise is...
Bilbao port invests €61.5 million in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – In 2017, the Port Authority of Bilbao invested €61.5 million ($75.87 million), with the sum set to...
Bilbao port starts 2018 cruise season
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – This coming Sunday, 25 February, the cruise vessel Saga Sapphire, belonging to Saga Cruises, and...
Bilbao increase cargo traffic 7% on 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) february 27, 2018 – The Port of Bilbao ended 2017 with a 7% traffic growth, a 2.2 million-tonne increase over 2016. This is...
Avilés port cargo traffic rises in January
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Avilés port handled in the first month of the year a total of 525,477 tonnes, up 33.61% on the year,...
Valencia port to finance study for Valencia-Sagunto transport corridor project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to promote and finance a study of...
EU finances overhaul of ports in Spain, Ireland
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The action plan of the European Union for the Atlantic countries has raised some €2.4 billion ($2.95...