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 targets 5 million TEUs in 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Valencia port authority aims to boost its container traffic to 5 million TEUs in 2018, keeping up the...
Avilés port to get approval for usage of drones
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The new regulatory framework for the use of unmanned aircraft piloted by remote control (drones) opens the...
Gijón, Avilés ports cargo traffic rises in Jan-Oct 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The cargo traffic of Gijón port rose by 13.7% on the year in the first ten months of 2017, while...
Málaga port to handle 20 large cruise ships in 2018
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Málaga port expects to handle 20 calls of large cruise ships transporting more than 4,000 passengers next...
Cádiz port to break cruise traffic record in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) expects to break its record of cruises next...
Spain, Ecuador to cooperate in transport infrastructure development
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna met with his Ecuadorian counterpart Paul Granda to...
Spanish ports see increased challenge from Tanger Med
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Politicians from Malaga, Valencia and Catalonia have raised the issue of Tanger Med becoming...
Parc Sagunt repays €12 million debt
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Spanish logistics complex Parc Sagunt, located near Sagunto port, has repaid a €12 million ($14.2 million)...
First ship connects to LNG-fuelled engine at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – The first vessel has connected to an LNG-fuelled engine at Barcelona port which is part of effort to...
Dominican Republic officials visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – A delegation from the embassy of the Dominican Republic in Spain visited the port of Valencia on December...
Castellón port handles 2 million tonnes of clay in 2017
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Castellón port’s bulk terminal Portsur has started work this week to unload a ship from Ukraine...
A Coruña port awards Punta Langosteira fence construction contract
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) has awarded a €566,000 ($667,615) contract...
Barcelona port commissions quality mark study
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Barcelona port has commissioned a study from IESE Business School that will assess the benefits for...
Spain’s Decal to invest €25 million in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Spanish company Decal España S.A. plans to invest €25 million ($29.5 million) in the expansion of the...
Barcelona port president to resign after regional elections on Dec 21
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The incumbent president of Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona), Sixte Cambra,...
Canary Islands government pays €2.4 million compensation to Naviera Armas
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Canary Islands government has approved the payment of €2.4 million ($2.8 million) to Spanish shipping...
Barcelona port to open railway terminal shortly
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Barcelona port plans to launch in the coming days a terminal for freight trains, increasing its capacity...