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.
Castellón port advances in environmental protection strategy
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Castellón port continues to advance in its commitment to environmental protection. The harbour...
Valencia port to host corporate responsibility event on October 24
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will host the inaugural event of the Corporate...
Turkey’s Yilport considers Ferrol container terminal to be its most important project
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – Turkish conglomerate Yilport looks at the Ferrol container terminal in Spain with great enthusiasm, due to the...
Third container terminal at port of Algeciras goes out to tender
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – La Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of the Bay of...
Algeciras port cargo traffic declines 4.65% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 73.81 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2017, down 4.65% on...
France’s CMA CGM launches line linking Algeciras to South America
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French shipping group CMA CGM has announced the launch of a regular line connecting the east coast of...
Castellón cargo traffic rises 10% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Castellón port’s cargo traffic rose by 10% on the year in the first nine months of 2017 to...
Huelva port operates 30 trains monthly at Majarabique railway hub
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) president José Luis Ramos has said the Majarabique...
Groupe PSA exports first C3 Aircross cars through Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 23, 2017 – French carmaker Groupe PSA has exported the first C3 Aircross car produced at the Opel factory in Zaragoza...
Balearic ports oust Barcelona from leadership in cruise sector in August
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Although for a small margin, for the first time in its history the ports of the Balearic Islands have...
Tenerife port to handle six cruise vessels this weekend
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Tenerife port will handle six cruise vessels this weekend, with a total of 13,000 passengers. On October 20,...
Alicante to lose status of home cruise port in 2018
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Alicante port will lose its status as a home cruise port in 2018, as Pullmantur, owner of the...
Las Palmas port meets Brazilian exporters to boost traffic of fruits, vegetables
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) held a meeting with representatives of...
OPDR service improves Cartagena port’s position on horticultural market
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) continues to promote its...
Andalusian ports handle 4.2 million tonnes of fruits, vegetables in 2016
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – The Andalusian ports, namely Almería, Algeciras Bay, Cádiz, Huelva, Málaga, Motril and Seville, handled a...
Yilport provides Galicia with a new logistics hub in the port Of Ferrol
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – “We have the opportunity to develop a unique project in a unique port, with incredible features,...
Castellón port’s traffic of agri-food products rises 41.4% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Castellón port handled a total of 733,425 tonnes of agri-food products in the first nine months of 2017,...
Two companies to build warehouses at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) has started working on two new concessions for the...
Huelva port, University launch cooperation project
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – The president of Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva), José Luis Ramos, and the rector...
Valencia port keeps positive cargo traffic trend in Jan-Sep 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Valencia port has maintained the growth trend in the first nine months of 2017, recovering after the labour...