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.
Balearic ports cargo traffic rises 7% y/y in H1 2017
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Balearic Islands ports handled 6.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2017, up 7% on...
Balearic port authority launches probe into Solvalgaray
Savina, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has launched a probe into Spanish company...
Spain’s Boluda to appoint former Valencia president as adviser
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima plans to appoint the former president of Valencia port...
Cádiz port cargo traffic rises 5.76% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Cádiz port handled 2.634 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 5.76% on the year....
Castellón port calls tender for construction of liquid bulk dock
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has called a tender for the...
Algeciras port to host Cool Logistics Global conference’s ninth edition
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Algeciras port plans to host on September 25, 26 and 27 the ninth conference Cool Logistics Global,...
Ceuta port to install monitoring system of Navantia Sistemas
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) has signed a €920,000 ($1.1 million) agreement with...
Castellón port’s cargo traffic rises in Jan-Aug 2017, backed by containers
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Castellón port has said its cargo traffic in the first eight months of 2017 rose by 10.1% on the year...
Castellón port handles its biggest shipment of clay ever
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Castellón port handled the biggest clay shipment in its history on September 19. The Kang Shun vessel...
Procter & Gamble I-Trade CEO Academy analyses container traceability at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Procter & Gamble I-Trade CEO Academy has started an analysis into the traceability of exports of...
Valencia, Tianjin ports to facilitate trade relations between both hinterlands
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Valencia port and the Chinese harbour of Tianjin have set the basis for the signing of an agreement to...
Huelva port strengthens relations with Morocco’s Casablanca harbour
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has participated in a commercial mission to...
Avilés port cargo traffic rises 2.56% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Avilés port handled a total of 3.12 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 2.65%...
Parliament of Catalonia passes Climate Change Bill
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – The parliament of Catalonia has passed a “Climate Change Bill”, a law to strengthen the...
Barcelona port to attend Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 conference
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 will take place November 14-15, 2017, in Southampton, UK,...
Spain’s Boluda Lines to launch regular line linking Cape Verde to Spain in October
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Spanish company Boluda Lines, the international freight transport subsidiary of Boluda Corporación...
Basque Country insists on receiving ownership of Bilbao, Pasaia ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The government of the Basque Country plans to keep requesting the transfer of the ownership of Bilbao and...