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.
Costa Rican agricultural exporters visit Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – A delegation of companies from the agricultural export sector of Costa Rica and representatives of Costa...
Barcelona port’s freight railway traffic expands
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The railway traffic at Barcelona port rose by 7.34% in the first nine months of 2017 to a total of...
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...
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...
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,...