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 expands area dedicated to car industry
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – Valencia port has reached one million square metres servicing the automobile industry, of which 412,000...
Tenerife port to call tender for road construction at Granadilla harbour
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – Spanish Official State Gazette (BOE) published the resolution of Santa Cruz de Tenerife port authority...
Spain’s Capella Atlántico applies for construction of factory at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – Spanish company Capella Atlántico S.L. has presented to Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Vigo port aims to include four more ports to MoS with Nantes
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, has said that the...
Cartagena Chamber of Commerce to sell building at port
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – The Chamber of Commerce of Cartagena has put up for sale the administrative concession of its headquarters...
Spain’s Acsa to install electrical outlets at Motril port
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Spanish company Acsa, Obras e Infraestructuras, S.A. has been awarded a contract for the installation of...
Marín port completes installation of anti-fire system at workshop
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) has recently completed the installation of its own...
Bilbao province firefighters to service port for four more years
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) and the provincial council of Biscay have renewed for...
Valencia port completes construction of road to new cruise terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has approved the completion of the works of the...
Tenerife port confirms tender for dredging at Arinaga basin
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife) confirmed the call of a tender for...
Galicia extends maximum port concession term to 50 years
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – The validity of the concessions of ports in Galicia region is expected to rise to 50 from 30 years under the law...
Barcelona port boosts short sea shipping lines traffic
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Barcelona port is offering more short sea shipping (SSS) lines with its main markets in Italy and North...
Cádiz port studies expansion into Andalusian passenger market
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Cádiz has become in the last years a tourist port par excellence. Especially, in the dock closest to...
Alicante cruise traffic starts to recover
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Cruise tourism continues to recover in Alicante, with 38,789 passengers arriving in the first six months of...
Murcia court dismisses appeal against port extension
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Spanish region of Murcia’s superior court has dismissed the appeal of environmentalist organisation...
Tenerife port authority sees cruise traffic to rise by 5% y/y in 2017
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife) expects cruise traffic to rise by 5% on...
Almería port boost passenger traffic during OPE
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Almería port handled 232,502 passengers as part of the Operación Paso del Estrecho (OPE) initiative in...