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.
Castellon port books record-high traffic in Jan 2017
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Castellon port recorded the best January in terms of cargo traffic in its history. The cargo traffic...
Alicante port extends support contracts
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) board of directors has approved a first...
Spanish Public Ministry commits to promote Mediterranean Corridor
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna said his institution plans to promote the development...
Palma’s El Molinar port development stalls
Palma, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2017 – A controversial expansion project for El Molinar is set to be withdrawn. Rafel Vallespir, the president...
Valencia port cargo traffic rises in January
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) said the total cargo traffic of the three...
Spanish competition watchdog investigates trade unions, companies at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Spanish national competition regulator CNMC has started an investigation into trade unions and companies...
Valencia port to build professional training centre
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to build a centre for the professional...
Galicia regional government names Vigo port board member
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Galicia regional government has appointed Ignacio Lopez-Chaves as board member of Vigo port authority...
Portos de Galicia awards waste collection contract to local company
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Portos de Galicia, the operator of ports owned by the regional government of Galicia, has announced plans...
Spanish government says longshoremen’s strike weakens border control in Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Spanish State Secretary for Security, Jose Antonio Nieto, accused the longshoremen strike in the country...
Boluda to deliver two tugboats to Mauritania
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Boluda Towage and Salvage received the “VB Sahel” and “VB Sahara” tugboats at...
Valencia to revive intermodal transport facility
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) and the regional government of Valencia have...
Baleària presents 2016 results
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Spanish ferry group Baleària held a conference on February 14 at Valencia port to present its...
Container traffic at Spanish ports hits record-high in 2016
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Container traffic in Spanish ports throughout 2016 came in at record-high 15,080,009 TEUs, a figure...
Gijon port to sell former HQ
Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Gijon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón) plans to call a tender for the sale of its former...
Ferrol port approves railway access construction
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao) board of directors will hold an...
2M alliance announces service changes affecting Spanish ports
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Maersk Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), forming the 2M alliance, have announced the...
A Coruna port cargo traffic declines in 2016
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – A Coruna port handled 13.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, down 1.65% on the year. General cargo...
Santander port, Cantabria government to cooperate
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – The launch of a regular maritime line connecting the port of Santander with Morocco is one of the...
Barcelona port meets Argentine, Uruguayan freight forwarders
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Barcelona port concluded its participation in the ninth annual World Cargo Alliance (WCA) conference...