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Spain (EspaƱa) 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 ValĆØncia. 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.

SASEMAR to manage maritime traffic at Aviles port

Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 ā€“ Aviles port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de AvilĆ©s) plans to sign on January 17 a contract with local...

Spanish company Tamaran starts operating Motril-Genoa container line

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 ā€“ Spanish shipping company Naviera Tamaran S.A., a subsidiary of JSV Logistic, has started operating a regular...

Huelva port expects 400% jump in container traffic Y/Y in 2017

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 ā€“ Huelva port plans to increase container traffic by more than 400% this year, from around 12,000 TEUs in 2016...

Ceuta port says Gibraltar Strait line passenger traffic declines in Jan-Nov 2016

Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 ā€“ Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) said thatĀ passenger traffic on the Strait of Gibraltar sea...

Santander port starts final phase of Dock 9 construction at Raos terminal

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 ā€“ After more than thirteen years of processing, the construction of Dock 9 of RaosĀ ro-ro terminal at...

Alicante port interested in starting feeder line with Algeciras

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 ā€“ Alicante port is interested in starting the feeder line with Algeciras and relaunching a regular connection...

Malaga port has 289 confirmed cruise calls in 2017

Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 ā€“ Malaga port has already confirmed 289 cruise calls for the current season. Of these calls, seven correspond...

Huelva port starts procedure to approve space delimitation plan

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 ā€“ Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has already begun the procedures to approve the plan...

Spanish ports service around 8.7 million cruise passengers in 2016

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 ā€“ Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna has announced that Spanish ports closed 2016 with about...

Transcoma completes reconstruction of facilities at Barcelona port’s logistics zone

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 ā€“ Spanish company Transcoma has completed the reconstruction of its main facilities, located in the...

Barcelona port to present Canal Frio service at Fruit Logistica fair

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 ā€“ Barcelona port plans to present the Canal Frio service, a railway connection to the Maritime Terminal of...

Mali picks Tenerife port as platform for imports

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 ā€“ Tenerife port has been chosen by Mali government as a platform for the import of cargo, whose supply needs,...

Tarragona port to complete large project cargo export operation this week

Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 ā€“ Tarragona port will handle this week the sixth and final export operation of large industry parts, as part...

Ferrol port cargo traffic exceeds 12 million tonnes for sixth consecutive year in 2016

Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 ā€“ For the sixth consecutive year, Ferrol port exceeded 12 million tonnes of cargo, reaching a total of...

Castellon port cargo traffic rises 7.9% Y/Y in Dec 2016

Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 ā€“ Castellon port handled 1,685,323 tonnes of cargo in December, which represents an increase of 7.9% on the...

Sines, Extremadura discuss opportunities of railway corridor to Badajoz platform

Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 ā€“ The president of the Spanish region of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernandez Vara, met today with the president...

Seago Line announces new calls at Algeciras port

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 ā€“ Spanish company Seago Line has announced the update of its Levant Sea and North Sea service through the...

Bilbao to host international maritime industry conference in March

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 ā€“ Bilbao will become the centre of international attention for the naval, port, fishing and energy sectors...

Barcelona port free trade zone operator to rehabilitate four warehouses

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 ā€“ The consortium operating the free trade zone of Barcelona port,Ā Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona...

Palma de Mallorca port simulates hydrochloric gas leakage

Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 ā€“ Palma de Mallorca port simulated on January 12 a leakage accident of hydrochloric gas,Ā organised...

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