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.
Port of Valencia to restart exports
València, Spain (PortSEurope) March 29, 2022 – The port of Valencia will open the traffic of goods for export this Wednesday or Thursday, once the...
In the first two months of 2022, the Port of Tarragona handled 5.47 million tons of cargo, up 10.7%
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 29, 2022 – In the first two months of 2022, the Port of Tarragona handled 5,477,277 tons of cargo, up 10.7% compared...
Port of Motril approves an administrative concession
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – The Port of Motril has approved an administrative concession to the joint venture formed by Ventuceli...
Port Authority of Gijón has extended the current concession of the APM Terminals container terminal
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – The Port Authority of Gijón has extended the current concession of the APM Terminals container terminal for...
Puertos del Estado issues “favourable report” for the new container terminal in the Port of Valencia
València, Spain (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – Puertos del Estado (OPPE), part the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA), has said it...
Spanish ports increase cargo handling in first two months of 2022
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – Spanish ports increased cargo handling in first two months of 2022 to 90.66 million tons (mt), up 9.2% on...
Port of Valencia establishes contingency plan to help ease congestion
València, Spain (PortSEurope) March 28, 2022 – The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has established a contingency plan to help ease congestion at the...
Port of Tarragona to tender railway management operations
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – The Port Authority of Tarragona (APT) has opened a tender for a technical assistance contract for the...
Port of Valencia cargo traffic up over 2% in January-February 2022
In the accumulated of the year, the Valenciaport docks have managed a total of 13,704,966 tons of merchandise, with an increase of 2.06% compared to...
Imports of natural gas at the Port of Sagunto triples in the first two months of 2022
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – In the first two months of 2022, the Port of Sagunto imported 601,662 tons of natural gas, compared to...
Las Palmas Port Authority to add crane capacity in 2023
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – Las Palmas Port Authority and Operaciones Portuarias Canarias (Opcsa) have agreed to add...
Port Authority of Almería to approve expansion of the Levante Dock for cruise ships
The president of the Port Authority of Almería, Jesús Caicedo, has announced that the APA’s board of directors will approve next week the project for...
Algescom Commercial Management to establish logistics centre in port of Motril
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – The Port Authority of Motril has granted an administrative concession to Algescom Commercial Management to...
Vehicle logistics and port operator Autoterminal opens new technical centre in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – Vehicle logistics and port operator Autoterminal Barcelona has opened a new technical centre in...
Aurelio Martinez stresses the importance of the Port of Valencia for the battery plant announced by Volkswagen to be set up in Sagunto
València, March 23, 2022 – “Valencians are not aware of the importance of Valenciaport for the location and business investment, and a project...
Prime Minister of Spain visits Port of Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – Pedro Sánchez, prime minister of Spain, has visited the Port of Ceuta, located in a Spanish autonomous city...
VW to build new battery cell plant in Sagunto port, near Valencia
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – The German automotive group Volkswagen AG (VW) has announced it will build a new battery cell plant in the...
Opentop, the Innovation HUB of Valenciaport, is launched in a major event
Opentop is an initiative, led by Fundación Valenciaport, which seeks to become a global benchmark in open innovation in the port logistics sector, fostering...
The port of Algeciras has moved 17.7 million tons of cargo in the first two months of the year
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) March 22, 2022 – The port of Algeciras moved 17.7 million tons of cargo in the first two months of the year. This...
Port of Bilbao reduces growth forecast
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) March 22, 2022 – The Port of Bilbao has reduced its growth forecast for 2022 from 7.4% to around 2%. The reasons are twofold....