Madrid-Barcelona port rail links set for investment
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2020 - Madrid and Barcelona have agreed funding improvement to railways linking the two cities. Puertos del Estado, the state-owned…
Galp and ERSE against discounts on access to gas terminals in Spain
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2020 - Galp and the Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE) are against the possibility of Spain moving forward with the…
Puertos del Estado takes measures due to virus
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 30, 2020 - Puertos del Estado has carried out a review of the revenue of the state port system in order…
Francisco Toledo appointed president of Spain’s Puertos del Estado
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 26, 2020 - The Council of Ministers approved in its meeting yesterday the appointment of Francisco Toledo as president of Puertos del…
Rhenus acquires the Spanish logistics specialist LTK
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 12, 2020 - Rhenus Group, a global logistics specialist, has acquired LTK, a Madrid-based integrated supply chain specialist, with warehouse capacity…
Spanish fishing sector to participate in COP25 Climate Summit
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2019 - The Spanish and European fisheries sectors will actively participate in the COP25 Climate Summit held in Madrid from…
Spanish dockers call off the strike scheduled for November 25
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 25, 2019 - Spanish dock workers, represented by Anesco, have decided to call off the strike scheduled for today, after long…
European Commission welcomes Spain move to remove tax exemption for ports
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2019 - The European Commission has said that it welcomes a commitment by the Spanish government to abolish tax exemption…
Puertos del Estado meets Accenture to discuss 5G
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2019 - President of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina and head of the Cabinet, Ana María García, have met with Juan…
Valenciaport promotes reefer services at Fruit Attraction Fair in Madrid
Fruit and vegetable traffic is growing at a rate of 21.49% at the end of September and could exceed 800,000 tons at the end of…
Grimaldi shipping group to attend Fruit Attraction Fair 2019 in Madrid
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) October 23, 2019 - Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group is once again participating in the Fruit Attraction Fair 2019 in Madrid, an…
Madrid-Cádiz port rail cargo connection service start operations
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 27, 2019 - On May 10, the railway link between Madrid and the port of Cádiz started. The first train is scheduled…
Renfe Mercancías relaunches Algeciras-Madrid Abroñigal rail link
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Spanish rail freight services operator Renfe Mercancías relaunched the rail link from Algeciras port to Madrid Abroñigal on…
Huelva port launches weekly container train service to Madrid
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) April 16, 2019 – Huelva port has launched a new weekly container train service between Madrid and its South Pier, joining the…
Puertos del Estado president resigns
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 20, 2019 – Ornella Chacón, president of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado, is leaving the position for personal reasons after eight…
Spain’s ANESCO recommends change in port management model
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) February 7, 2019 – Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of Stevedoring Companies) has said it is committed to "increasing the…
Spain’s Puertos del Estado completes analysis of national ports strategy
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) February 7, 2019 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has completed an analysis the new Strategic Framework of the port…
Noatum Logistics to open two new facilities
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) February 5, 2019 - Noatum Logistics, the division of Noatum Maritime specialising in logistics, international transport and customs, is to open two…
Spain’s Renfe Mercancías to launch new service linking Madrid to Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) February 5, 2019 – Spanish state-owned freight railway operator Renfe Mercancías plans to launch a new service of three circulations per day,…
“Ports of the Future – Disruptive Business Models in the Spanish Port Sector’ event starts in Madrid
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 - Executive Forum and Eurogestión have organized the 1st edition of 'Ports of the Future - Disruptive Business Models in the Spanish…