Barcelona and Shenzhen ports sign agreement to develop cooperation
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 13, 2018 - The ports of Barcelona and Shenzhen have signed a memorandum of understanding to exchange experiences and knowledge with the…
Government to reduce tax on electricity use by vessels docked in Spanish ports
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 12, 2018 - The Council of the EU has authorized Spain to reduce the tax applied to electricity supply to ships…
Barcelona port presents offer for French market in Toulouse
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 11, 2018 – Barcelona port has recently held a meeting in Toulouse with freight forwarders and French international trade operators to present…
Spanish ports present their offer at the Barcelona International Boat Show
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 10, 2018 - A Spanish delegation, led by Puertos del Estado, is present at the Barcelona International Boat Show that will be held between…
Cádiz port participates in Barcelona International Boat Show
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) October 9, 2018 – Cádiz port will participate in the Barcelona International Boat Show, which will be held between October 10 and 14…
Mega-ships saturate port terminals
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 9, 2018 – The construction of mega-ships, container vessels capable of transporting more than 20,000 TEUs, is creating a difficulties for ports,…
Rental of logistic space in Catalonia increases 53% in 2018
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 8, 2018 - Rentals of logistic space by companies in Catalonia increased in January-September 2018 increased by 53%, a total equivalent…
Traffic of Barcelona port exceeds 45 million tons, up 14%, in Jan-Aug 2018
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 7, 2018 - In the period January to August 2018 Barcelona port handled total traffic of 45.9 million tons, an increase of…
Spain: Puertos del Estado – August 2018 fish landed by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 3, 2018 - Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August 2018 fish landed (tonnes) statistics by port authority. Port Authority…
Puertos del Estado launches new body to help ports
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 3, 2018 - The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, accompanied by the director of Exploitation, Leandro Melgar, has inaugurated Organismo Público…
Spain: Puertos del Estado – August 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 3, 2018 - Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port authority. Port Authority…
Barcelona port approves €3.7 million dredging deal with Spain’s Dravo SA
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 27, 2018 – Barcelona port has approved a €3.69 million ($4.32 million) contract with Spanish company Dravo SA for the general dredging works at…
THE Alliance to update Mediterranean-USA service in December
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) September 26, 2018 – THE Alliance consortium, comprising companies Hapag-Lloyd, Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Yang Ming, plans to launch a cooperation with CMA…
Spain to suspend port fee reductions
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) September 25, 2018 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, has dismissed the potential new reduction in…
Cotraport names new president
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 24, 2018 – Cotraport, the autonomous transport operators' cooperative of the port of Barcelona has a new president. Vicente Rodríguez Doblado is…
5.3 million cruise passengers passed through Spanish ports first 7 months of 2018
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 21, 2018 - President Ornella Chacón of Puertos del Estado, the state agency for ports, is heading the delegation representing Spanish ports at Seatrade…
Cotraport raises Barcelona port issues with Puertos del Estado
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 21, 2018 - Cooperativa de Servicios de Transporte (Cotraport) has sent a document to Puertos del Estado, the state port agency,…
Barcelona port continues to operate at full capacity despite cyber attack
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 21, 2018 – Barcelona port continues to operate at full capacity under a contingency plan destined to minimise the effects of cyber-attack that several Autoritat Portuària…
Barcelona port suffers cyber attack
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 20, 2018 – This morning, Autoritat Portuària de Barcelona (APB - Port Authority of Barcelona) has experienced a cyber attack that…
Barcelona to become only port in Europe with terminals for Carnival, Royal Caribbean, MSC
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 20, 2018 – Barcelona will soon become the only port in Europe where the three largest cruise groups in the world, Carnival,…