Puertos del Estado reaches agreement on collective labour contract
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2019 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has said that an agreement has been reached with trade unions…
Barcelona port to participate in MedFEL fair for 9th year
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 23, 2019 – Barcelona will participate for the ninth year in a row in the Mediterranean fruit and vegetable fair MedFEL, which will…
Spain’s competition watchdog launches study on national port network
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 18, 2019 – Spain's competition watchdog Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has launched a study on the…
Catalonia automotive cluster visits Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 18, 2019 – A delegation from Clúster de la Indústria d'Automoció de Catalunya (CIAC - the Automotive Industry Cluster of Catalonia)…
Trade unions call off strike at Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 16, 2019 – Spanish trade unions CCOO, UGT and CIG have called off the 24-hour port strike scheduled for April 17,…
Spanish trade union CCOO calls port workers strike on April 17
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 11, 2019 – Spanish trade union CC OO union has called a strike of 21 hours of port workers on April…
Spain’s ICL Iberia investing €77.3 million in terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 10, 2019 – The new terminal of ICL Iberia in the port of Barcelona will start operating later this year after…
Puertos del Estado reports February 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 10, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port authority. Port…
CILSA to invest €150 million in Barcelona port until 2021
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 9, 2019 – CILSA SA, the company that manages the Logistics Area of the Port of Barcelona, plans to invest €150…
Noatum Maritime creates the new division Marmedsa Cruise Services
Barcelona, Spain, April 8, 2019 - Noatum Maritime, the maritime, logistics and port services company, has announced the creation of Marmedsa Cruise Services, a new…
Spain receives 10.1 million cruise passengers in 2018
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 8, 2019 - Spain's state-owned ports received 10,178,169 cruise ship passengers in 2018, an annual record for Spain and the sixth year of…
Motorways of the Sea receive support at Barcelona event
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 7, 2019 - In Barcelona for the Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea Western - The 2020 Climate Action Program The Way…
Barcelona port to present cruise services at Seatrade Cruise Global
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 5, 2019 – Barcelona port plans to present its offer for the cruise industry in the 35th edition of the Seatrade…
Baleària in talks to build ferry terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 4, 2019 – Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. is negotiating with Barcelona port authority to build a new ferry terminal…
Barcelona port to host Motorways of the Sea development discussion
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 3, 2019 – The development of the Motorways of the Sea in the Western Mediterranean will be the topic of a…
Spain’s Anesco, Puertos del Estado ask for support for reform of stowage sector
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 3, 2019 – Spanish stevedoring companies association Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (Anesco) and national ports agency Puertos del Estado have…
Spanish State Gazette publishes law reforming stevedoring sector
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 1, 2019 – The Official State Gazette (BOE) has published the royal decree law approved by the government that completes the liberalisation of…
Bayonne port delegation visits Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 31, 2019 - A delegation from the French port of Bayonne has visited the facilities of Barcelona port and held a…
Spain approves aid to longshoremen including in downsizing schemes
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 29, 2019 – Spain's government has approved the Royal Decree-Law which develops the reform of the stowage sector approved almost two years…
EC proposes €11.8 million financing for new rail terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 28, 2019 – The European Commission (EC) has proposed a total of €11.8 million ($13.3 million) to the construction of the new…