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Bilbao

Bilbao is a port in the Basque country of Northeast Spain. The port is an important transport and logistics centre in the European Atlantic Arc. It operates cargo, container, cruise and ferry facilities. It is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao). It is also one of the ports administered by state agency Puertos del Estado.

Port of Bilbao to proceed with cold ironing

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) November 29, 2024 – The central government has authorised the Port Authority of Bilbao to tender for 55.4 million euros...

Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Oct 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container (TEU) numbers for Spanish ports in January-October 2024. TEUs...

Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Oct 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – Between January and October 2024, Spanish general interest ports handled a total of 468.399.486 tons, an...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) – TEU traffic – Q3 2024

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 26, 2024 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Terminals S.L.U. (CSP Spain) has published container (TEU) traffic for...

Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Sep 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Between January and September 2024, Spanish general interest ports handled a total of 422,109,603 tons,...

Port of Bilbao awards technical cold ironing contract

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – As part of its Energy Transition Plan, the Bilbao Port Authority has launched the BilbOPS initiative,...

Dutch Port of Moerdijk visits Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – A delegation from the Dutch Port of Moerdijk has visited the Port of Bilbao. It was accompanied by the...

Port of Bilbao awards central pier construction contract

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – The Port Authority of Bilbao has awarded a contract to build the second phase of the Central Pier of the...

BERGÉ adds Liebherr cranes on ports of Bilbao, Tarragona

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2024 – The logistics group BERGÉ has added Liebherr cranes to its facilities in the ports of Bilbao and...

Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Aug 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – In January-August 2024, general interest ports handled a total of 376.44 million tons, an increase of...

UniportBilbao, Port Authority of Bilbao to attend Duero International Grain Exchange

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 9, 2024 – Representatives of UniportBilbao and the Port Authority of Bilbao will again attend the Duero...

Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Jul 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-July 2024. TEUs...

Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Jul 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – In January-July 2024, Spanish general interest ports handled a total of 330,322,598 tons, an increase of...

Port of Bilbao sees 10% growth in cargo in H1 2024

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – Between January and June, the Port of Bilbao has handled 18 million tonnes, which is 1.6 million more than...

Port of Bilbao awards Central Pier construction contract

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Bilbao has awarded the contract for the works of the...

Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – H1 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-June 2024. Spain’s ports...

Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – H1 2024

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 23, 2024 – Spanish ports handled a total of 283.24 million tons (Mt) between January and June, which represents an...

Nine ports vie ESPO Award for circular economy projects

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 12, 2024 – Nine ports, five from Spain, will compete for the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) Award 2024...

Finnlines increases cargo at Port of Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 11, 2024 – Starting from January 2024, Finnlines set up twice a week service between the ports of Bilbao, Vigo and...

Port of Bilbao launches connected vehicles project

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 2, 2024 – The Port of Bilbao and C-ITS provider Kapsch TrafficCom have introduced the Connected Vehicles-project at the...

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