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.
Spain: Total port traffic Q1 2020 by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2020 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has published port authority cargo numbers for January-March 2020, showing that total...
Bilbao port receives Siemens blades Iberdrola’s new Puylobo wind project
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2020 – A total of 42 wind blades, manufactured by Siemens Gamesa in China are destined for implementation at...
Bilbao port continues its activities, in spite of negative numbers
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2020 – Between January and March, 8.5 million tons of goods were shipped through the Port of Bilbao, down 4.6%...
Zeuko and Tecnalia start STS crane digitization project
News Release – Predicrane’s goal is to create a predictive maintenance solution for this type of port cranes – April 7, 2020 The company...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports February 2020 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports February 2020 cargo figures by port authority. The state-owned Puertos del...
Port of Bilbao update – March 12, 2020
News – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) – March 18, 2020 One of the current measures adopted by the Government...
New Brittany Ferries service starts in Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 18, 2020 – The first ferry of the new Brittany Ferries service from the Irish port of Rosslare, has arrived in the...
RWE Renewables and Saitec Offshore Technologies test offshore wind turbines technology off the Basque coast
RWE Renewables and Saitec Offshore Technologies have joined forces to test new ways to affordably install and operate offshore wind farms in deep waters. In a...
Bilbao port sees slight fall in 2019 total cargo; Brexit hopes
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2020 – The Port of Bilbao has reported that in 2019 total cargo traffic, discounting local traffic and...
Bilbao port promotes its post-Brexit advantages
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Port of Bilbao and Mercabilbao took part in Fruit Logistica fair in Berlin February 5-7, 2020, and...
Top Spanish cargo ports in 2019 – winners and losers
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2020 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has reported that the 46 ports of general interest in Spain handled 564,611,193...
Tuna travels – Maersk and Echebastar in Spain
Maersk News Release – Strengthening supply chains with transparency and reliability is vital for customers, no matter how sensitive their cargo may be...
YILPORT’s Transitex opens office in Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2020 – Transitex, an Iberian logistics and transport company, has opened an office in Bilbao, in Northern...
Euroaméricas reinforces its shipping services between Bilbao and USA
Euroaméricas, the joint venture between Onego Shipping and BERGÉ, has reinforced its shipping services between Bilbao and the United States by adding a new...
12 million tons of fruit and vegetable products moved in Spanish ports in 2019
Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2020 – One of the main suppliers of fruits, vegetables and legumes in Europe is Spain. In 2019, total traffic was over...
Brittany Ferries connecting Bilbao port and Rosslare, Ireland, in February
Roscoff, France (Ports Europe) February 4, 2020 – Brittany Ferries (France) have announced that a service between the Port of Bilbao and the Irish port...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports November 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports November 2019 cargo figures by port authority. Port Authority November ...