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.
Bilbao becomes first port globally to obtain Environmental Product Declaration
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – Bilbao has become the first port in the world to obtain an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for...
Bilbao port to take part in Breakbulk Europe
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Bilbao port plans to participate at the Breakbulk Europe fair, which takes place in Bremen from May 21 to 23,...
Marmedsa Noatum Maritime Bilbao appoints Alberto Hernández as director
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2019 – Marmedsa Noatum Maritime Bilbao has appointed Alberto Hernández as director. He has more than 20 years of...
Trade union CCOO, Bilbao port join forces in railway project
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Spanish trade union (CCOO), Teruel Existe and la Plataforma del Ferrocarril de Teruel have met with Bilbao port...
Bilbao port to launch own innovation centre
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) is preparing to establish its own innovation...
Spanish stevedoring committee approves modification of Bilbao port’s collective labour agreement
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – Spanish stevedoring sector joint committee has approved the agreement to modify Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB...
Bilbao port approves modification of port spaces use plan
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) has approved the modification of the...
Spain’s Tradebe to recycle fuel extracted from Bay of Biscay leak
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – The tugboat ‘Ría de Vigo’ has unloaded in the port of Bilbao 333 tonnes of fuel collected in...
Puertos del Estado reports February 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Noatum Ports rebranded Cosco Shipping Ports (Spain)
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Following its acquisition by Cosco Shipping Ports Limited in June 2017, Noatum Ports SLU has been...
Bilbao port achieves most targets in strategic plan
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – The Port Authority of Bilbao has progressed in the 56 lines of action established in its Strategic Plan for...
COSCO Shipping Ports announces FY2018 financial results
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, a leading global leading ports operator, has announced full year results...
Bilbao port reaches 2020 traffic target ahead of schedule
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Bilbao port has already reached the traffic forecast for 2020, after closing 2018 with 35.6 million tonnes, but...
Bilbao port president asks for transfer of harbour’s management to Basque Country
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Bilbao port’s president Ricardo Barkala has asked for the transfer the port’s management to the...
Kalmar to supply Servicios Logisticos Portuarios SLP in Bilbao port with forklift trucks
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has an agreement to supply Servicios Logisticos Portuarios SLP, a leading...
Bilbao port seeks to become hub for handling special cargo
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Bilbao is seeking to consolidate itself as a hub for special pieces and needs to carry out expansion...
Bergé plans automation of Bilbao port facility
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Bergé, the Spanish multimodal logistics operator, plans to automate its terminal in the port of...