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.
Puertos del Estado president visits Basque ports of Bilbao and Pasaia
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, visited the Basque ports of Bilbao and...
Bilbao PortLab will participate in the B Accelerator Tower (BAT)
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – Bilbao PortLab , the initiative to position the Port of Bilbao in the entrepreneurship and innovation...
Brittany Ferries’ LNG-powered vessel Salamanca has called at the port of Bilbao for the first time
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – Brittany Ferries’ LNG-powered vessel Salamanca has called at the port of Bilbao for the first time last...
European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis has awarded bronze label to the Euskadi Mobility and Logistics Cluster
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 19, 2022 – The European Secretariat for Cluster Analysis (ESCA) has awarded the European Cluster Management...
HIG Capital buys a logistics facility in the Basque country
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 18, 2022 – U.S. investment fund HIG Capital lands has purchased of just over 100,000 m² in Júndiz (Álava), the...
Port of Bilbao completes phase 1 of breakwater development
Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) has just finished urbanising most of the area of phase one of the central breakwater and...
The Port of Bilbao has joined the EcoPorts network
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 3, 2022 – The port of Bilbao has joined the EcoPorts network, an environmental initiative of the European port...
Port of Bilbao reports over 15% cargo traffic rise in first 11 months
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the Port of Bilbao handled 28.6 million tons, up +2.36% compared to the same...
Port of Bilbao provides land for further expansion
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 2, 2021 – The Port of Bilbao has prepared a space of 203,000 m² available for private logistics and industrial...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – October 2021
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 26, 2021 – In the month of October 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 47.26 million tons of cargo, compared...
Bilbao PortLab to take part in the events organised by the International Association of Port Cities
The Port Authority of Bilbao will be taking part in the General Assembly and in other events organised by the AIVP – the International Association of...
UK ambassador to Spain visits the port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 19, 2021 – The United Kingdom’s ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, has visited the Northern Spanish port of...
Port Authority of Bilbao revamps its vehicle fleet with a focus on greater sustainability
The Port Authority of Bilbao has replaced the vehicles that make up its fleet, 71% of which are now powered by alternative fuels – November 16, 2021 The...
The “Basque Net Zero Industrial Super Cluster” is born, to accelerate the reduction of emissions in the Industrial sector
The Basque Government, in collaboration with Repsol-Petronor and Iberdrola, and with the support of industrial clusters, today presented the “Basque Net...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – September 2021
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – In the month of September Spanish state ports handled 45.03 million tons of cargo, up +3.9% on September...
Vasco Shipping Services has started new services for COSCO Shipping to West Africa and USA
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – Vasco Shipping Services, a company belonging to the VASCO group, has started the commercialization of a...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited sees slight fall in Q3 2021 container traffic
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 17, 2021 – In the third quarter of 2021, the container terminals of COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited handled 27.6...