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 port sets up CSR programme
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 20, 2021 – In keeping with its commitment to driving corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities among the port...
Bilbao port exports wind turbine parts to Chile
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 20, 2021 – Repsol and Grupo Ibereólica Renovables are developing a joint wind farm in Chile, planned to operate with...
Tecsa-Amenabar joint venture awarded Bilbao port road contract
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2021 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) has awarded the works for the new...
Two meetings scheduled to negotiate end to Bilbao port stevedore strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2021 – The negotiation of the stowage of the port of Bilbao begins in a week with two scheduled meetings, the...
Sibport to manage Bilbao railway terminal in Arasur logistics platform
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2021 -The Bilbao Port Authority Board of Directors has awarded Servicios Intermodales Bilbaoport (Sibport) the contract...
Bilbao port says ready for any kind of Brexit
Various port stakeholders and logistics services have detailed the measures they have taken to address Brexit in a seminar on short sea shipping –...
Bilbao port to host Brexit event
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2020 – SPC Spain is hold an event called Shortsea Bilbao: Preparing for Brexit in the port on December 16, 2020....
Unions at Bilbao port agree to suspend strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2020 – The unions representing longshoremen in the port of Bilbao have agreed to suspend the strike that they...
Spain will invest €1,001 million in ports in 2021
The president of Puertos del Estado (PdE), Francisco Toledo, has presented the budgets of the state-owned port system which will amount to €1,001 million in...
Bilboestiba accepts negotiation to end Bilbao port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – Bilboestiba-CPE and the works council have agreed to a government proposal to start negotiations with a...
BERGÉ and ECL intensify regular line service between Spain and the Caribbean to boost business activity
Vertraco Shipping and BERGÉ, as its representative agent in Spain, will intensify commercial activity between our country and the Caribbean and the northern...
Further pressure to end Bilbao port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – The Asturian Federation of Entrepreneurs (Fade) has written to state administration Puertos del Estado...
APM Terminals Gijon responds to doubling of container volumes
Since October, APM Terminals Gijon has been receiving significantly higher volumes than usual and exceeding its capacity. This is mainly due to the stevedoring...
Puertos del Estado reports October fall in ports’ cargo traffic
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 25, 2020 – The 46 ports of general interest of the State, coordinated by Puertos del Estado (PdE), moved 45.9...
The strike continues as Bilbao port loses business
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – There have been nearly 50 days of strikes at Bilbao port and neither side is giving ground as they seek...
Sibport set to be awarded Arasur logistics platform contract in Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2020 – The Arasur (Araba Logística, S.A) logistics platform began 2020 with the inauguration of the largest...
APM Terminals Gijón benefits from Bilbao port labour strike
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2020 – The stevedore strike at Bilbao port in Northern Spain has led shipping lines to seek alternative ports,...
Basque government asks central government to end port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2020 – The Lehendakari, Iñigo Urkullu, president of the Basque government, has formally asked the Prime...
Pasaia port benefits from strike at neighbouring Bilbao port
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – The ongoing strike by stevedores at Bilbao port has driven shippers to seek alternative ports to collect...
Bilbao Port Authority and companies require stevedores to accept arbitration
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 11, 2020 – The Basque port of Bilbao has just started the second consecutive month of a stevedores’ strike...