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Castellón

The Port of Castellón occupies a strategic location, making it the gateway to the Mediterranean, Africa, the Middle East and the Black Sea, with many regular services to these destinations. Other services connect it to more than 101 countries around the globe. Its traffic is diverse and the port is constantly striving to improve its sustainability and competitiveness. The development of a logistics platform spanning more than 4 million square metres and the construction of a nearby intermodal station make this one of Spain’s most attractive ports for investors. the port is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Castelló (APC – Port Authority of Castellon). State ports are managed by Puertos del Estado which executes port policy of the government; made up of 28 port authorities that manage the 46 ports.

PortCastelló discloses its Digital Transformation Plan at the Smart Ports Forum

PortCastelló has participated in the Smart Ports Forum sectoral meeting organized by the Executive Forum, and which has also had representatives from Puertos...

Port of Castellón sees year-to-date cargo traffic up over 16%

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – PortCastelló grew total cargo trafffic by 16.7% in the accumulated figure for the year compared to the...

PortCastelló grows 14.4% in the first quarter

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2022 – The port of Castellón handled 7.36 million tons of cargo in the first quarter of the year, up +14.4%....

APM Terminals Gijón plans investment after concession extension

Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) May 11, 2022 – APM Terminals Gijón is planning a number of improvements to improve its facilities after the Port Authority...

Admiral’s TMM service makes first call at APM Terminals Castellón and Israel

Admiral Container Lines has added APM Terminals Castellón and two Israeli ports to its TMM service, which now connects Turkey, Spain, Isreal, Egypt and...

PortCastelló traffic grew by 12.3% in Q1 2022

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2022 – PortCastelló closes the first quarter of the year with cargo traffic growth of 12.3% to 5.41 million...

Spain: State ports cargo traffic Q1 2022 by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2022 – In the first three months of 2022, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 136.7 million tons of...

Port of Castellón sees +16% growth in cargo traffic in first two months of 2022

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2022 – PortCastelló closed the month of February growing by 16% compared to 2021 reaching 3,624,420 tons of...

Spain: State ports handle 46.6 million tons of cargo in January 2022, +9.8%

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 24, 2022 – In the first month of 2022, Spain’s state-owned ports handle a total of 46.67 million tons (mt) of...

Noatum increases its fleet of mobile cranes in three of its terminals in Spain

Noatum, through its subsidiary Noatum Terminals, dedicated to the management of port concessions and infrastructures and after obtaining the approval of the...

Port of Castellón reports 14.5% rise in 2021 cargo traffic

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 17, 2022 – The port of Castellón ended 2021 handling 21.2 million tons of cargo, thus beating its record and...

Noatum Terminals acquires new crane for Port of Castellón facility

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – Noatum Terminal Castellón has completed the acquisition of a Liebherr automobile crane for its port...

Port of Castellón reduces rates for concessionaires

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 5, 2022 – On January 1, new rates and discounts of the Castellón Port Authority came into force. These measures...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – November 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – In the month of November 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 45.75 million tons of cargo, compared...

Puertos del Estado approves three projects in Castellón for the Ports 4.0 program

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2021 – State agency Puertos del Estado has approved three projects in Castellón out of a total of 19...

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...

Port of Castellón reports Jan-Oct 2021 cargo traffic up over 11%

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2021 – In the first 10 months of this year, the Port of Castellón (PortCastelló) recorded total cargo of...

PortCastelló awards first phase contract of its railway network for €5.6 million

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2021 – A joint venture of Gimecons, OHL and SATO has been awarded a €5.64 million contract for the...

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...

Spain’s PortCastelló lays out sustainability targets

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) October 7, 2021 – The new PortCastelló Strategic Plan 2021-2024 is promoting a commitment to sustainability and blue...

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