Las Palmas
Las Palmas is a seaport on Northeast Gran Canaria, in the central Canary Islands, a part of Spain. It is Port of Las Palmas is port for fishing, commercial, passenger and sports boats in the city of Las Palmas. The port is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port Authority of Las Palmas). 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.
Spain: Puertos del Estado – November 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Puertos del Estado leads Spanish delegation at “Boot Düsseldorf” yaching event
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – A Spanish delegation, led by Puertos del Estado, was present at the largest European event dedicated to...
Boluda Lines expands services connecting Spain to Northern Europe
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Boluda Lines has expanded its logistics services for transporting goods from ports in Spain and Portugal...
Las Palmas port’s container traffic exceeds 1 million TEUs in 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) concluded 2017 with improved traffic...
MSC signs agreement to implement N4 system in Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed an agreement to implement the N4 system developed by...
Canary Islands regional government to invest €15.4 million in small ports
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 – The Canary Islands regional government plans to invest €15.4 million ($19.2 million) in the upgrade of...
Spanish company applies for construction of LNG storage facility at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) will be on the table of the first board meeting of Las Palmas port...
Las Palmas port awards 30 contracts in 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) awarded a total of 30 contracts for works...
Event: Mediterranean ports to attend Fruit Logistica in Berlin – February 7-9, 2017
Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The annual Fruit Logistica show covers all sectors of the fresh produce business and provides a complete...
Portos Canarios handles 1,377 digital services requests in only three months
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Portos Canarios, the institution in charge of the management of regional ports in the Canary Islands,...
Las Palmas port leads for fourth consecutive years the Canary cruise sector ranking
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – For a long period of time, the ports of Tenerife and Arrecife were located above Las Palmas in the cruise...
Spain’s Hermes Logística gets IFS certificate for warehouses in Las Palmas, Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – Hermes Logística, S.A., a subsidiary of Trasmediterránea S.A., has received the IFS Logística...
Las Palmas port cruise traffic rises 6.6% in Jan-Nov 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Las Palmas port handled 985,662 cruise passengers in the eleven months through November, up 6.6% on the...
Las Palmas port posts largest cruise traffic growth in Spain
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) recorded a 12% increase in cruise traffic...
Puertos Canarios analyses improvement of harbour accessibility
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Puertos Canarios, the operator of regionally-owned ports at the Canary Islands, has carried out a study to...
Canary Islands government pays €2.4 million compensation to Naviera Armas
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Canary Islands government has approved the payment of €2.4 million ($2.8 million) to Spanish shipping...
Las Palmas port calls tender for road construction at Reina Sofía dock
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has called a tender for the construction of...