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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.

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...

Brazil considers Las Palmas port to be competitive export platform

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – Brazil considers Spain’s Las Palmas port to be a flexible and competitive platform for the export of...

Las Palmas port container traffic rises in October

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Las Palmas port handled 115,478 containers in October, a figure that greatly exceeds the 86,046...

Astican opens new facilities at Las Palmas port

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Spanish shipbuilder and ship repair company Astilleros Canarios S.A. (Astican) has officially opened its...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – September 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – August 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 10, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Seven Sea Trading reinforces Canarian subsidiary

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Seven Sea Trading, the Dubai-based ship services company, has reinforced this week the control over...

Las Palmas port to complete asphalt works on passenger dock on November 15

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 13, 2017 – The asphalt works of the Passenger Dock of the port of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria will conclude, if...

Boluda’s Las Palmas-Cape Verde line has positive start

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Boluda Corporación Marítimas has started its new freight transport line between the Canary Islands...

Fuerteventura government calls for subsidies for Puerto del Rosario-Tarfaya regular link

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – The president of Fuerteventura island’s government, Marcial Morales, has called on the government of...

Las Palmas port container traffic rises 25% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) highlighted...

Las Palmas port meets Brazilian exporters to boost traffic of fruits, vegetables

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) held a meeting with representatives of...

Las Palmas port president discusses tourism cooperation with Ivory Coast

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – The president of Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas), Luis Ibarra, accompanied...

Las Palmas port introduces energy supply to reduce noise and pollution

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2017 – “In six months the city will be free of the noises of the port”, says the...

Las Palmas port to name Boluda Group representatives on its board

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to incorporate into its board of...

Javier Climent to become president of Fedeport

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Javier Climent, director of Boluda Corporación Marítima, is set to be appointed...

Spanish ports cruise traffic rises 0.5% in Jan-Aug 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – The influx of cruise passengers to Spanish ports in the first eight months of the year remained at...

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