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Pasaia

The Basque Port of Pasaia occupies a strategic location in Atlantic Europe, close to the French-Spanish border, and boasts direct connections with all trans-European transport routes. Specialising in cars, it has Europe’s only silo with direct access to vessels. Planned extension work will allow the port to provide services for traffic from its highly industrialised hinterland. The port is operated by Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia (APP – Port Authority of Pasaia). 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.

Spanish state ports handled 380.1 million tons of cargo in Jan-Aug 2022

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2022 – Spanish state ports handled 380.1 million tons of cargo in January-August 2022, up +5.55% on the same...

Port of Pasaia sees cargo decline in Q1 2022

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2022 – The Port of Pasaia has reported that in March total cargo declined -6.83%. This was a result of the 17-day...

Port of Pasaia welcomes new hybrid ship

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2022 – The Port of Pasaia has welcomed the new hybrid vehicle carrier ship “Auto Advance”, owned by shipping...

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...

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...

Spain’s top performing cargo ports in 2021 – ranking

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – The 46 Spanish, state-managed ports handled 544.53 million tons in 2021, up +5.6% compared to 515.57...

President of Puertos del Estado visits the port of Pasaia and meets with the port community

Representatives of Puertos del Estado have visited the facilities of the port of Pasaia and have held working meetings with the management team of the Port...

Basque Port of Pasaia predicts successful 2021

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) December 30, 2021 – At the end of 2021, the Port of Pasaia forecasts 3.5 million tons to cargo handled, compared to 3.2...

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...

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...

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...

Pasaia and Tarragona ports highlighted in Anfac report

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – A report from the Anfac association has highlighted the key roles played by Pasaia and Tarragona ports in...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – August 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – In the month of August Spanish state ports handled 48.53 million tons of cargo, up +0.7% on August...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – June 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in July 2021 of 45.99...

Port of Pasaia sees first half cargo traffic up over 33%

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2021 – In the first half of 2021, the port of Pasaia handled 1,835,604 tons of cargo, up 33.8% on the same period...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – June 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in June 2021 of 44.82...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – May 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in May 2021 of 45.34...

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