Tenerife
The Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife manages the Canary islands’ Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with its dock in Granadilla, and the Port of Los Cristianos, both in Tenerife, as well as the Port of Santa Cruz de La Palma (La Palma), the Port of San Sebastián de La Gomera (La Gomera) and the Port of Estaca (El Hierro). The gateway to West Africa and a key port for international maritime traffic, it offers allowances for various strategic traffic. The dock at Granadilla, which began operating at the end of 2017, and its adjoining industrial park spanning six million m2, form an efficient logistics and goods redistribution hub. This, combined with the various tax and social incentives on offer, make it an attractive option. The port is operated by Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife. State ports are managed by Puertos del Estado which executes port policy of the government.
Tenerife port to handle 115,000 cruise passengers in December
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2017 – Tenerife port expects to handle 115,000 cruise passengers in December, municipality councillor Alfonso...
Granadilla port officially starts operations
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Granadilla de Abona port officially launched operations on November 21 with the first call of a vessel in...
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...
Tenerife to record best November in terms of cruise traffic since 2012
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – Tenerife port expects to handle in November the largest number of cruise passengers registered in the...
Málaga port studies cruise cooperation deal with Tangier, Tenerife
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – The president of Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga), Paulino Plata, has said that the...
Tenerife port to handle six cruise vessels this weekend
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2017 – Tenerife port will handle six cruise vessels this weekend, with a total of 13,000 passengers. On October 20,...
Boluda acquires Tenerife container terminal operator Capsa
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima has acquired Compañía Auxiliar del Puerto (Capsa), an...
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...
Tenerife expects record-high cruise traffic in 2018
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tenerife) expects to break records in cruise traffic during...
Tenerife port loses 2.76% of total port traffic in the first eight months of 2017
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 28, 2017 – The Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has reported a drop in its total traffic of -2.76% in the first...
Spain’s OHL starts container transhipment operations at Tenerife port
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Spanish company Obrascon Huarte Lain S.A. (OHL) has started container transhipment operations at...
Tenerife port expects 38,300 cruise passengers in September
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tenerife) expects the number of cruise passengers handled...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – July 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Tenerife port handles its biggest container ship ever
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Tenerife port handled on September 5 and 6 the Maersk Guayaquil container ship, with a length of 337...
Tenerife port to handle 300,000 cruise passengers this season
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – The cruise season begins in the port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in September, when it is expected to...
Tenerife city council asks port to move oil rigs away from coast
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – The Santa Cruz de Tenerife city council has asked the port authority to study the possibility of moving...
Tenerife port expects 4.5% rise in cargo traffic in 2017
Tenerife, Spain (PortS Europe) August 29, 2017 – Tenerife port will close the year with a growth of 4.5% in its total traffic, exceeding 12.5 million...
Tenerife port to invest €3.2 million in environmental risk assessment
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife) has launched the period of public...
Spanish ports to attend Seatrade Europe Hamburg Fair
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Around 30 companies, including port authorities and service and product providers, will unite at...