Port News & Information Mediterranean, Black & Caspian Seas

Puertos del Estado

Puertos del Estado is a Spanish, state-owned organisation responsible for the management of state-owned ports. The company executes the port policy of the government and coordinates and controls the efficiency of the port system, made up of 28 port authorities that manage the 46 ports of general interest. Puertos del Estado is answerable to the Ministry of Public Works that is responsible for implementing the government’s port policy.

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

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Puertos del Estado appeals against sentence of National Court

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado plans to appeal against the sentence of the National Court...

Puertos del Estado’s president advises Pasaia port to diversify traffic

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca, has expressed confidence in...

Spain handles 9 million cruise passengers in 2017

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, emphasized with its presence in the Fitur fair in Madrid...

Puertos del Estado chairs meeting of the Plenary Session of the Permanent Observatory of the Port Services Market

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – On December 1, 2017, the president of Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, chaired the eleventh meeting of...

Spanish Minister of Public Works highlighted the ports’ contribution to territorial cohesion

Madrid, Spain, December 1, 2017 01-12-2017 (Ministry of Public Works). Iñigo de la Serna, Minister of Public Works, accompanied by José Llorca, President of...

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...

Valencia Port Authority presents the study “Economic impact of the port of Sagunto in 2015”

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Autoritat Portuària de València (APV – Valencia Port Authority) has presented the results of...

Puertos del Estado, Baleària to discuss relaunch of Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea 

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, and the commercial and...

Puertos del Estado expects port cargo traffic to rise to 530 million tonnes in 2017

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has said he expects...

Cádiz port authority to take part in Fruit Attraction together with Gades-Port

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) and the association for the promotion of the...

Puertos del Estado president shares Spanish cruise sector experience in Latin America

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has recently given a...

Puertos del Estado says Seville port does not need 16 metres draft

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president Jose Llorca has said that Seville port...

Puertos del Estado president says docking labour contract should meet rules

Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president Jose Llorca Ortega has warned trade...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado to propose reduction of wharfage dues

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado will propose a reduction the wharfage dues by 10% in...

21 Spanish ports to participate in Seatrade Europe

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – The 21 port authorities that are under the management of Spanish national agency Puertos del Estado,...

Puertos del Estado to sell 51% stake in Portel capital

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado has launched a process to sell its 51% stake in the capital...

Subscribe to weekly news

We keep you informed on the top European port news.