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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.

President of Puertos del Estado has visited the Port of Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – The President of state agency Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, visited the Port of...

President of Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena visits the Port of Valencia

València, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2022 – The president of state agency Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, has visited the Port of...

Puertos del Estado approves three projects in Castellón for the Ports 4.0 program

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2021 – State agency Puertos del Estado has approved three projects in Castellón out of a total of 19...

Spanish government presents the second call for the “Ports 4.0” Fund

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – The Distribution Committee of the Interport Compensation Fund has presented the second call for the...

Puertos del Estado will invest €961.4 million in 2022

The president of Puertos del Estado, Francisco Toledo, has concluded the round of meetings with the representatives of the 28 Port Authorities in order to set...

265 million tons moved in the first half of the year by Spanish state ports

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has reported that the 46 ports of general interest of the State moved 264,995,587...

Puertos del Estado hires SATEC to help with digital transformation

State-owned Puertos del Estado has contracted Spanish technology company SATEC to complete its digital transformation, offering strategic, technological and...

Spain’s Ports 4.0 Fund is extended for four years

The Distribution Committee of the Interport Compensation Fund has approved to extend for four more years the contribution of 1% of the result of the exercise...

Nine commercial projects will receive €4 million Ports grants the Fund 4.0 – Spain

The Distribution Committee of the Compensation Fund has met electronically and unanimously approved the provisional resolution of subsidies for 9...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – April 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in April 2021 of 45.45...

Spanish ports ready to resume cruise traffic with full safety guarantees

Spain’s public port system, made up of 46 ports managed by 28 Port Authorities and coordinated by Puertos del Estado, is represented at the International...

11 of the 15 initiatives supported by the Malaga Port Authority have been admitted to the Ports 4.0 Funds

A total of 15 initiatives have participated in the first edition of Ports 4.0, with the support of the Port Authority, of which 11 have been provisionally...

Spanish port cargo traffic in February almost recovers to levels of 2020

Cargo traffic through the 46 ports of general interest of the State, managed by 28 Port Authorities and coordinated by Puertos del Estado, exceeded 40.4...

President of Puertos del Estado has visited the Port of Cádiz

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2021 – The President of Puertos del Estado, Francisco Toledo, has visited the facilities of the Port of Cádiz...

The Spanish port system closes 2020 with a result of €104 million

Spain’s state-owned port system, made up of 46 ports managed by 28 Port Authorities and coordinated by Puertos del Estado, closed the 2020 financial year...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – January 2021

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

Puertos del Estado announces management appointments

Puertos del Estado has announced the appointments of Pilar Parra Serrano and Mar Chao López as the new Corporate and Operations Directors, respectively...

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