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.
Cádiz port advances in container terminal construction project
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 28, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) took a new step in the...
Ceuta port to introduce measures to attract container transshipment
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Ceuta port plans to shortly launch a package of measures to encourage and capture transshipment of containers,...
Bilbao port to launch own innovation centre
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) is preparing to establish its own innovation...
Puertos del Estado to establish HQ of Galician unit of business accelerator in Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has chosen Vigo to establish the Galicia regional...
Spain’s CCOO calls off ports strike scheduled for April 26
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Spanish trade union CCOO (Confederacion Sindical de Comisiones Obreras) has called off the strike...
Puertos del Estado president opens CORE LNGas hive project conference
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina and the president...
Puertos del Estado and SPC Spain analyze measures to boost short sea shipping and motorways of the sea
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has had a productive meeting with a delegation...
Puertos del Estado approves sale of Naval Gijón shipyards by Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – Gijón port authority’s board of directors has received the approval of the national ports agency Puertos...
Valenciaport welcomes Ports 4.0 Fund
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Valenciaport has welcomed the presentation of the Ports 4.0 Fund, a new inter-port compensation fund aimed...
Spain receives 10.1 million cruise passengers in 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Spain’s state-owned ports received 10,178,169 cruise ship passengers in 2018, an annual...
Innsomnia, KPMG to establish startup incubator in Spanish port system
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – A consortium of Valencia-based company Innsomnia and consultancy KPMG has been awarded a contract to...
Salvador de la Encina appointed president of Puertos del Estado
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – The Council of Ministers has approved the proposal of the Minister of Development, José Luis Ábalos, for...
Puertos del Estado president resigns
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – Ornella Chacón, president of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado, is leaving the position for...
Barcelona port proposes a new technical office to develop road and rail access
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The Port of Barcelona has proposed to the Ministry of Development to create a technical office in...
Puertos del Estado to support greenhouse gas emissions reduction
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Spain’s national ports agency Puertos del Estado has signed a cooperation contract for the reduction...
Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado completes analysis of national ports strategy
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has completed an analysis the new...