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.
South European port authorities attend Berlin Fruit Logistica fair
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – A number of southern European port authorities will be attending the 2019 Fruit Logistica fair, taking...
Spanish ports exceed 10 million cruise passengers in 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The ports of Spain exceeded the objective: the cruise industry contributed 10 million passengers during...
Puertos del Estado represents Spain at Boot Düsseldorf event
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – A Spanish delegation, led by Puertos del Estado, will be present at the biggest European event...
Puertos del Estado presents trade fair calendar
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the organisation that manages state-owned ports, has agreed with Spanish port...
Cartagena port studying alternatives to El Gorguel project
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 15, 2019 – Spain’s Public Works Ministry, together with Puertos del Estado and...
Tarragona port presents strategic projects to president of Puertos del Estado
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – The President of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, has visited the Port of Tarragona accompanied by...
Puertos del Estado president visits Tenerife port
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón has visited the port...
Spanish state ports to receive another €68.2 million of EU aid
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – Puertos del Estado has negotiated, as an intermediary body for European aid, with the Spanish Ministry of...
Spanish ports to receive €68.2 million of EU funding
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 – Twelve Spanish port authorities will distribute more than €68.2 million ($77.6 million) of...
Puertos del Estado promotes collaboration between port authorities
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – The state port administration Puertos del Estado has set up the Permanent Observatory of the Port...
First pilot test of LNG transport by road, rail and sea successfully carried out in Europe
Press release – CORE LNGas Hive – First pilot test of LNG transport by road, rail and sea successfully carried out in Europe – December 10,...
Tenerife port joins SAMOA 2 project
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Tenerife port has joined SAMOA 2, the second phase of the Meteorological and Oceanographic Support System...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...
Melilla port, a victim of Spain-Morocco’s trade blockade
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – The hardening of the commercial rows between Morocco and Spain has sunk the activity of the port of Melilla....
Future Strategic Framework will be oriented to the new port reality – Puertos del Estado
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, accompanied by Salvador...
Spain’s Interportuario Compensation Fund will distribute €52.5 million among 28 port authorities in 2019
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – The distribution committee of the Interportuarial Compensation Fund (Fondo de Compensación...
Port Authority of Cadiz Bay hosted the XII Communications Conference for state-run ports
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) has hosted the...