Spain
Spain (España) is located in Southwest Europe, occupying the Iberian peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic; a member of the European Union; by tonnage the leading ports are Algeciras, Barcelona and València. State ports are managed by Puertos del Estado which executes port policy of the government; made up of 28 port authorities that manage the 46 ports.
Spain will invest €1,001 million in ports in 2021
The president of Puertos del Estado (PdE), Francisco Toledo, has presented the budgets of the state-owned port system which will amount to €1,001 million in...
COSCO Shipping Ports – overseas terminals – Jan-Oct 2020 TEU throughput
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) December 9, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has published TEU container throughput for October 2020. Below are the...
Yilport announces pandemic measures and emergency surcharge
Yilport Holding extends precautionary actions against COVID-19 pandemic and standardizes them in all 22 terminals across 10 countries – December 8, 2020...
European Commission supports ten additional sustainable and safe transport infrastructure projects in Europe with €68.6 million
December 7, 2020 The EU is contributing over €68.6 million to ten projects that will contribute towards the goal of making the transport sector more...
Valencia Port Authority manager named honorary member of Association for Collaboration between Ports and Cities (RETE)
The general deputy director of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Manuel Guerra, has been named honorary member of the Association for Collaboration between...
Bilboestiba accepts negotiation to end Bilbao port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – Bilboestiba-CPE and the works council have agreed to a government proposal to start negotiations with a...
The air quality of the Port of València is “excellent”
The results have been obtained from the control booth installed in the Poniente Pier that is connected to the Surveillance network of the Generalitat...
The resumption of international trade increases the VCFI by 2.18% in November
The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) reached its all-time high, standing at 1,366.03 points – December 4, 2020 The recovery of freight...
Valencian port sector increases its investment in Social Responsibility
The Assembly of Aportem-Puerto Solidario Valencia approved the budget for 2021 – December 3, 2020 In the last campaign to start the school year, almost...
BERGÉ and ECL intensify regular line service between Spain and the Caribbean to boost business activity
Vertraco Shipping and BERGÉ, as its representative agent in Spain, will intensify commercial activity between our country and the Caribbean and the northern...
CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal confirms full capacity to operate ferroutage trains
CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal (CSPZ), part of the CSP Spain group, has confirmed to ADIF and the regional government of Aragon, its capacity to...
Estonian ambassador visits the Port of València
The representative of the Baltic country in Spain, Mariin Ratnik has toured the facilities accompanied by the deputy director general of the APV, Manuel Guerra...
Two consortia tender for construction and management of Málaga San Andrés nautical sports area
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) December 2, 2020 – Two consortia have submitted bids for a tender to build and manage a nautical sports dock with the...
Tarragona port promotes 2021 cruise season
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 2, 2020 – ‘Nothing moves without you’ is the message Tarragona port is ton use to promote its cruise...
Valenciaport takes part in the International Cruise Summit 2020
The ICS 2020 Madrid is one of the most important strategic cruise events in Europe, bringing together professionals from all sectors of the industry –...
LOOP-Ports circular economy project to report results
The LOOP-Ports circular economy project, coordinated by Fundación Valenciaport and co-financed by EIT Climate-KIC, will celebrate its final conference, in an...
Puertos del Estado joins in a MARSEC 20 cybersecurity exercise in the maritime-port environment
News Release – Puertos del Estado – November 27, 2020 Puertos del Estado, together with the National Cryptological Center, the Joint Cyber...
Puertos del Estado awards contract to develop SIMPLE project
Puertos del Estado has awarded the development of the SIMPLE project (SIMplification of Processes for a Logistic Enhancement) to a consortium of Indra, Minsait...
The “Book a Slot” project wins the first prize at the Valenciaport Hackathon
The second prizes went to the “AlRates Technologies” and “ChainGO Freight” solutions – November 30, 2020 This international event...
Further pressure to end Bilbao port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – The Asturian Federation of Entrepreneurs (Fade) has written to state administration Puertos del Estado...