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.
Almería port plans fish market development
Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería) has commissioned Tragsatec...
Almería and Carboneras ports see increased bulk traffic in November 2020
Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 – Almería and Carboneras ports, managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of...
Puertos del Estado reports November 2020 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2021 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Spanish ports traffic down over 9% Jan-Nov year-on-year
The 46 state-owned ports, coordinated by Puertos del Estado, moved 43.5 million tons during the month of November, registering a slight variation of -0.4%...
Valenciaport receives new recognition for its environmental work
It has obtained the award granted by EnerTIC for the Green C Ports project – December 29, 2020 Aurelio Martínez: “This award is an international...
Huelva port to become LNG supplier
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 28, 2020 – The first ship 100% dedicated to the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be supplied at the...
Port of Motril presents achievements and plans for next year
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) December 23, 2020 – The Port of Motril has held the traditional meeting with the press to congratulate them on Christmas and...
Cádiz Port Authority to tender second phase of the new container terminal in mid-2021.
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 23, 2020 – The Bay of Cádiz Port Authority is planning to tender the second phase of the New Container Terminal in...
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...
Valenciaport bets in its 2020-2024 Business Plan for the railway, the environment and accessibility
The Plan of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), agreed with Puertos del Estado, represents an investment of more than €552 million in new projects to which...
The circular economy is proposed as the best short-term solution to boost the sustainability of European ports
The LOOP-Ports circular economy project, coordinated by Fundación Valenciaport and co-financed by EIT Climate-KIC, held its final conference yesterday in...
Increase in exports and imports raises Valenciaport’s traffic by 20.5% in November
More than 7 million tonnes of goods were moved in November, 14% more than in the same month last year – December 17, 2020 With just a few weeks to go...
SEAPort Solutions will carry out the first implementation of a PortCDM system in Latin America
The Spanish start-up SEAPort Solutions has signed an collaboration agreement with the Valenciaport Foundation to provide technical assistance in the...
Huelva port and local and chamber of commerce promote ZAL to entrepreneurs
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2020 – The Huelva Port Authority and the Huelva Chamber of Commerce have today presented the strengths of the...
Barcelona port reports positive November cargo traffic
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2020 – The month of November was positive for goods traffic in the Port of Barcelona, reversing the negative...
Bilbao port says ready for any kind of Brexit
Various port stakeholders and logistics services have detailed the measures they have taken to address Brexit in a seminar on short sea shipping –...
BEST terminal improves the efficiency of container transfer between ADTs
The BEST terminal of the port of Barcelona has registered greater efficiency in the transfer of containers between Termporal Warehouses (ADTs) since on...
Gijón port increases fish catch
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 – In January-October 2020 the port of Gijón recorded an increase in landed fish of 75.6% compared to the...
Gijón port sees total traffic down over 8% in Jan-Nov 2020
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 16, 2020 – In the first eleven months of 2020 the port of Gijón handled a total of 14,947,830 tons, down 8.5%...
Noatum set to expand operations at Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – The Port Authority of Santander (APS) is set to modify the concession currently held by Noatum to...