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.
Port of Barcelona collaborates with Singapore to guarantee the safety of maritime crews against COVID-19
The Port of Barcelona supports the Singapore Shipping Tripartite Alliance Resilience (SG-STAR) Fund, an initiative in which the International Transport Workers...
Bilbao port to host Brexit event
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2020 – SPC Spain is hold an event called Shortsea Bilbao: Preparing for Brexit in the port on December 16, 2020....
Valencia port registers new historical milestone in movement of containers from a ship in a single stop
MSC GULSUN ship moves 9,718 containers (TEUs) on the scale carried out between 8 and 10 December in Valencia, almost a thousand containers more than the...
Unions at Bilbao port agree to suspend strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2020 – The unions representing longshoremen in the port of Bilbao have agreed to suspend the strike that they...
Malagaport presents new promotial material for cruise industry
The Port of Malaga and the destination, both the capital and the province, as well as the cruise terminals today presented the new promotional material for the...
PortCastelló begins the procedures for the drafting of the construction project of the intermodal station
The mixed commission approves the functional study of an infrastructure that will save logistics costs and generate wealth in its environment – December...
Port of Cádiz reduces its carbon footprint with electricity supply service to trailers with LNG
The Port of Cádiz, Divergent Energy and Primagas (a subsidiary of SHV Energy) have teamed up to carry out a pioneering energy solution in the Spanish port...
Green hydrogen will be produced at the old Cemex plant in Lloseta
The Balearic Port Authority (APB) will transform the Maritime Station No. 4 of the port of Palma to become a building with almost zero energy consumption in...
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...