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.
Algeciras port authority approves entry of CMA CGM into TTI
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 8, 2020 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras) has approved...
Valenciaport relaunches newsletter in digital format to strengthen the links between the port community
This communication channel is open to the participation of companies from the world of logistics and will be presented with the Valencian, Spanish and English...
Barcelona port bodies to promote construction of new road and rail access
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 8, 2020 – The Ministry of Development, the Government of Catalonia, ADIF, Ports de l’Estat and the Port of...
BERGÉ is promoting its “offshore” business with the Canary Islands as a global hub for the repair of oil rigs
BERGÉ, a leading logistics operator, has boosted its “offshore” business activities with several projects already in the pipeline as a shipping agent and...
ANFAC values very positively the proactivity of Spanish ports
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 7, 2020 – The President of Puertos del Estado, Francisco Toledo, attended the online presentation of the 2019 edition...
Alicia Paz Antolín, new Secretary General of Port Authority of Valencia
València, October 6, 2020.- Alicia Paz Antolín has been appointed as the new General Secretary of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), a position that...
€8.47 million contract to finalise the central pier awarded – Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 6, 2020 – The construction project for development of the Central Pier in the enlargement of the Port de Bilbao in...
Valencia: September VCFI index confirms the improvement in maritime traffic and economic activity
The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for September grew again for the second consecutive month at a rate of 1.68 – October 2, 2020 The...
Fundación Valenciaport joins STAMINA project, a pandemic study
Valenciaport Foundation participates in the STAMINA project that will propose a set of decision support technologies for the prediction and management of...
Barcelona port seeks to incorporate industrial area into ZAL
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 1, 2020 – The Port of Barcelona will present to the Ministry of Inland Revenue the procedures to incorporate one...
Ecoimsa awarded concession at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 1, 2020 – The Port of Barcelona has awarded a concession to Ecológica Ibérica y Mediterránea, S.A. (Ecoimsa)...
Valenciaport, the smartest port
It leads the top 10 smart ports of the Spanish Port System according to the index published by CEDEX magazine – September 29, 2020 Valenciaport leads the...
Frigoríficos Portuarios del Sur awarded Huelva port concession
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) September 28, 2020 – A 35-year concession has been awarded to Frigoríficos Portuarios del Sur, SL for the construction and...
Valenciaport approves extension to study changes for TIL
València, Spain (PortSEurope) September 28, 2020 – Valenciaport has approved an extension by four months requested by Terminal Investment Limited (TIL)...
Valenciaport, finalist in the EnerTIC Awards 2020 with the GREEN C PORTS project
The initiative, coordinated by the Valenciaport Foundation, opts for the award in the Intelligent Infraestructures category – September 27, 2020 The...
Repsol will invest €143 million in a hydrogen plant in the Port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) September 24, 2020 – Repsol, the Spanish energy company, will operate, through its Basque subsidiary Petronor, a hydrogen...
Port-city relationship triggers audiences of Valenciaport on social networks
In the last year, Valenciaport multiplied by six the number of followers on its Facebook page, 75% on LinkedIn, 64% on Instagram and 37% on Twitter –...
Malta’s Minister Bartolo official visit to Spain
Malta’s Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Evarist Bartolo is currently on an official visit to Madrid, during which he has been hosted by his...
Ports of Busan and Barcelona join forces for logistics exchanges
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 23, 2020 – The Port of Barcelona and Busan Port Authority (BPA) in South Korea are jointly promoting a project...
Exports in Barcelona port withstand the impact of the COVID-19 with 3.4% container drop to August
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 23, 2020 – Exports transported through the Port of Barcelona continue to bear the impact that the Covid-19...