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 records January-August traffic down over 4%
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) September 23, 2020 – In the month of August 2020, the transshipment port of Algeciras handled 257,587 containers, down...
Aurelio Martínez: “We must bet on Valenciaport as the driving industry of our economy”
The president of Valenciaport and the Government Commissioner for the Mediterranean Corridor have participated in the cycle of conferences on Mobility and...
Public investment in Spanish ports will exceed €1,200 million in 2021
Toledo asks Plataforma de Inversores en Puertos Españoles (PIPE) to follow in the wake of Puertos del Estado and MITMA and increase private investment in...
Valenciaport, the first Spanish port to exceed 500,000 containers managed in a single month
Traffic with India, Italy, Morocco, Saudi Arabia or Turkey in the month of August offset the drops in the US and China to achieve the historical record of...
Minister of business and knowledge visits Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) September 15, 2020 – The Minister of Business and Knowledge (El consejero de Empresa y Conocimiento), Ramon Tremosa, has...
Valenciaport manages 503,482 containers in August and records its best month ever
This is the first time that the figure of 500,000 TEUs has been exceeded in a single month. A record that reaffirms the recovery of traffic after the worst of...
Spanish prime minister takes part in Southern EU Countries (MED7) summit
Pedro Sánchez stresses the importance of coordination by Mediterranean countries to push through policies of mutual interest in EU – September 10, 2020...
Ajaccio declaration after the 7th Summit of the Southern EU countries (MED7)
Ajaccio declaration after the 7th Summit of the Southern EU countries (MED7) – September 10, 2020 1. We, the Heads of State and Government of Cyprus,...
New Valencia port passenger terminal will be reference point for cruise sector
Mar Chao, Commercial and Business Development Director, Port Authority of Valencia, participated in the presentation of the Environmental Practices and...
FVET distributes 17,000 masks to transport companies for professional drivers, Valencia
FVET distributes 17.000 masks to transport companies for professional drivers. It has also distributed more than 4,000 hydro-alcoholic gels to guarantee the...
Historical record of container loading and unloading movements on a single scale in València port
The MSC SIXIN ship moves 8,701 containers (TEUs) on a single scale. It was held between August 27 and 30 in the Port of Valencia – September 9, 2020 It...
BERGÉ port terminal in Barcelona obtains OEAF authorization
BERGÉ, a renowned logistics operator, facilitates the bureaucratic burden of the industrial sector in its exports to Africa, enhancing business aimed at new,...
Pedro Sánchez stresses importance of strategic relations between Spain and China
Prime Minster of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, received the Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party and Politburo...
Algeciras is Spain’s top cargo handling port in July 2020
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Puertos del Estado reports July 2020 cargo traffic statistics by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Traffic in Spanish ports falls by 13.2% in July
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – Traffic in Spanish ports fell by 13.2% in July, confirming the recovery trend following the Covid-19...
VCFI index and the maritime market already reflect an improvement in economic activity
Container traffic shows positive behaviour in August The shipping companies have adapted their capacity in the large container routes, reactivating services...
Ports of Gandía and Sagunto to have their own strategic plan
The announcement of the development of these plans was announced today in the visit that the president of the PAV, Aurelio Martínez, has made together with...
Valenciaport has invested over €360 million to consolidate the port of Sagunto
Until 2019, the investments of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) in the port of Sagunto have made it possible to gain in service and competitiveness with...
Portos de Galicia invests €4 million in Porto do Son (A Coruña)
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) September 1, 2020 – Portos de Galicia will invest €4 million in the seafront of Porto do Son (A Coruña) in order to...