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.
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...
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,...