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.
VPI Logística awards four companies plots of the Logistics Activities Zone
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 3, 2020 – Valencia Plataforma Intermodal y Logística (VPI Logística) has approved the award of four blocks or plots...
Baleària submits only bid for new passenger terminal in Valencia port
Baleària Eurolíneas Marítimas S.A. has submitted its offer for the new passenger terminal in the Port of Valencia to be located between the Poniente Quay...
Port of Barcelona port renews QualiCert certification
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 1, 2020 – The Port of Barcelona has renewed its QualiCert certification, issued by the SGS company and which...
GREEN C PORTS project wins the IAPH World Ports Sustainability Awards 2020
Green C Ports, co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility of the European Union, has won the award in the category of “Resilient Infrastructure”...
Aurelio Martínez: new North Terminal will double economic impact of Valencia port
The North expansion will double the number of jobs generated by the port to 80,000 by 2030 – June 29, 2020 The €1.4 billion public-private investment...
Valenciaport will invest 136 million in Sagunto port
These investments will allow for key infrastructures such as rail access, the border inspection centre or the management of the northern zone – June 29,...
Valenciaport begins studies for third dock of Sagunto port
The Port Authority of Valencia is responding to the request of the Mayor of Sagunto to begin studying this infrastructure. Aurelio Martinez has put in value...
Valenciaport Foundation gets the approval of 9 European projects in the first half of the year
This morning the ordinary meeting of the board of trustees of the Valenciaport Foundation took place, which was held in the Clock Building of the Port of...
Two projects led by Valenciaport awarded at IAPH World Port Sustainability Awards 2020
Green C Ports and LOOP-Ports are the two European projects that have won the awards in the categories of “Resilient Infrastructure” and...
German Foreign Minister visits Valencia port and talks cooperation with Spanish ports
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas appreciates Valenciaport’s leadership, a port that compared with the Germans, is located between Hamburg and Bremen...
Valenciaport traffic reflects the slowdown in the economy during the months of confinement due to the Covid-19 crisis
Valenciaport managed close to 400,000 containers in May, 19.68% less than in the same month of 2019. In the accumulated index for the year, activity decreased...
Algeciras port sees total traffic down 4.82% in Jan-May 2020
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) June 23, 2020 – In the period January-May 2020, total throughput at Algeciras port was 44.423 million tons, compared to...
HMM sells half of its holding in Total Terminal International Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2020 – South Korea’s HMM (previously Hyundai Merchant Marine) is reported to have sold a 50% stake in its...
Yilport’s Transitex starts new rail link between Elvas and Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2020 – Transitex, an Iberian logistics and transport company and part of Yilport, has added the port of Huelva to...
Vehicle traffic in Valencia port, the main cause of air pollution during lockdown
During confinement, NO 2 has been reduced by more than 60% thanks mainly to the decrease in urban traffic, which has dropped by around 70%, while the port...
Motril port adds to crane capacity
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) June 20, 2020 – Logistics operator Consignaciones y Estibas Motril (CE Motril) has acquired a mobile crane, Fantuzzi MHC 115...
Valencia port to receive mobile hydrogen refuelling station
The mobile Hydrogen Refuelling Station designed within the framework of the H2PORTS project will arrive at the Port of Valencia in early 2021 – June 19,...
Valenciaport puts out tender for GREEN C PORTS project
The Port Authority of Valencia has put out to tender the supply, installation and configuration of environmental control equipment within the framework of the...
Bunge starts rail tests to transport soybean meal between Barcelona port and Aragon
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 18, 2020 – Bunge, a world leader in sourcing, processing and supplying oilseed and grain products and ingredients,...
Freight traffic falls 17.2% in Barcelona port in first five months of the year
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 18, 2020 – Freight traffic in the Port of Barcelona totalled 23.75 million tons in the first five months of the...