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.
Transcoma acquires stake in Gesport
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2020 -Transcoma Shipping has acquired 20% of Gesport Terminal Marítima in Las Palmas de Gran...
Cádiz port to improve environmental quality of La Cabezuela-Puerto Real dock
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2020 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) plans invest almost...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports November 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports November 2019 cargo figures by port authority. Port Authority November ...
Valencia port: “No plastic” campaign is about the elimination of one million bottles a year
The “No plastic” campaign is about the elimination of one million bottles a year. The Valencian port sector has among its purposes for 2020 to completely...
Baleària shipping company sets up high-efficiency natural gas supply in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 7, 2020 – The Baleària shipping company has set up a high-efficiency natural gas supply in Valencia port using...
Port Authority of Cadiz to invest almost €2 million in environmental improvements in Cabezuela-Puerto Real
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) December 20, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) will invest almost...
Yolanda Muñoz takes office as president of the Port Authority of Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) December 20, 2019 – Yolanda Muñoz has taken office as the new president of Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC...
CZFB approves budget for 2020 with € 8.2 million in profit forecast
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 20, 2019 – Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona (CZFB -Barcelona Free Zone) has approved a draft budget for...
Urbaser awarded road cleaning and waste collection contract
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 19, 2019 – Urbaser SA has been awarded a contract for road cleaning and collection waste in public areas of the...
Barcelona port approves the reform of Club Natació Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 19, 2019 – The Board of Directors of the Port of Barcelona has approved the Recovery project, reform and...
Valenciaport exceeds 5 million containers in November and continues growth
Accumulated traffic January-November of Valenciaport records 5,018 million TEUs (up 5.86%) and 74.78 million tons (6.49% more). Number of passengers exceeds...
Basque minister visits Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) December 18, 2019 – The Basque Government Minister for Employment and Justice, María Jesús San José, has visited the Port...
President of Tarragona port visits the Essity paper production plant in Puigpelat
The meeting has served to know the end of the logistics chain of paper pulp from the Port of Tarragona to the end customer Essity imports 50% of the cellulose...
Cádiz port seeks integration into TEN-T transport network
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) December 18, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) has started the...
Freight traffic at Barcelona port totals 62.7 million tonnes through November
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) December 17, 2019 – Cargo traffic in the Port of Barcelona in the first 11 months of the year totaled a 62.7 million...
Algeciras port to invest €233 million in the next four years
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) December 17, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras)’ Board...
Fundación Valenciaport and Dominican Port Authority sign collaboration agreement
Fundación Valenciaport (Valenciaport Foundation) – November 28, 2019 Yesterday afternoon saw the signing of the collaboration agreement between the...
Valencia port plans new passenger terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) December 16, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) plans to...
Valenciaport presents new seal management service to shipping companies
Mar Chao, commercial and business development director of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), has presented the new seal management service enabled on the...
Court rejects appeal against Valencia port ZAL
The Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community rules against the appeal filed by the association “Per l’Horta”, dismisses the...