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.
Atlas resumes bunkering activities at Ceuta port
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2019 – Spanish company Atlas restored the supply of fuel to ships during the night shift, which runs from 2200 to 0600...
Cartagena port records €21 million profit in 2018
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2019 – Cartagena port authority recorded a revenue of €50 million ($56.8 million) in 2018, while its...
Las Palmas port to start Reina Sofia dock extension project in August
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2019 – Spain’s Central Contractual Administrative Court has dismissed an appeal by construction...
Vigo port aims to boost its motorway of the sea and bring it to Northern Europe
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2019 – Vigo port and shipping company Suardíaz are developing a project that can improve the viability of the motorway...
Bilbao port completes container terminal expansion project
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2019 – Bilbao port has completed a project for the expansion of its container terminal, which has involved an...
Castellón, Casablanca ports to intensify cargo exchange
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2019 – Castellón and Casablanca ports will sign cooperation agreements after the meeting between the heads of both...
Balearic Islands port authority to revamp Botafoc dike in Ibiza port
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2019 – Balearic Islands port authority has launched improvement works on the dike of Botafoc, in the port of Ibiza. The...
Spanish competition watchdog asks EU Court to reexamine labour agreement in stowage sector
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Spanish anti-trust watchdog Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has submitted to the Court...
Cádiz port calls geotechnical research tender for dredging project
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Cádiz port authority has indicated that the deepening of the navigation channel continues to advance with the...
Algeposa, Toro y Betolaza expand activities at Cádiz port
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Spanish shipping companies Algeposa and Toro y Betolaza have reinforced their commitment to the port of Pasaia...
Almería port president to attend Barcelona SIL fair
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Almería port authority president Jesús Caicedo plans to attend the Fira de Barcelona International...
Totisa Holdings to build LNG facility at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Las Palmas port authority plans a contract with Totisa Holdings SA for the construction and operation of...
Gijón port cargo traffic rose by 0.2% on the year in first half of 2019
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2019 – Gijón port’s cargo traffic rose by 0.2% on the year in the first half of 2019, reaching 9.3...
Marítima Alborán adds larger ship to Málaga-Motril route
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2019 – Spanish company Marítima Alborán has incorporated to the Málaga-Motril route the...
Seville port hosts its first International Boat Show
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2019 – Seville port hosts its first International Boat Show, which will be open until June 30 at the Delicias dock,...
Spain’s Ronco y Cía acquires 5.5% stake in Motrilport
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2019 – Spanish consignee and stowage company J. Ronco y Cía Sociedad Limitada, belonging to the Ership group, has...
Bilbao port’s container terminal complies with EU Customs Code
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2019 – The container terminal of Bilbao port has become the first terminal in Spain to comply with the new Customs Code...
Algeciras port improves pedestrian access to passenger terminal
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2019 – Algeciras port authority has launched a pedestrian crossing with the new pavement that connects...
Algeciras, Tanger Med port presidents meet to discuss cooperation
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2019 – The port authorities of Algeciras and Tanger Med, led on this occasion by the presidents of the harbours,...
Almería port’s passenger traffic rises in first week of OPE
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 24, 2019 – Almería port has exceeded 10,200 passengers in the first week of Operation Paso del Estrecho (OPE) 2019...