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.
Las Palmas port handles 5% of Spain’s trade with Africa
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – Las Palmas port handles just under 5% of all cargo traffic that passes through Spanish ports to or from...
Anfac delegation visits Valenciaport
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – A delegation from the Spanish Association of Automobile and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC) has visited the port...
Spain’s Idesa to export oil platform base to Gulf of Mexico from Avilés port
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) June 4, 2019 – Spanish company Idesa is completing in the docks of Avilés port the shipment by sea of a single base piece of...
Gijón port awards two contracts to Spanish company Ogensa
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 4, 2019 – Gijón port authority has awarded the Oviedo company Ogensa two contracts to carry out improvement works at...
Cargo record in Gijón port as 63,000 tonnes of coal are exported to Morocco
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 4, 2019 – The unloading of large bulk ships with iron and coal for ArcelorMittal’s factories has been a common image...
Spanish authorities allow fishmeal handling at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 4, 2019 – Manufacturers of fishmeal and fish oil can breathe relief after knowing that they will be able to continue exporting...
Valencian port community turns to World Environment Day
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 4, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) will host on June 5,...
Spanish government to improve plant health Motril port
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – The government plans to reinforce the plant health inspection services at Motril port, which in this way will...
Castellón port’s liquid bulk dock to be completed in 2021
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Castellón port will not have the new liquid bulk dock in the south basin until 2021. The resignation of...
‘Blockchain’ and artificial intelligence to shape ports’ future
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Spain carried out major port works more than two decades ago, important investments were made to gain land to...
Club Marítimo Molinar de Llevant members comply with president
Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – A dozen members of the Club Marítimo Molinar de Llevant yacht marina recently met with the Balearic Islands...
Almería port improves services for Operation Paso del Estrecho (OPE 2019)
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Almería port has improved its services and facilities for Operation Paso del Estrecho (OPE...
Valenciaport launches three surveys to measure degree of satisfaction port companies, customers and citizens
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia), has launched three...
Marín port to launch administrative electronic platform
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Marín y Ría de Pontevedra (APMRP – Port Authority of Marin) approved the creation...
Spain signs collective labour agreement for port workers
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador De la Encina, has met with union representatives to sign the III...
Vigo port to put up for sale land of logistics platform PLISAN
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – Vigo port authority plans to put up for sale the land of the Industrial Logistics Platform of Salvaterra As Neves...
Alicante city government, port join forces to back technology companies
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2019 – Alicante mayor Luis Barcala, and the president of the Port Authority of Alicante, Juan Antonio...
Yecasa applies for construction of solid bulk terminal at Arinaga port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2019 – Spanish plaster manufacturer Yesos Canarias (Yecasa) has applied to Las Palmas port authority for the...
Cartagena port to accelerate Alfonso XII dock overhaul project
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2019 – Cartagena port authority aims to accelerate the execution of the project of integral reform of the esplanade...
Natural Mining Resources starts coal exports to Turkey from Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2019 – Gijón port plans to start supplying raw materials to Turkish steel companies. That is the destination of 5,000...