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.
Valencia port president meets AGRO Merchants managers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia),...
Cosco joins Valenciaport Foundation board
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – Cosco Shipping Lines Spain (CSLS) has joined the board of the Valenciaport Foundation, Autoridad Portuaria de...
JLT Mobile Computers installs VERSO 12 computer at OPCSA terminal in Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – JLT Mobile Computers, a leading developer and manufacturer of computers for demanding environments and...
Avilés port completes railway infrastrucure project
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – The construction works of the railway accesses to the docks on the right bank of the Avilés estuary have...
Castellón port’s traffic with Morocco quadruples in Jan-May 2019
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – Traffic between Castellón port and Morocco quadrupled in the first five months of 2019, up from 63,442...
APM Terminals invests €47 million in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – APM Terminals, a subsidiary of the Danish shipper and terminal operator Maersk, has invested €47 million...
APM Terminals Algeciras increases tractor fleet
News Release – APM Terminals Algeciras increases tractor fleet – June 5, 2019 APM Terminals Algeciras, the largest container terminal in the...
Spain’s Asocelpa proposes procedures to coordinate bunkering at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – The Association of Consignees and Stevedores of Ships of Las Palmas (Asocelpa) has raised a proposal to...
Cádiz port to present services to US companies
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – Cádiz port plans to present its facilities and services next week to US companies in the logistics sector...
Huelva port completes first truck to ship bunkering operation
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – The first operation of bunkering of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from truck to ship in the port of...
Valenciaport Foundation and Baleària in the framework of the LNGHIVE2 Green & Smart Links project
News Release – Valenciaport and Baleària become a European benchmark for the energy transition to LNG – June 14, 2019 This morning the...
Buran Energy acquires Tancar hydrocarbon terminal in Cartagena port
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – Duro Felguera, via subsidiary Felguera IHI is to sell Tanques de Cartagena (Tancar) to Buran Energy, a...
COSCO Shipping Ports’ overseas terminals see 13.5% rise in May 2019 traffic
Piraeus, Greece (PortSEurope) June 16, 2019 – In May 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw container throughout increase...
Cartagena port’s livestock traffic rises 54% in Jan-May 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Cartagena port handled 240,556 head of animals in the first five months of 2019, up 54% on the year. The...
Las Palmas port to study reduction of ship fees in 2020
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – Las Palmas port’s board of directors will study on June 28 a proposal to reduce in 2020 the rates...
Spain stays committed to developing Barcelona port’s infrastructure
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, met today with the president of the port of...
French business delegation visits Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – A delegation of French businessmen has visited Valencia port as part of a promotion by la Cámara...
Barcelona port hosts MEDports Association meeting
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – The Executive Committee of the MEDports Association has met in Barcelona port, where it was hosted...
Barcelona port hosts the SINO-European International Freight Forwarders Conference
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – Barcelona port President Mercè Conesa has inaugurated the SINO-European International Freight...
Puertos del Estado and MedCruise to improve the sustainability of maritime passenger transport
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has met with the president of MedCruise, Airam...