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.
Almería port exports rise 35.3% y/y in Q1
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) May 27, 2019 – Almería port exported 718,792 tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2019, up 35.3% on the year, according to...
Valencia port rejects cost compensation application by Valencia 2007 Consortium
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 27, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has rejected an...
Tenerife, Málaga and Tangier plan all-season cruise business cooperation
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) May 27, 2019 -Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Port Authority of Tenerife) has...
Torraspapel paper mill remains a leading customer of Motril port
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 27, 2019 – Motril is the location of Torraspapel, part of the Lecta Group, and one of the leading manufacturers and...
Madrid-Cádiz port rail cargo connection service start operations
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 27, 2019 – On May 10, the railway link between Madrid and the port of Cádiz started. The first train is scheduled to...
PortCastelló to host summit on the Mediterranean corridor
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 27, 2019 – In order to hasten the development of Castellón and its hinterlands, l’Ajuntament de Castelló (local...
Pasaia port awards industrial warehousing contract
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – Pasaia port has awarded a contract for the construction of pavilions for industrial warehousing in the area of...
Algeciras port discusses repair project with AESBA
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – Algeciras port authority president Gerardo Landaluce has held his first meeting with the board of the...
Puertos del Estado president hosts Commercial Counselor of Chinese embassy in Spain
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Puertos del Estado President, Salvador de la Encina, has met with the Commercial Counselor of the Embassy of...
Huelva port presents project cargo offer at Breakbulk Europe fair
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2019 – Huelva port has attended the Breakbulk Europe fair, which takes place in Bremen (Germany) between May 21 and...
Valencia port launches tender for geotechnical surveys of new container dock
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2019 – Valencia port authority has called a tender for the geotechnical and underwater archaeological survey campaign...
Las Palmas port starts road construction project to facilitate traffic to Naviera Armas terminal
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2019 – Las Palmas port authority has started the procedure to build new roads that will allow easier access to the...
Avilés port traffic rises in Jan-Apr, backed by ArcelorMittal, Asturiana de Zinc imports
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Avilés port cargo traffic rose 7% on the year in the first four months of 2019, backed by the exports...
Spain’s State Gazette publishes Almería port’s ‘English Cable’ tender
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Spain’s Official State Gazette (BOE) has published the announcement of the Almería port...
Valencia port to handle Grimaldi’s Grande Europa vessel
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Italian shipping company Grimaldi plans to dock the Grande Europa vessel, which suffered a fire...
Las Palmas port’s OPCSA container terminal to launch modernisation project
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – The OPCSA container terminal (Operaciones Portuarias Canarias S.A.) of Las Palmas port plans to...
Tenerife port authority names new president
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Tenerife port authority) has agreed on the appointment of Aitor...
Container Traffic Working Group presents the advances in the App for transporters
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2019 – Grupo de Trabajo Tráfico de Contenedores del Puerto de Valencia (Container Traffic Working Group of the...
Valencia port to handle 435,000 cruise passengers in 2019
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Valencia port has scheduled 199 cruises calls in 2019 and plans to handle 435,000 passengers, the...
Huelva port renews Kosher Halal certification
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Huelva port has renewed the Kosher certificate and has passed the follow-up audit for the Halal certificate,...