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.
Grupo Control wins port security services contract for ports in Andalusia
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – The Ministry of Development, Infrastructure and Land Planning, via Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía...
Málaga port’s cruise traffic keeps growing in Jan-Apr 2019
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Málaga port handled a total of 115,653 cruise passengers in the first four months of...
Las Palmas council approves nautical service center project at port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria City Council has given the green light to a project for the construction of...
Seville port starts loading of world’s largest offshore wind turbine
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Seville port started on Tuesday the loading of sections that make up the largest offshore wind turbine in the...
Gijón port fish catch rises 56% in Jan-Apr 2019
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Gijón port registered between January and April an increase of the fishing of 56.2% over the same period last...
Ferrol port to launch construction of yachting facilities
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2019 – Ferrol port plans to launch a project for the construction of new yachting facilities on the quays of...
Molgas Energía starts installation of LNG station at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 10, 2019 – Spain’s Molgas Energía has started the installation of a fixed liquefied natural gas (LNG) station,...
Gijón port’s EBHISA terminal starts handling coal
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 10, 2019 – The “Wilson Newport” vessel launched the coal handling in small ships from the European Bulk...
FAO’s annual fisheries conference in Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 10, 2019 – The United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Department is to...
Bilbao is the first port in the world to obtain the Environmental Product Declaration
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – Bilbao has become the first port in the world to obtain the Environmental Product Declaration, based on an...
Three companies submit bid for operation of Málaga port megayacht concession
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – At the deadline for the receipt of bids regarding the public tender for the operating of a nautical sports...
Valenciaport to host the XI Cool Logistics Global conference in September
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) will host the XI Cool...
President of Puertos del Estado supports Valenciaport’s investment and future plans
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado (PdE) , Salvador de la Encina, has shown his support for the projects...
Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo leading corporate venturing at Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Spanish legal firm Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo is leading the first “corporate...
Adif awards contract for Santander port-Muriedas rail terminal link project
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Spanish state-owned railway company Adif has awarded the overhaul for the Muriedas railway terminal, located in...
Gijón port noticing effects of imminent coal-fired power plants closure
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Gijón port is already noticing the effects of the imminent closure of coal-fired power plants that...
FRS to introduce new vessel in Motril-Melilla line
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) plans to introduce a new ferry in the operation of the line linking the...
Vasco Shipping Services plans to sell new Cosco Shipping Lines services from Gijón port area
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Vasco Shipping Services is to start selling new Cosco Shipping Lines services from Gijón port on June 12....
Puertos del Estado to support Cádiz port developments
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has committed to Teófila Martínez, president of...
Cádiz port asks Puertos del Estado to streamline processes
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2019 – Cádiz port authority’s president Teófila Martínez has met with the president of Spanish national ports...