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.
Cagliari and Cadiz ports discuss cooperation to tackle North African port competition
Cadiz, Spain (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Last weekend, Cadiz hosted the first International Maritime Law Congress, held in the Iberian port city, an...
Huelva port establishes conditions for shipyards concession tender
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Huelva port has published the list of conditions of the tender for the granting of an administrative concession...
Las Palmas port tenders infrastructure works worth €38 million since January
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Las Palmas port authority has tendered infrastructure works worth €37.8 million ($42.2...
Bilbao port to take part in Breakbulk Europe
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Bilbao port plans to participate at the Breakbulk Europe fair, which takes place in Bremen from May 21 to 23,...
Ceuta port to introduce measures to attract container transshipment
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Ceuta port plans to shortly launch a package of measures to encourage and capture transshipment of containers,...
Algeciras and Ningbo Zhoushan ports specify collaboration in training
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – A delegation from Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA – Port Authority of Algeciras)...
Marmedsa Noatum Maritime Bilbao appoints Alberto Hernández as director
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2019 – Marmedsa Noatum Maritime Bilbao has appointed Alberto Hernández as director. He has more than 20 years of...
Motril port grants five concession involving €2.1 million of private investment
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Motril port authority has granted five concessions on land in the public domain to different...
Appointment of Pasaia port director gets complicated
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – The election of the new director of Pasaia port is getting complicated as Aitor Aicha is shaping up...
Valencia port climbs one spot in Europe’s container ports ranking
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Valencia port has climbed one place in the European ranking of container ports and, according to...
Vigo, Nantes ports wish to extend Motorway of the Sea to Dublin
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Ireland is the third connection that most interests the ports of Vigo and Nantes-Saint Nazaire for a possible...
Spanish court dismisses claim by Noatum against Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – The Spanish Administrative Court has dismissed a claim by Noatum Maritime for the payment of a €14 million...
Barcelona port’s cruise passengers decline 10.7% in Jan-Apr 2019
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Barcelona port recorded a 10.7% decline in the number of cruise passengers in the first four months of...
Tarragona port, ChemMed to hold “Mediterranean Refining & Petrochemicals Summit” in June
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – Tarragona and ChemMed are organising on June 26, 27 and 28, locally, the “Mediterranean Refining &...
Ford exports from Valencia port after fire accident on Grimaldi Grande Europa ship
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – The fire of the car carrier Grimaldi Grande Europa has affected the embarking of cars of the U.S. automobile...
Balearic Islands port authority’s board rejects application for dismissal of president
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port Authority of Las Palmas) board of directors unanimously...
MSC ratifies Gran Canaria port plan
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2019 – The shipping company Mediterranean Shipping Company SA (MSC) and Autoridad Portuaria de...
Spanish institute says Castellón port’s anti-dust system is efficient
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2019 – The Institute of Ceramic Technology (ITC) of Castellón has measured and confirmed the efficiency of the...
Spain’s Moldtrans launches weekly service linking Spanish ports to Dubai
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2019 – Spanish freight transport operator Grupo Moldtrans has launched a new...
Avilés port to launch €135,000 rainwater collection project
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2019 – Avilés port plans to launch a €135,000 ($151,000) project for the channeling, conservation and use of the...