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.
Barcelona port extends concession of Cilsa
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Barcelona port has approved the extension of the concession of Cilsa by 62,169 m², a land where it has...
Alicante port receives special status, sees reduced tax burden
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Alicante City Council has granted the local port the status of an entity of special interest or...
Gijón harbour’s exports outside EU nearly halve since 2015
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – The exports from Gijón port, which in 2015 were destined mainly outside the European Union, have shifted and...
CILSA, the ZAL Port’s management company, increases revenues by 12.6% to reach €50.1 million
News – ZAP Port – April 8, 2019 CILSA has finished 2018 with the best economic results in its history: it has registered a total revenue of €50.1...
Spain’s CCOO calls off ports strike scheduled for April 26
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Spanish trade union CCOO (Confederacion Sindical de Comisiones Obreras) has called off the strike...
Puertos del Estado president opens CORE LNGas hive project conference
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina and the president...
Puertos del Estado reaches agreement on collective labour contract
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has said that an agreement has been reached with trade unions...
Cádiz port impresses at Seatrade Cruise Global
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Cádiz port authority has made a “very positive” impression with its participation in the Seatrade...
Valencia port’s traffic with Italy rises 39% y/y in Q1
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Valencia port has recorded a 39% rise in cargo traffic from Italy in the first quarter of 2019. Traffic with...
Huelva port renews PERS certification
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva (APH – Port Authority of Huelva) has renewed its Port Environmental Review...
Las Palmas port presents improved website
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Las Palmas port has presented the port community with a renewed version of its website that shows the...
EU subsidizes 50% of Baleària project to monitor fuel consumption and emissions of ships in real time
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – The European Union has approved a subsidy for half of the Green and Connected Ports project, of which...
Puertos del Estado and SPC Spain analyze measures to boost short sea shipping and motorways of the sea
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has had a productive meeting with a delegation...
Atlantic regions institutions launch project for energy self-sufficiency at ports
Oviedo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Eighteen institutions in the regions bordered by the Atlantic Ocean have launched the Ports Towards Energy...
Court awards Las Palmas port contract to Spain’s Imesapi
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Spanish company Imesapi will finally be in charge of carrying out the maintenance of the port...
Vigo port’s ro-ro terminal expansion drafting tender attracts engineering firms
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – The tender for the drafting of the construction project for the expansion of the ro-ro terminal in Vigo has...
Melilla port president resigns to participate in regional elections
Melilla, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Melilla port authority president Miguel Marín has submitted his resignation to attend the...
Las Palmas port installs 72 PV panels to reduce CO2 emissions
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Las Palmas port has recently launched 72 photovoltaic panels on the roof of its main...
Asturias imports 479,000 tonnes of steel via Gijón, Avilés ports
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2019 – Asturias region imported 479,083 tonnes of steel products through the ports of Gijón and Avilés in 2018, of...
Cádiz port to invest €712,300 in overhaul of fishing port
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2019 – Cádiz port plans to invest €712,300 ($800,755) in developing the fishing facilities of the port to implement...