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.
Santander port organises conference to promote export, import solutions
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2019 – The Regional Development Society of Cantabria (Sodercan) and Santander port authority have organised for...
Algeciras port to host III Conference of CORE LNGas Project Hive project
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2019 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, accompanied by the...
Spain’s competition watchdog launches study on national port network
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Spain’s competition watchdog Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has launched a...
Balearic Islands port authority awards €16.3 million contract for Ibiza port maritime station
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has awarded a €16.3...
Santander port reopens its Border Inspection Post
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Santander port authority has reopened its Border Inspection Post (BIP), which means that it...
Valencia port incorporates two sub-indices to VCFI
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Valencia port authority has incorporated two additional sub-indices this month to the Valencia Containerized...
Catalonia automotive cluster visits Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – A delegation from Clúster de la Indústria d’Automoció de Catalunya (CIAC – the Automotive...
Royal Caribbean presents its first ship for Asia in Málaga
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – Royal Caribbean has chosen Málaga to present its first cruise designed for the Asian market and which is...
Motril port specialising in luxury cruise niche to attract more tourist spending
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – Motril port, far from wanting to attract the big cruise ships that visit large city ports, has specialised in...
Boluda family establishes subsidiary for mergers and acquisitions
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The Boluda family is preparing to purchase new companies under the umbrella of Grupo Boluda...
Spain’s government to approve participation in Valencia port logistics project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Spain’s central government plans to approve its participation in the construction of the Intermodal and...
COSCO’s European container terminals see improved performance in Q1 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – In the first three months of 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw...
Trade unions call off strike at Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Spanish trade unions CCOO, UGT and CIG have called off the 24-hour port strike scheduled for April 17, 2019,...
Natural Mining Resources activities at Gijón port exceed forecasts
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Swiss group Natural Mining Resources is stockpiling Russian coal in Gijón port to mix with mine tailings...
Puertos del Estado backs Gijón port’s regasification plant project
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The new president of national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has reiterated the...
Huelva port launches weekly container train service to Madrid
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Huelva port has launched a new weekly container train service between Madrid and its South Pier, joining the...
Tarros launches weekly service linking Tarragona port to Turkey
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The container terminal of the port of Tarragona, DP World, has started handling a new container shipping...
Seville port launches Guadalquivir estuary maintenance dredging tender
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) April 12, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (APS – Port Authority of Seville) has launched a tender for the...
A Coruña port to keep cruise sector leadership in northern Spain in 2020
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) April 12, 2019 – A Coruña port will maintain its leadership in 2020 in the sector of cruises in northern Spain with more...
Valencia port promotes shortsea shipping services to Navarre businessmen
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 12, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has promoted the short...