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.
Logistics, supply chain in Southern Europe at SIL Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 1, 2024 – SIL is the leading trade fair for logistics, transport, intralogistics and supply chain in Southern...
Port of Barcelona see rise in total traffic in Jan-Apr 2024
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 31, 2024 – In the first four months of 2024, the Port of Barcelona handled 22.8 million tons, an increase of +8.2%...
Port of Barcelona may sanction ships that pollute
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 30, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona will introduce a new ordinance for the prevention of pollution in the service area...
A ship powered entirely by green hydrogen – CINTECX
The H2TECH4SHIP project, the result of the collaboration between Nodosa, CT Ingenieros and the Energy Technology Group (GTE) of CINTECX, has been selected to...
Calls for towage investment in Port of Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – Representatives of CGT Mar y Puerto trade union have called for the authorities to increase the number of...
Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz receives mission from Latin America
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 28, 2024 – The Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz yesterday received a delegation of port managers and companies...
Port of Marin imports frozen squid from South Atlantic
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) May 27, 2024 – The Spanish Port of Marin is receiving ships carrying frozen squid from the South Atlantic. More...
Dredging at the port of El Terrón, Huelva, to proceed
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – The Ministry of Sustainability, the Environment and the Blue Economy has issued a favourable Unified...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – April 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-April 2024. Spain’s ports...
Dragados Offshore establish a concession in Port of Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 24, 2024 – Dragados Offshore has received authorisation to set establish a concession in Campamento in the Port of...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – January-April 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 23, 2024 – Spain’s state ports handled 185,045,014 tons of cargo in January-April 2024, growth of +2.2% compared...
Spanish ports register cargo growth of over +2% in Jan-Apr 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 23, 2024 – State ports handled 185,045,014 tons of cargo in January-April 2024, growth of +2.2% compared to the same...
Port Authority of Bilbao issues pier tender
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 22, 2024 – The Port Authority of Bilbao has issued a tender for the construction project of the second phase of the...
Spanish ports have strong presence at Breakbulk Europe event
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 22, 2024 – Puertos del Estado (PdE), the state-owned organisation responsible for state-owned ports, has a strong...
Links with South America expose ports to criminal gangs
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Whilst Galicia in Northern Spain is not considered a main gateway for cocaine smuggling into Europe, there are...
Over 1,000 kg of cocaine seized in Spanish & Portuguese ports
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – The Portuguese Tax Agency, National Police and Judicial Police have seized more than 1,000 kilos of cocaine...
Turkish ambassador to Spain visits Port of Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – Nüket Küçükel, Turkish ambassador to Spain, has visited Valencia and held a working meeting with Mar...
Jan de NUL carries out dredging in Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2024 – The Belgian company Jan De Nul NV is carrying out dredging in the Port of Santander. The work will be...
Port of Aviles is preparing a strategic plan to meet expansion
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) May 20, 2024 – The Port Authority of Aviles is preparing a strategic plan with a clear objective to attract new companies...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) – TEU traffic – April 2024
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) May 18, 2024 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Terminals S.L.U. (CSP Spain) has published container (TEU) traffic for April...