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.
Bilbao port to launch own innovation centre
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) is preparing to establish its own innovation...
Carboneras mayor opposes iron ore handling at Almería port
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – The authorities of Spain’s Carboneras municipality plan to oppose the project for the handling of iron ore...
Spanish stevedoring committee approves modification of Bilbao port’s collective labour agreement
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – Spanish stevedoring sector joint committee has approved the agreement to modify Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB...
Bilbao port approves modification of port spaces use plan
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) has approved the modification of the...
A Coruña port, University sign €300,000 cooperation deal
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña (APC – A Coruña Port Authority) and the University of A Coruña (UDC)...
Motril port offers free town transfer to cruisers
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – MotrilPort, the promotion and marketing company of the port of Motril, and the city council of Motril have signed...
Algeciras, Ningbo Zhoushan ports consider joint projects
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) May 3, 2019 – A delegation from the Chinese port of Ningbo Zhoushan is visiting Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de...
Almería port to join European Blue Growth strategy
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) May 3, 2019 – Almería port plans to join the European Blue Growth strategy, a policy of the European Union that aims to...
Spain’s TMS to invest €9.6 million in Alicante port by 2020
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – Spanish company Terminales Marítimas del Sureste (TMS), the main concessionaire of Alicante port, generating...
AMT Terminals receives two SPPx cranes at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – APM Terminals has started unloading two new STS Super Post Panamax cranes (SPPx) at Barcelona port to improve...
Puertos del Estado innovation director visits Termavi terminal
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – The innovation director of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, accompanied by...
Spanish court dismisses appeal by Sacyr against Las Palmas port tender
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Spain’s Central Administrative Court has ruled not to admit the appeal filed by construction company...
Portos de Galicia to start operating large-dimension containers
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – Galicia regional ports agency Portos de Galicia has announced that it will open in the coming months a new...
Cádiz port welcomes first cruise powered by liquefied natural gas
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) May 1, 2019 – The port of Cádiz has received the first cruiser powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the AIDANova vessel,...
Las Palmas port picks Applus, CIC for technical assistance on expansion project
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Las Palmas port has picked a consortium of Applus Norcontrol and Canarias Ingeniería Civil (CIC) to...
Huelva port, Enagás to launch Cold Logistics Hub in 2021
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Huelva port authority and Enagás have announced that they have in place the necessary investments so that the...
Algeciras port to recover rail freight traffic on May 13
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Algeciras port plans to recover rail freight traffic on May 13 after the completion of the rehabilitation...
Sacyr, Puentes Infraestructuras start works on Punta Langosteira outer harbour project
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – A consortium of Sacyr Infraestructuras and Puentes Infraestructuras have started the work on the extension...
Cádiz port signs contract for installation of absorbent piles system
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) president Teófila Martínez...
Puertos del Estado to establish HQ of Galician unit of business accelerator in Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 28, 2019 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has chosen Vigo to establish the Galicia regional...