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 handles its first LNG-fired cruise ship
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Barcelona port handled on April 26 its first cruise ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the...
Seville port presents logistics offer at agricultural raw materials fair
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Seville port authority president Rafael Carmona has participated along with a delegation of businessmen...
Vigo port’s Bouzas terminal expansion not to have negative environmental consequences
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Vigo port authority president Enrique López Veiga has said that the extension of the Bouzas terminal is...
Alicante port offsets 1,177 tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2018
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Alicante port avoided the emission of 1,177 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 2018 as a result of its...
Gijón port to start cruise season in 2019
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Gijón port will start its 2019 cruise season, which is expected to have a total of 17 calls,...
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...