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.
Vopak to sell terminals in Algeciras, Amsterdam and Hamburg to First State Investments
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Royal Vopak, a leading Dutch independent tank storage company, has announced an agreement on the sale of...
Valenciaport welcomes Ports 4.0 Fund
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Valenciaport has welcomed the presentation of the Ports 4.0 Fund, a new inter-port compensation fund aimed...
Spain receives 10.1 million cruise passengers in 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Spain’s state-owned ports received 10,178,169 cruise ship passengers in 2018, an annual...
Cartagena port to handle 16,000 cruise passengers in April
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Cartagena port expects the arrival of 16,000 cruise passengers in April, Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena...
MSC, Grimaldi to use hydrogen-powered loading machines at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The MSC and Grimaldi Group terminals of Valencia port will use two hydrogen-powered machines to load and...
Motorways of the Sea receive support at Barcelona event
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2019 – In Barcelona for the Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea Western – The 2020 Climate Action Program...
Companies in the community of Valenciaport comply with environmental commitments of ECOPORT II
València, April 3, 2019 – The Ecoport II project, promoted by Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) to...
Santander Coated Solutions to present factory expansion project in two months
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – Santander Coated Solutions continues to plan a second phase of its plant in the port of Santander, with the...
Entrepreneurs from China’s Fujian province visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – Xinzhao Chen, president of the Association of Chinese Entrepreneurs of Fujian Province in Spain, has held a...
El Corte Inglés applies for concession at Ceuta port
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – Spanish retail chain El Corte Inglés has requested a concession of public domain over an area of 943 m² of...
Astican to build dry dock at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – Spanish ship repair group Astilleros Canarios S.A. plans to build a dry dock in Las Palmas...
Motril port, Comotrans discuss synergies to gain competitiveness
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Motril (APM – Port Authority of Motril) and the road transport cooperative...
Moroccan ports delegation visits Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Valencia port has been visited by a delegation from Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – National Ports...
Baleària in talks to build ferry terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. is negotiating with Barcelona port authority...
Galicia applies for EU funding for rail link to A Coruña’s outer harbour
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – The Galicia regional government plans to ask the European Commission (EC) for funding of a railway...
Barcelona port to host Motorways of the Sea development discussion
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – The development of the Motorways of the Sea in the Western Mediterranean will be the topic of a...
Spain’s Anesco, Puertos del Estado ask for support for reform of stowage sector
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Spanish stevedoring companies association Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (Anesco) and national...
Vigo port to record high cruise traffic in April
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – April starts strongly in terms of cruise traffic in the port of Vigo, with ten already confirmed calls that make...
Valencia port to take part in Seatrade Cruise Global
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Valencia port will be present at the Seatrade Cruise Global, the main cruise event in the world, which will be...
Tenerife Shipyards completes overhaul of Tungsten Explorer drilling ship
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Spanish company Tenerife Shipyards SA has completed the overhaul of drilling ship Tungsten Explorer, an...