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.
A Coruña port obtains labour safety certification
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – A Coruña port is the first in Spain to obtain certification of its labour safety and health...
Sintraport presents proposals to negotiate the transport conditions of Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport has asked the Barcelona port authority and the...
Huelva port to call tender for temperature-controlled storage complex
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – Huelva port has approved the list of requirements of the tender of one or several administrative concessions...
Hyster Europe develops zero-emission reachstacker for Valencia port
Press Release – Hyster Europe – Hyster Europe has announced it is developing a zero-emission reachstacker featuring a hydrogen fuel cell for the...
Las Palmas port expects arrival of four platforms, drillers this week
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – Las Palmas port expects the arrival of four platforms and drilling vessels dedicated to...
Transcont Valencia announces five days of strikes
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2019 – Autonomous truck drivers association Transcont Valencia association plans to carry out demonstrations on...
Malaga port expects 180,000 cruise passengers during the spring season
Málaga, Spain, March 20, 2019 – The Port of Malaga is forecasting 180,000 passengers and 113 stopovers from March 20 to June 30, thus consolidating...
Tarragona port consolidates leadership in agrifood at Inter-Pyrenean Cereals Exchange
Tarragona, Spain, March 20, 2019 – This Friday, the Port of Tarragona will take part in the Inter-Pyrenean Cereals Exchange in Mollerussa (Lleida), a...
Valenciaport Foundation attends meeting of the SKILLFUL project in Dublin
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – On the 7-8 March, the Valenciaport Foundation attended a follow-up meeting of the SKILLFUL (Skills and...
Valencia port transport corridors to be integrated into EU networks
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – The Port Authority of Valencia has welcomed the news of the incorporation of the rail corridors...
Puertos del Estado president resigns
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – Ornella Chacón, president of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado, is leaving the position for...
Sintraport ends strikes at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport has decided not to call new mobilisations...
Barcelona port hopes to benefit from SmartCAT Challenge
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – The Catalan government and Barcelona’s port authority have joined forces to find innovative...
Sintraport’s strike in Barcelona may spread to other ports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – While the longshoremen’s conflict remains latent in Spanish ports, it is now the transporters who...
Barcelona port expresses willingness to dialogue with Sintraport
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport held a day of protest in the centre of Barcelona,...
Alicante port to move to companies responsible for emissions from outdoor activity
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – From 2020, stevedoring companies in Alicante port will assume the responsibility for their emissions into the...
Spain’s Sintraport continues protest action in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – After five days of demonstrations and strikes in the port of Barcelona, Spanish autonomous truck drivers...
Castellón port improves particle emission management
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – Castellón port has extended the control of particle emissions within the ambitious environmental...
COSCO’s European container terminals see higher throughput in February 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 17, 2019 – China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported that in February 2019 output at its overseas...
Spain’s Sintraport to continue protest action next week
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport plans to continue its protest action in...