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 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...
Valencia port and City Council of Sagunto sign agreement for rehabilitation of dock
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia),...
Valenciaport presents ICP, an indicator to measure connectivity and competitiveness of Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) and the...
Valencia ZAL publishes terms for logistics area development
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Valencia Intermodal Platform and Logistics (VPI) has published the specifications for the award and...
Innsomnia, KPMG to establish startup incubator in Spanish port system
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – A consortium of Valencia-based company Innsomnia and consultancy KPMG has been awarded a contract to...
Bulk Cargo Logistics to build warehouse at Castellón port
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Spanish company Bulk Cargo Logistics, based in the northern port of Castellón, plans to build a new...
ArcelorMittal applies for 10-year concession at Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – ArcelorMittal Asturias (Gijón) has applied for a ten-year concession for a steel products terminal at the...
Gibraltar Port Authority attends Argus Bunker Fuels Conference in Algeciras
Gibraltar (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – John Ghio, the Deputy Captain of the Gibraltar Port Authority, has attended the Argus Bunker Fuels Conference...
Noatum Ports rebranded Cosco Shipping Ports (Spain)
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Following its acquisition by Cosco Shipping Ports Limited in June 2017, Noatum Ports SLU has been...
Spanish State Gazette publishes law reforming stevedoring sector
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – The Official State Gazette (BOE) has published the royal decree law approved by the government that completes...
Verdemar accuses Algeciras port of causing coastline loss in Bay of Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Spanish environmentalist organisation Verdemar Ecologistas en Acción has filed a complaint with...
Norway-based WWO organises RoRo Academy at Santander port
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Norway-based shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen Ocean (WWO), in collaboration with Santander port,...
Sevisur Logística awarded two administrative concessions in ZAL, Seville
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (APS – Port Authority of Seville) has approved two new...
GRI wind towers arriving at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – Between March and April, 24 GRI wind towers will arrive by sea at the port of Seville, where they will be...
New Turkish ambassador visits Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – The new ambassador of Turkey in Spain, Cihad Erginay, has visited the container terminal of the Outer Port...
Oil Deposit Corunna SL application for new terminal in A Coruña port progresses
Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – The concession requested by Oil Deposit Corunna SL (ODC) to build and operate a liquid bulk concession in...