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.
Andalusia government to coordinate policies of Ceuta, Melilla ports
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – The Seville-based Andalusia regional government plans to launch a permanent working group with the seven ports...
Málaga port calls tender for operation of two warehouses
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – Málaga port authority has started the tender for a private company to operate two vertical silos. ...
Cartagena port holds conference to analyse Brexit effects
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – Cartagena port authority held a conference to discuss the effects of Brexit for all procedures associated...
Vigo port establishes conditions for Bouzas terminal extension drafting tender
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Vigo port has established the tender conditions for the provision of technical assistance for the drafting of the...
Spain’s Boluda launches Canary Islands-Galicia freight service
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Boluda Corporación Marítima has launched a new freight service between the Canary Islands...
Barcelona port’s Terminal Port Nou carries out project cargo operation
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Barcelona port’s Terminal Port Nou carried out on March 12 the unloading of a project cargo load of 96...
Seville port’s container traffic rises backed by rail freight services
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Seville port has experienced an annual container traffic increase of 23% in January and February 2019, backed...
Ceuta port joins SAMOA 2 project
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Ceuta port has joined the project for the start-up of an innovative system of prediction of oceanic...
Sintraport in talks on working conditions to continue strike next week
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Spanish autonomous truck drivers association Sintraport is holding meetings with companies active...
Cartagena port to double luxury cruise calls in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – Cartagena port expects to double the number of luxury cruise ships handled in 2019, exceeding the number of...
Valencia port receives ‘GREEN4SEA Port Award’
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – Valencia port has received the international prize ‘GREEN4SEA Port Award’ 2019 in environmental...
Naviera Armas to complete construction of Las Palmas port terminal in June
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – Spanish shipping company Naviera Armas SA expects to complete the construction of its terminal at Nelson...
Liguria port community delegation visits Barcelona port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – A delegation of the Genoa port community will visit Barcelona port to explore cooperation opportunities with...
Alicante port to approve bulk terminal project in April
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante (APA – Port Authority of Alicante)e is completing the technical...
Court confirms fine on Vilagarcía port for environmental rules violation
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – The Pontevedra administrative court has confirmed the sanction imposed by the Galicia regional government...
Strike blocks container trucks at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – The autonomous container transporters of the port of Barcelona started their first day of work stoppages,...
Las Palmas port installs 72 photovoltaic panels
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port Authority of Las Palmas) has just put into operation 72...
Kalmar to supply Servicios Logisticos Portuarios SLP in Bilbao port with forklift trucks
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has an agreement to supply Servicios Logisticos Portuarios SLP, a leading...
Minister visits Motril port in support of investment
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – The Minister of Development, Infrastructure and Territorial Planning of the Junta de Andalucía, Marifrán...
Vigo port seeks compensation for exclusion from Europe’s main transport network
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Vigo port is demanding compensation for the decision of the European Commission not to include the railway with...