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.
Gandía port’s new access works to be completed in April
Gandía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – The works of the southern access to the port of Gandía are expected to be completed in the...
Balearic Islands port authority to launch El Molinar port overhaul on Mar 18
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Balearic Islands port authority plans to start the project for the overhaul of El Molinar port on March 18....
Kotug, Boskalis to sell towage business to Spain’s Boluda
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Dutch companies Kotug International and Royal Boskalis Westminster NV have announced the signing of a letter...
Cádiz port to handle 280 cruise calls in 2019
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Cádiz port expects to handle 280 cruise calls in 2019, with May being the month with the highest number of...
Cantabria government asks for concession extension by Santander port
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Cantabria government has requested from Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS – Port Authority of...
Las Palmas port participates in International Petroleum Week to attract new business
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Las Palmas port participated February 26- 28 at the main logistics platform of the Mid-Atlantic in the...
Cartagena port awards Peñarroya factory demolition contract
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Cartagena port has approved operational contracts for the retail area of Alfonso XII dock and for...
Alicante port suspends cargo traffic due to pollution levels
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2019 – Alicante port has suspended cargo traffic due to the increase in pollution caused by the atmospheric...
ValenciaportPCS will connect in real time to the Noatum Valencia terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – As of March 4, the electronic platform of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), ValenciaportPCS, will...
Spain’s Perforaciones Trujillo awarded contract from Las Palmas port authority
Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Spanish company Perforaciones Trujillo SL will be responsible for transporting 25,000...
Sagunto City Council, Valencia port sign cooperation agreement
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Sagunto City Council has signed a cooperation agreement with Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...
Barcelona port to invest €10 million in telecoms network upgrades
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Barcelona port plans to invest €10 million ($11.4 million) in the deployment of a new...
Cemex to invest €4.85 million in cement factory in Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Mexican multinational cement producer Cemex plans to invest €4.85 million ($5.52 million) in the...
Barcelona port proposes a new technical office to develop road and rail access
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The Port of Barcelona has proposed to the Ministry of Development to create a technical office in...
Valencia port’s financing may be insufficient for Sagunto dock’s revamp
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – Valencia port’s €5 million ($5.7 million) financing for the revamp of Sagunto port’s dock...
Corunna Oil Deposit project at Punta Langosteira to be presented soon
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – The basic project for the construction and operation of Corunna Oil Deposit in A Coruña...
CMA CGM to operate route linking Algeciras to Morocco as of June
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – French shipping company CMA CGM has included the port Algeciras on its Morocco-Spain route from June,...
Huelva port asks government for more animal health inspections
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Huelva port plans to ask the government for a greater number of inspectors of external and animal...
Levante UD may build sports complex on Valencia port land
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Valencia port has said that the offer presented by sports club Levante UD is the only bid that has arrived...
Balearic port authority launches drone control programme
Alcúdia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has initiated a pilot...