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.
APM Terminals Algeciras beats container operations record
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – APM Terminals’ container terminal in Algeciras port broke a new record in 2018 by registering...
Valencia port launches first freight operation using electronic CMR
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Spain launched the first intermodal freight transport from Valencia port that uses an electronic...
Bilbao port seeks to become hub for handling special cargo
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Bilbao is seeking to consolidate itself as a hub for special pieces and needs to carry out expansion...
Jesús Caicedo Bernabéa appointed president of Port Authority of Almería
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Jesús Caicedo Bernabé has been appointed president of Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA –...
Puertos del Estado to support greenhouse gas emissions reduction
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Spain’s national ports agency Puertos del Estado has signed a cooperation contract for the reduction...
Vigo port cancels port spaces plan drafting tender
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Vigo port has cancelled a tender for the drafting of a plan for the delimitation of uses...
Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Valencia port approves investments of €28 million
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of...
APM Terminals Barcelona increases reefer capacity and lessens CO2 emissions
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – APM Terminals Barcelona has announced a 31% increase in reefer capacity and taken measures to reduce...
Hyundai, CMA CGM may team up to manage Isla Verde zone of Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – South Korean business conglomerate Hyundai, which controls phase A of Isla Verde zone of Algeciras port,...
Vilagarcía port supports Compostela 2M21 project
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía (APV – Port Authority of Vilagarcía),...
Vigo port’s operators want board of directors’ seat
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – The spokesman of the Federation of Operators (Federación de Usuarios) of Vigo port, Enrique Mallón, has...
Valencia port records best January container traffic ever
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) closed the first...
Gijón port to launch concession of former Naval Gijón shipyard
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón (APG – Port Authority of Gijón) has approved the launch of a concession...
Agaete port’s extension project may fail over lack of funding
Agaete, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – The extension of Spain’s Agaete port, already awarded for €44.6 million ($50.7...
Cepsa Gibraltar factory complies with Algeciras port’s environmental requirements
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – Cepsa’s factory in Gibraltar-San Roque has received an environmental certification,...
Las Palmas ports regular passenger traffic rises 3% in 2018
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – Las Palmas ports registered a 3% increase in passenger traffic on regular lines during...
Ceuta government to invest €1.7 million in protecting port from migratory pressure
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Ceuta’s local government plans to invest €1.7 million ($1.9 million) in facilities for the protection...
Spain’s Adif launches tender for railway overhaul at Pasaia port
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure operator Adif has tendered the extension works to 550 metres of...
Galicia port operators benefiting from new port law
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – More than 30 companies in Galicia have extended their port concessions to 50 from 35 years, taking advantage...