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.
Spanish company to build covered warehouse at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Spanish company Desarrolla Obras y Servicios has won a contract for the construction of a facility...
Santander port expects 4,500 cruise passengers in 2019
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Santander port expects the arrival of more than 4,500 cruise passengers this year. There are five calls...
Tarragona port awards €4.7 million building rehabilitation project to Comsa, Gicsa
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Tarragona port authority has awarded the rehabilitation works of its former headquarters to a consortium...
Grupo Moldtrans starts a shipping service linking Mexico with Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Moldtrans Group has launched a maritime transport service between Spain and Mexico in collaboration...
Bergé plans automation of Bilbao port facility
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Bergé, the Spanish multimodal logistics operator, plans to automate its terminal in the port of...
Andalusian ports move about 1 million cruise passengers in 2018
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Andalusia has become one of the main strategic points for cruise tourism in Spain. Last year, a total...
Cádiz port maintains 4 million tons in 2018 despite reduced MSC cargo
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) has reported it...
Grimaldi joins H2PORTS project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Grimaldi Group and its sister company Valencia Terminal Europa (VTE) have joined the European project...
Andalusia government names president of Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – The Andalusia regional government has appointed Rafael Carmona as president of Autoridad Portuaria de...
Andalusia government names presidents of local ports
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Andalusia’s regional government has approved the appointment of the former mayor of Cádiz, Teófila...
Avilés port to launch tender for reconstruction of railway lines
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Avilés port has approved a tender for the modification of the layout of the railway lines on the left bank...
Santander port may establish railway operator
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS – Port Authority of Santander) may establish a...
Balearic ports attract €178 million investment in overhaul works
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – The overhaul works launched by the current government at Balearic ports have attracted investments...
Basque Country launches overhaul of Bermeo port
Bermeo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – The Basque Country regional government has started overhaul works on the Erroxape pier in the port of...
Spain’s Incargo Galicia may relaunch ferry links to UK from Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – Vigo-based Incargo Galicia SL is looking to restart a regular ferry service between Vigo and the United...
Cartagena port receives LNG award
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – The Port of Cartagena has won the “Most proactive development of liquified natural gas (LNG)...
Sociedad Financiera y Minera awarded concession at Málaga port
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga (APM – Port Authority of Málaga) has awarded a 4,900 m²...
Tarragona port ends 2018 with slightly lower revenue and traffic
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) has reported that in 2018...
Huelva port open new €6.9 million fish market
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva (APH – Port Authority of Huelva) has inaugurated the facilities of...
Bilbao port sees turnover up 2.6% to €70.6 million in 2018
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2019 – Turnover at Bilbao port was €70.6 million ($79.75 million), up 2.6% on 2017. In July 2018, Autoridad...