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.
Bilbao port sees traffic up 4% in 2018
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2019 – In 2018, traffic in Bilbao port (excluding local traffic and supplies) was 35.6 million tonnes, up 4%...
Bilbao port hosts meeting of the Port Community System Association (IPCSA)
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) has hosted a meeting of the...
Almería port’s passenger traffic rises 2.5% in January
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – Almería port started 2019 with an increase of 2.5% in the movement of passengers while the number of...
Spain reiterates need to impose protectionist towing rules
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – Spain’s Public Works Ministry has informed the European Commission that it considers necessary...
Valencia port handles one of every three containers that move through Spain
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – A total of 30.12% of the containers that are loaded and unloaded in the 46 state-owned ports in Spain...
Mexico’s Cemex applies for concession in Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – Mexican multinational cement producer Cemex has requested a 2,500 m² concession in the port of Gijón, for...
Avilés port launches mobile management system
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – Avilés port has launched an internal management system that will allow customers and operators to...
Ports included in updated Spain-Morocco bilateral agreement
Rabat, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – During an official visit of King Don Felipe VI and Queen Dona Letizia of Spain to Morocco, a number of...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...
Gijón port records highest percentage decline in cargo traffic in Spain last year
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – Gijón port was the Spanish port with the highest percentage decline in cargo traffic, of -9.8%, surpassed...
Santander port’s growth exceeds Spain’s average in 2018
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – A 6.4% increase in cargo and passenger traffic in Santander port is double the national average of port...
A Coruña port expects 190,000 cruise passengers in 2019
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – A Coruña port has raised expectations for 2019 for record cruise passenger numbers, which predict...
Barcelona port closes 2018 with 534 employees
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – Barcelona port has consolidated its average workforce above half a thousand people. After closing a...
Malaga-Melilla connection increases by 31.2% in January 2019
News – Malagaport – Malaga-Melilla connection increases by 31.2% in January 2019 The Malaga-Melilla regular line continues its growth in the port...
Spain’s state ports see cargo rise by 3.3% in 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Provisional data shows that the 46 state-owned ports handled 563,475,196 tons of cargo in 2018, up 3.3%...
France’s Viia to launch rail service linking Barcelona port to Luxembourg
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – French railway transporter company Viia plans to open its new railway line between Barcelona port and...
Leixões port aims to compete with Barcelona, Valencia
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Vigo is not the only target of Leixões port’s offensive in container traffic. Until now it was...
Spain’s Haizea Wind acquires WEC
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Spain’s Haizea Wind Group (HWG), specialised in the construction of wind towers and offshore marine...
Spain’s stowage reform marks most disputed trade union elections in recent years
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Spain’s reform of the stowage sector, which put workers and companies on the warpath due...
Huelva port opens fish market building
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Huelva port has opened the doors of the new fish market building, which after an investment of €6.9...