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.
Cartagena port is among finalists in LNG industry awards
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Cartagena port is among the five finalists for the prize for the most proactive development of liquefied...
Noatum Container Terminal Valencia names CEO
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia, a company controlled by the Chinese state-owned company COSCO and...
A Coruña port to soon tender €150 million railway project
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – A Coruña port will soon tender a €150 million ($169.4 million) project for the construction of a rail...
Free Trade Zone and Director of Groupe PSA plant in Vigo meet to discuss progress
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – With the aim of contributing to consolidate the activity and employment of the French automotive Groupe...
New directors of Bergé in ports of Canarias, Huelva and Sevilla
February 1, 2019 BERGÉ has appointed new directors in its port delegations in the Canary Islands, Huelva and Seville, appointing Fernando Reino as the new...
COSCO Shipping Lines Espana increases container traffic in 2018 by nearly 44%
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – COSCO Shipping Lines (Spain) SA moved a total of 362,165 TEUs in Spain in 2018, an increase of 43.57%...
Over 11 million tons of horticultural products passed through Spanish ports in 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Spain’s 46 state-owned ports handled 560 million tons of cargo in 2018, of which more...
USA ousts China as main traffic partner of Valencia port in 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Valencia port has experienced a historic change in the leadership of its international traffic in 2018,...
Barcelona port approves launch of railway coordination centre
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Barcelona port has approved the launch of a railway coordination centre and has tendered the...
Administrative problems slow Repsol’s pipeline project at A Coruña port
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Spanish oil and gas group Repsol SA’s project for the construction of a liquid bulk pipeline to the...
Lidl to open new logistics centre of in Martorell, Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – The German supermarket chain Lidl will open a new distribution centre in the town of Martorell in...
Decathlon doubles logistics area in ZAL, Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – Decathlon SA, the French seller of sports equipment, is to rent a site of 96,000 m² in ZAL (La Zona...
University of Almería to monitor Almería port’s environmental quality
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Almería port and the University of Almería renewed the contract signed a few years ago by which the...
Ibiza port to launch moorings for charter boats
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Ibiza port will have moorings for small boats on the island, which will be located in the area where the boats...
Las Palmas port to approves change in Astican project
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Las Palmas port approved an extension in the term of beginning and end of the works that Astican has...
Intersagunto Terminales receives OEA certificate
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Intersagunto Terminales, container terminal of the Alonso Group at Sagunto harbour, has become the...
Valenciaport closes the year 2018 with historical figures: 5,182,665 containers and 820,221 vehicles
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has closed 2018...
Vigo port sees record cargo traffic in 2018
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Total traffic through Vigo portin 2018 amounted to 4,362,334 tons, a 2.99% increase compared to 2017, with...
Vilagarcía port sets a new traffic record of 1.2 million tons in 2018
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Vilagarcía port ended 2018, establishing, for the second consecutive year, an annual record of port...
Huelva port reports improves cargo and revenue in 2018
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2019 – Huelva closes 2018 as the new record year with a total volume of port traffic of 33 million tons, an...