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.
Noatum Maritime announces management appointments
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Noatum Maritime has announced that César Cegarra has been appointed the new Director of Noatum Terminal...
“Connecting the world to Fresh Fruit” – Spanish ports at Fruit Logistica Fair in Berlin
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Spanish ports are present at the Fruit Logistica Fair, which will be held in Berlin February 6-8, with...
Castellón port awards liquid bulk terminal construction contract
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Castellón port has awarded the project for the construction of a liquid bulk terminal to a consortium of...
Spain’s Gran Canaria Subsea & Offshore renounces concession at Arinaga port
Arinaga, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Spanish company Gran Canaria Subsea & Offshore Base SL has renounced its concession...
Spain’s Renfe Mercancías to launch new service linking Madrid to Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Spanish state-owned freight railway operator Renfe Mercancías plans to launch a new service of three...
A Coruña port to break cruise traffic record in 2019
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – A Coruña port expects to surpass this year the record of cruise ship traffic with a planned calendar with...
Tanger Med port to strengthen maritime links with Vigo
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 5, 2019 – Tanger Med port is committed to strengthening its maritime connection with Vigo port to increase...
Barcelona port books €53.7 million profit in 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – Barcelona port booked a profit of €53.7 million ($61.4 million) in 2018, 8% more than in the...
Valencia port agrees to sell land plot in Parc Sagunt to Tempe
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has signed an...
Cádiz port to handle 286 cruise calls in 2019
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 4, 2019 – Cádiz port is forecasting 286 cruise calls throughout 2019, with May as the month with the highest number...
Barcelona port increased container traffic by 15% & set new records of activity in 2018
Port de Barcelona – February 4, 2019 The Port of Barcelona closed FY 2018 with record results in the main traffic indicators and reinforces its role as...
Las Palmas ports cruise traffic rises 7.3% in 2018
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Las Palmas ports handled 1,330,553 cruise passengers in 2018, up 7.3%, with an increase...
Spain to maintain protectionist towing rules
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Spain’s national ports agency Puertos del Estado has drafted a regulation maintaining the...
Spanish company applies for concession at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Spanish company General de Bombeo de Hormigón has applied with Seville port for the concession of a plot of...
Tenerife port approves €22 million investments
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Tenerife port has approved the launch of a set of works to be carried out in the port of...
Valencia entrepreneurs support construction of northern access to harbour
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The Valencian Business Confederation (CEV) has stressed the importance of the construction of the northern...
Antonio Torregrosa Maicas appointed General Director Fundación Valenciaport
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Antonio Torregrosa Maicas has been appointed General Director of Fundación Valenciaport (La Fundación...
Andalusia ports cruise traffic rises 3.1% in 2018
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – A total of 994,170 cruise passengers arrived at Andalusian ports aboard 779 ships in 2018, which represents...
Ceramics generate 37% of Castellón port’s total traffic
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Ceramic products generated 37% of the total traffic of Castellón port in 2018, up 8.3%, the president of...
Alicante port handles over 100,000 cruise passengers in 2018
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – Alicante port has closed 2018 with more than 100,000 cruise passengers arriving in a total of 54 ships,...