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.
Marín port to invest €20,000 in overhaul of PV plant
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Marín y Ría de Pontevedra (APMRP – Port Authority of Marin) has awarded a...
Vigo port seeks storage space to cope with rising aluminium traffic
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Vigo port has started a desperate search for free land to offer to operators for the storage...
Nissan increases workforce at Barcelona port’s distribution centre
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – The Nissan vehicle distribution centre in the port of Barcelona has increased its workforce by almost 50%...
Cartagena port handles first cruise ship of 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – The Aidamar cruise ship, with more than 2,500 passengers, docked on January 3 at Cartagena port, which is...
Galician ports’ fishing exports to UK increase in 2018
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Galicia-based companies have significantly increased their exports to the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018,...
Cartagena port to handle 165 cruise calls in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Cartagena port has “the best forecast in history” for the year 2019 with 165 confirmed cruise...
Valencia port to introduce hydrogen-fuelled cargo handling operations
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Valencia may become the first port in Europe to incorporate hydrogen energy to reduce the environmental...
ANESCO urges Adif to restore rail traffic to Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of Stevedoring...
Suardíaz drives Vigo port’s traffic growth in 2018
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – The Suardíaz group, headquartered in Madrid, ends the year as the growth generator of traffic at the port of...
Las Palmas port terminates tender for Nelson Mandela dock overhaul
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – Las Palmas port has opted to terminate the tender called at the end of November to find a...
Galician recreational ports see improved traffic in 2018
Pontevedra, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – The autonomous ports of the Rías Baixas, the coastal estuary between Muros and Tui, received 7,400...
Valencia port reduces “carbon footprint” by 17% in eight years
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – The fight against climate change and the reduction of emissions of CO 2 and other pollutant particles...
Spain’s anti-trust watchdog warns against protectionist rules in port services
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – Spain’s competition regulator has urged the country’s government to liberalise the port...
Valenciaport Foundation co-ordinates blockchain development
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – A consortium of entities, coordinated by Valenciaport Foundation, will develop a proof of concept to...
European Commission clears a new joint venture by Bergé and GEFCO España
December 12, 2018 The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the creation of a new joint venture by Bergé Automotive Logistics,...
Spanish ports to receive €68.2 million of EU funding
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 – Twelve Spanish port authorities will distribute more than €68.2 million ($77.6 million) of...
UPCT to carry out two environmental studies at Cartagena port
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 28, 2018 – Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT – Polytechnic University of Cartagena)...
Bergé, Gefco establish Spain’s largest car logistics operator
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 28, 2018 – Spanish companies Bergé and Gefco announced the signing of the agreement to create the leading provider...
Cuba shows interest in Almería port’s services
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2018 – Cuba is interested in the services of Almería port, Cuba’s consul general in Seville, Alejandro...
Trade union protests against Solvay’s decision to alter Santander port service
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2018 – The change in the concession of the road transport service of Belgian chemical company Solvay to Santander...