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.
A Coruña port’s passenger terminal operator to acquire mobile equipment
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Spanish company Corunna Cruise Terminal, the operator of A Coruña port’s passenger terminal, plans...
Puertos del Estado promotes collaboration between port authorities
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – The state port administration Puertos del Estado has set up the Permanent Observatory of the Port...
Vigo port to receive €13 million EU funding for Ro-Ro terminal overhaul
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Vigo port will receive €13 million ($14.9 million) of financing from the European Union (EU) to upgrade its...
Gijón port to close 2018 with €8 million net profit
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón (APG – Port Authority of Gijón) expects to close 2018 with a net profit...
Barcelona port awards €4 million contract for relocation of containers to a consortium
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Barcelona has awarded a €4 million ($4.6 million) contract for the relocation of containers stored at...
Spain’s Davosa starts maintenance dredging at Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Huelva port has started a dredging campaign, essential for maintaining drafts for navigation in inland...
Spain’s Boluda receives concession for area at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Spanish company La Luz Terminal de Contenedores, a subsidiary of Boluda Corporation, has received a...
Castellón port moves 20 million tonnes of cargo year-to-date
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Castellón port exceeded in December the barrier of 20 million tonnes of cargo moved in a year, which is...
Puertos del Estado to attend first meeting of new Digital Transport and Logistic Forum in January
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-owned organisation for the Spanish port system, will attend the first...
Transocean Drilling to dismantle ‘Transocean 706’ oil platform at Cartagena port
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – The ‘Transocean 706’ oil platform has arrived in Cartagena port, where it will be moored...
Cádiz port signs contract to operate Jerez freight rail terminal
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Adif has signed a contract with Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de...
Bilbao port exports 5,300 tonnes of explosives to Saudi Arabia, UAE
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – Bilbao port exported 5,300 tonnes of explosives to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the...
Kuehne + Nagel rents warehousing area at Barcelona port’s logistics zone
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – Kuehne + Nagel International AG has signed a contract to rent an area of 2,998 m² in the logistics zone...
Port of Barcelona reports over 3 million Containers (+15%) Jan-Nov 2018
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – In January-November 2018, Barcelona port handled total traffic of more than 62.1 million tonnes, an...
First pilot test of LNG transport by road, rail and sea successfully carried out in Europe
Press release – CORE LNGas Hive – First pilot test of LNG transport by road, rail and sea successfully carried out in Europe – December 10,...
Portos de Galicia promotes its marinas at Salon Nautique International de Paris
Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Portos de Galicia is present at Salon Nautique International de Paris to promote its marinas and...
Amazon will open a second logistics centre in Seville port
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Amazon, a U.S. electronic commerce, cloud computing, and consumer...
Spain’s Inditex bidding for purchase of land plot from Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Spanish textile giant Inditex is bidding for the purchase of a 280,000 m² land plot at the Parc...
MSC carries out pilot IoT project at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has started a pilot project to improve the efficiency of its...
Castellón port ends November with a growth of 21.3% in goods traffic
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – The port of Castellón closed the month of November with a 21.3% growth in goods traffic,...