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.
Port joins Málaga CityHub promotion
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – The port of Malaga today has joined the debate to put in value the strengths of the city in #...
Carnival set to start operations at new Tenerife port cruise terminal
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Port Authority of...
Motril port plans increased marketing presence in 2019
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Motril port plans to increase its presence in fairs and logistics forums internationally throughout 2019 to...
Brazilian agriculture cooperative visits Las Palmas
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – Representatives of Brazilian agriculture cooperative Unium plan to visit Las Palmas port in the...
Huelva port issues El Terrón port tender
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through the Public Ports Agency of Andalusia (APPA), has issued...
Spain has two of 44 automated ports globally
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Spain has two of the total 44 ports worldwide with one or more automated terminals, namely Barcelona, with...
Palumbo applies for ship repair concession in Granadilla port
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Spanish company Palumbo Tenerife Shipyard, a subsidiary of Italy’s Palumbo Group,...
Algeciras port could multiply freight rail traffic by 15 by 2030
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Algeciras port could multiply by 15 the number of freight trains it handles annually by 2030 if it has a...
Valencia port finds buyer for Parc Sagunt plot
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Valencia port has received an offer for the sale of its 280,000 m² land plot at the Parc Sagunt logistics...
Balearic Islands port authority to tender two projects in Ibiza by May
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) expects to launch before...
Gijón port to appeal against cancellation of Enagás fine
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Gijón port is preparing to submit an appeal to the Supreme Court against a lower-instance ruling that annuls...
Tenerife port joins SAMOA 2 project
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Tenerife port has joined SAMOA 2, the second phase of the Meteorological and Oceanographic Support System...
MSC launches Almería-Valencia container line
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed an agreement with Spanish company Cosentino Group...
Valenciaport Foundation plans 2019 investment of over €5 million
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – The board of directors of Valenciaport Foundation held an ordinary meeting for the month of December...
EU Mediterranean Corridor official calls for cooperation between Spain and Catalonia
December 10, 2018 New EU coordinator for the Mediterranean Corridor, Iveta Radičová, has called for greater cooperation between the Catalan and Spanish...
Andalusian marinas present at Paris Boat Show
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Andalusia marinas will promote their services at Paris Boat Show, December 8-16, 2018. The...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...
Canary Islands government to invest €15 million in Corralejo port
Corralejo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2018 – The Canarian government has approved an investment of €15 million ($17 million) for the improvement of...
CORE LNGas hive completes multimodal LNG transport pilot test
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2018 – The CORE LNGas hive project has successfully carried out the first pilot test of multimodal...
Port Authority of Almería see increased traffic in Jan-Oct 2018
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) December 9, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería), which manages the ports of...