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.
Melilla port, a victim of Spain-Morocco’s trade blockade
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – The hardening of the commercial rows between Morocco and Spain has sunk the activity of the port of Melilla....
Cádiz port breaks cruise traffic record in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Cádiz port handled 306 cruise ships and 399,823 passengers in the first eleven months of 2018. In this...
Avilés port’s drone monitoring project remains blocked
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés (APA – Port Authority of Avilés)’s project for the operation of...
MSC takes full control of container depot operator VCD Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has became the sole shareholder of Valencia Container Depot...
Cartagena port authority to invest €16 million
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) has approved a tender for a...
Repsol carries out largest supply of LNG to a ship for use as fuel with Cartagena port
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Working with Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) and Enagás...
Carnival Corporation to operate Santa Cruz de Tenerife Cruise Terminal
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Carnival Corporation & plc has announced an agreement with Autoridad...
Carnival Corporation to operate Tenerife port’s cruise terminal
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Tenerife port has signed a contract with Carnival Corporation for the operation of the...
Cartagena port says waters in its area are clean
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Cartagena port has verified that the quality of the waters in its area is “very good” after the...
Balearic Islands government envisages no new port constructions until 2033
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – The Balearic Government has presented in Ibiza its proposal of the General Plan of Ports of Balearic Islands...
European Core LNGas Hive presented at Tarragona port event
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) has hosted an event to...
HuelvaPort and Huelva port authority create Customs and Customs Forum to streamline goods inspection services
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – The Association for the Commercial Promotion of the Port of Huelva, HuelvaPort, and Autoridad Portuaria...
Grupo Alonso acquires Smart Logistics group
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Spanish logistics company Alonso Group has acquired Smart Logistics group, which specialises in...
Future Strategic Framework will be oriented to the new port reality – Puertos del Estado
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, accompanied by Salvador...
Spanish ports plan investments to challenge Rotterdam
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Spain carried out its great port works 20 years ago. The ports spent billions of euros, but the crisis came...
Marín port to invest €1.2 million in signal tower reconstruction in 2019
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Marín port plans to invest €1.19 million ($1.35 million) to reinforce the signal towers of...
Rubatec awarded Barcelona port maintenance contract
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 2, 2018 – Rubatec SA has been awarded the contract for civil and auxiliary works of maintenance of the port of...
Support of Spanish ports to Valenciaport projects
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 1, 2018 – In the framework of the annual meeting of El Fondo de Compensación Interportuario (Interport...
Sagunto port maintains car traffic upward trend in October
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2018 – Sagunto port’s car traffic positive trend has remained in the month of October, according...
Barcelona port approves tender for overhaul of BEST terminal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2018 – Barcelona port has approved a tender for a €4.4 million ($5 million) project for the overhaul...