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.
APPA and Huelva port authority discuss the future Logistic Activities Zone
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – The Minister of Development and Housing, Felipe López, and the President of Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva...
Aliante port authority renews Repsol concession
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – The Board of Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante (APA – Port Authority of Alicante) has authorized...
Almería port reports improved Jan-Sept 2018 traffic figures
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – In the first nine months of 2018, the ports of Almeria and Carboneras, managed by Autoridad Portuaria de...
Valencia port renews PERS environmental certificate
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – The European Maritime Ports Organization (ESPO) has congratulated Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...
Valencia port renounces sale of land at Parc Sagunt
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Valencia port has renounced to sell its plot of almost 280,000 square metres in Parc Sagunt...
Maersk boosts container traffic at Almería port
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Almería port has seen its container traffic significantly increased in the first nine months of 2018, on...
Valenciaport joins TradeLens project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has joined the...
Barcelona port launches its first natgas station for vehicles
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Barcelona port has launched its first station for the sale of natural gas for vehicles, in which €600,000...
Tarragona port invites bids for overhaul of former headquarters
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) has invited bids for the...
Valencia port joins TradeLens project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Valencia port has been integrated into the TradeLens project, a technological solution developed by IBM and...
Bilbao port closes record cruise season in 2018
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Bilbao port has closed a record cruise season with 86,500 passengers, with 3,000 of them using...
Spain’s Naturgy to develop Gijón port gas station regardless of regasification plant commissioning
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Spanish company Naturgy Energy Group S.A. has disassociated the installation of a gas station in...
Saudi firm Bahri to continue weapon exports from Santander port until end-2018
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – The movement of arms that Saudi Arabia’s shipping company Bahri carries from Santander port...
Spain’s Iberconsa settles disagreement with Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Spanish company Iberconsa has settled its disagreement with Vigo port and will continue using its warehouse at...
Spain’s Boluda Lines expands cold logistics chain services
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – Spanish company Boluda Lines is expanding its investment to offer with a more specialised maritime...
Barcelona port’s CILSA wins award
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – CILSA SA, the company that manages the Logistics Area of the Port of Barcelona, received yesterday an...
Caprabo signs contract to build new distribution platform in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – A contract has been signed by Caprabo SA and CILSA SA, the manager of the ZAL Port, for the...
CRC Obras y Servicios wins Barcelona port contract
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – CRC Obras y Servicios has been awarded a contract to redevelop section IV of the Ronda del Port at...
Almería port authority praises fishing association
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) November 4, 2018 – Mari Carmen Ortiz, president of Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of...
Bilbao port closes record cruise season
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 4, 2018 – With the arrival of the Celebrity Silhouette of Celebrity Cruises (belonging to Royal Caribbean), the...