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.
Las Palmas port receives six bids in maintenance tender
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port Authority of Las Palmas)...
Alcoa to complete transfer of aluminium traffic to Punta Langosteira in mid-2019
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – The transfer of the aluminium that Alcoa Corporation of the US is currently carrying out from A Coruña...
Gijón port signs steel slag delivery deal with Cementos Tudela Veguín
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón (APG – Port Authority of Gijón) has awarded Spanish company Cementos...
5.3 million cruise passengers passed through Spanish ports first 7 months of 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – President Ornella Chacón of Puertos del Estado, the state agency for ports, is heading the...
Cotraport raises Barcelona port issues with Puertos del Estado
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Cooperativa de Servicios de Transporte (Cotraport) has sent a document to Puertos del Estado, the...
Work on developing Ayamonte port starts
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing has begun works for the adaptation and urban integration of...
Barcelona port continues to operate at full capacity despite cyber attack
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Barcelona port continues to operate at full capacity under a contingency plan destined...
Vigo port seeks second cruise terminal operator
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo (APV – Port Authority of Vigo) met at the beginning of August to finalise...
TransformingTransport holds first review meeting in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – The TransformingTransport first review meeting took place on September 6-7, 2018, in Valencia. The...
Barcelona port suffers cyber attack
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – This morning, Autoritat Portuària de Barcelona (APB – Port Authority of Barcelona) has...
Gijón port forecasts increase in cruise traffic in 2019
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Gijón port participates at the Seatrade Cruise Med fair this year, in order to present its complete offer...
Cartagena port to handle 160 cruise calls in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Cartagena port expects to handle 160 cruise calls and 245,000 passengers in 2019, Fernando Muñoz, head...
Barcelona to become only port in Europe with terminals for Carnival, Royal Caribbean, MSC
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Barcelona will soon become the only port in Europe where the three largest cruise groups in the world,...
Las Palmas port to reorder container terminal
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Las Palmas port plans to invest in its container terminal with the aim of transforming...
Students of Master in Logistics and Port Management of Argentina begin training in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Argentine students of the “Master in Logistics and Port Management” have started their...
Valenciaport Foundation teaches strategy and competitiveness to Brazilian port managers
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation (Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana) is running a course, attended by...
PortCastelló presents new cruise strategy at Seatrade Cruise Med
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – The PortCastelló Foundation will participate this week in the Seatrade Cruise Med fair in Lisbon...
ASEAN countries representatives visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2018 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia),...
Tianjin delegation to visit Valencia port in October
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2018 – The Valencia regional government has agreed to receive an institutional delegation from the Chinese...
Huelva port receives 40 bids for tender to build new esplanade for Ro-Ro traffic
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – A total of 40 companies have submitted bids to carry out works to enable an esplanade for intermodal...