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.
Bilbao port’s BBG plant regasifies 21% of Spain’s LNG Jan-Aug 2018
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Bilbao port’s regasification plant Bahía Bizkaia Gas (BBG) is once again the most used in the...
Valencia port to invest €1 billion in northern extension
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia)’s board of...
Fred Olsen Express, Baleària to offer joint Canary Islands service
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Spanish companies Fred Olsen Express (Fred. Olsen S.A.) and Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A.,...
Castellón port installs dust protection barriers
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Castellón port has installed two new windshields in order to protect the residential areas around...
Barcelona port’s shortsea traffic continues growth
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Barcelona port’s short sea traffic continues to expand, as during the first seven months of...
Vigo port continues advancing in its energy self-sufficiency strategy
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Vigo port continues to advance its goal of achieving energy self-sufficiency of all its buildings and...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – July 2018 fish landed by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2018 fish landed (tonnes) statistics by port...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – July 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Valenciaport reports increased traffic in year to end-July 2018
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Valenciaport ended the month of July 2018 with traffic of 2,924,394 TEU, which represents a growth...
Gandía port ends July with growth of 11.84%
Gandía, Valencia (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – The port of Gandía has handled 232,995 tons until the month of July, an increase of 11.84% over...
Tarragona port handles 19 million tonnes in the first seven months of 2018
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Tarragona port moved (load and unload) 19 million tonnes (18,728,380 million tonnes) of cargo in the...
Development plan approved for dry port of Antequera, Málaga
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – The Junta de Andalucía has approved the Special Plan for the management of Antequera dry port at the...
Málaga port to handle 220,000 cruise passengers in Sept-Dec 2018
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Málaga port foresees the arrival of more than 220,000 passengers aboard 140 cruise ships during the last...
Balearic Islands port authority installs cameras to control navigation speeds
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has installed...
Hapag-Lloyd adds new vessel to Mediterranean-Mexico service
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Hapag-Lloyd has incorporated an additional vessel in the MGX service, the connection that links weekly...
Valencia, Tianjin ports to enhance cooperation
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Valencia’s regional Parliament has ratified a memorandum of understanding between the regional...
Spain’s SLP expects EBITDA to rise by 50% in 2018
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Spain’s Servicios Logísticos Portuarios (SLP) expects its earnings before interest, taxes,...
Castellón port authority reviews progress with local government
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 – A delegation of the government in Castelló, Soledad Ten, and the president of Autoridad Portuaria...
Vigo port to launch Ritz Carlton Yacht vessel in October
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 – Shipbuilder Hijos de J. Barreras plans to launch a new luxury cruise ship for the Ritz Carlton Yacht...
Galician ports clear waste from port seabeds
Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 – In recent weeks, Portos de Galicia has cleared about 14,000 kilos of waste from the seabed of the...