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.
Alicante port provides €170,000 to solid bulk management RDI project
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Alicante port has provided a €170,000 ($193,500) financing to a research, development and innovation...
Portugal’s Transinsular to launch shipping link connecting Algeciras to West Africa
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Portuguese shipping company Transinsular (Transportes Maritimos Insulares SA) plans to launch a connection...
Marín port not to demolish Grupo Nogar’s old HQ building
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – The building of the former headquarters of Spanish shipping company Grupo Nogar in Marín port will not be...
Sagunto port’s car traffic keeps positive trend
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Sagunto port’s car traffic grew by 50.58% in the first seven months of 2018 to 220,922 units....
President of Cartagena port authority meets with government delegate in the Region of Murcia
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena), Joaquín...
Cartagena port increases its commitment to sustainability
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) is committed to the...
Spain’s Baleària acquires “Visemar One” ferry for €55 million
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas SA has acquired the vessel “Visemar...
APM Terminal receives gantry cranes for Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – The “Zhen Hua 23” ship, specialised in the transport of project cargo and which has been...
Spain’s Acciona in talks to start production of concrete boxes at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Spanish infrastructure company Acciona is negotiating with Cádiz port authority the construction of a...
Spain’s La Luz Autoport Terminal to build car silo at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Canary Islands Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Spanish company La Luz Autoport Terminal SL plans to build a vehicle storage facility in...
Ministry issues tender for dredging of the mouth of the port of La Bajadilla, Málaga
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing has issued a tender, worth €694,149, for the dredging of the...
Moroccan entrepreneurs praise closure of customs at Melilla port
Nador, Morocco (Ports Europe) August 14, 2018 – Moroccan entrepreneurs has praised the decision of the authorities of the country to close the customs...
Spain’s Pullmantur to launch cruise calls in two Israeli ports
Haifa, Israel (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – The interest of cruise shipping companies is turning towards the Eastern Mediterranean, with Spain’s...
Almería port’s solid bulk exports rise in H1 2018
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – Almería port exported 1,352,804 million tonnes of cargo in the form of solid bulks in the first half of...
Spanish trade union signs working conditions deal with Algeciras port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – Spanish trade union Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores de los Puertos (CETP) has reached an agreement...
Chinese state media reports on Bilbao port advantages
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – Chinese journalists from eight media outlets visited Bilbao port to report on the characteristics...
Seville port sees increase in cargo traffic in first half 2018
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) August 11, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (APS – Port Authority of Seville) has closed the traffic balance...
Tarragona port shows slight increase in first half 2018
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 11, 2018 – In the first six months of 2018, the port of Tarragona handled (loaded and unloaded) 16.2 million tons...
Naviera Armas to cede part usage of Motril port passenger terminal
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) August 11, 2018 – Naviera Armas SA has been asked to cede part of the Motril passenger terminal in the Levante dock to the...
Construction work tendered for Garrucha port, Almería
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) August 12, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...