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.
Castellón port managing director to leave his position in October
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 30, 2018 – Roberto Arzo, general director of Autoridad Portuaria de Castelló (APC – Port Authority of...
Valencia port’s Ecoport II project members hold semiannual meeting
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – The group of companies that make up the Ecoport II project of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...
Atlantic Copper passes environmental audit
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – Spain-based company Atlantic Copper, handling its exports through two terminals at Huelva port, has passed an...
Investors eye construction of second cruise terminal in Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – Vigo port plans to tender the authorisation and operation of a second cruise terminal, close to the current one,...
Spanish Court dismisses accusations against former Las Palmas port president
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 27, 2018 – The Spanish Court has dismissed the demand of national ports agency Puertos del Estado against the former...
Valencia port to host final conference of Synchro-NET project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2018 – Valencia port will host on September 27 the final conference of the European Synchro-NET project, a programme...
Cádiz port presents harbour’s expansion projects to government official
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2018 – Cádiz port president José Luis Blanco Romero has received the sub-delegate of the central government in...
Valencia port launches pilot e-bike project for cruise passengers
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2018 – Valencia port has launched a pilot programme to implement a new service of electric bicycles for cruise...
Spain to launch San Vicente port overhaul tender this summer
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2018 – The expansion of the port of San Vicente de la Barquera is only pending a procedure that must be resolved...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado includes 25 ports in SAMOA project
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – The new president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, informed the members of...
Motril port concludes works to reduce noise, greenhouse gas emissions by ferries
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – Motril port has concluded the works to reduce the noise, especially at night, the greenhouse gases and the...
Spain’s Bilboestiba increases investments in training courses
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – Spanish stowage company Bilboestiba has maintained a continuous increase in investment in continuing education...
Valencia port’s employment centre names new manager
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – Daniel Llera has been appointed the new manager of the Port Employment Centre of Valencia, former SEVASA. The...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado names new managers
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – The Governing Council of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado has approved a new management structure of the...
Spain’s Acosol to invest €1.5 million in overhaul of Estepona port sewage system
Estepona, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – Spanish water utility company Acosol SA plans to invest €1.5 million ($1.8 million) in the extension and...
Spanish ports increase handling of new vehicles in 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 25, 2018 – Spanish ports handled about 3.3 million new vehicles in 2017, which represents a growth of 1.2% compared...
China values the creation of the new VCFI index of Valenciaport
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The Chinese logistics market has echoed the recent creation of the new Valencia Containerized Freight...
Traffic of automobiles of the port of Sagunto grows 73.13% in the first semester
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The port of Sagunto maintains the upward path in its traffic during the first half of the...
Traffic of the port of Gandia increased 15.17% during the first half of the year
Gandia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – The port of Gandia closed the first half of the year with an increase of 15.71% in freight traffic. In...
Valenciaport studies opening an intermodal dry port in Teruel
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) plans to study the...