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.
Noatum Port Holdings – June 2018 container terminal statistics
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018 container...
Spanish company Tudela Veguín applies for concession at Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 17, 2018 – Spanish company Cementos Tudela Veguín has requested of the Gijón port authority a concession of 14,000 m²...
Sagunto local authorities approve urbanisation of port’s northern area
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) July 17, 2018 – Sagunto local authorities have approved unanimously the agreement of Valencia port authority for the urban...
Bilbao port’s new president takes office
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 17, 2018 – The new president of Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao), Ricardo Barkala, has...
Cádiz port, Free Trade Zone to deepen cooperation
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 17, 2018 – The president of the Cádiz port authority, José Luis Blanco Romero, received an institutional visit of the...
Bonanza port in Cadiz tenders construction work
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing has taken out a tender, worth €300,000, works to improve the...
New maritime terminal of the catamaran in the bay of Cádiz in El Puerto de Santa María
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The new maritime terminal of the catamaran of the Bay of Cádiz in El Puerto de Santa María has put into...
Cádiz issues €1.14 million tender for Conil port
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...
EIB cooperates with China with new €500 million Silk Road Fund equity investment initiative
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – At the EU-China summit June 2, 2018, the European Investment Fund and the Silk Road Fund signed a...
Meeting minutes of the 3rd Chairs’ Meeting Of EU-China connectivity platform
Beijing, China, July 16, 2018 The 3rd Chairs’ Meeting of EU-China Connectivity Platform took place on 15 July in Beijing, China. The Chinese delegation was...
Barcelona port has applied a reduction of 10% in T3 tax
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Once published the State General Budget Law, the Port of Barcelona will apply a 10.17% reduction in the...
Closure of coal-fired power plants to have negative impact on Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Six of the seven coal-fired thermal plants that could close by 2020 receive their ore through Gijón port. In...
Valencia port tech support to Spanish Customs
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The cooperation between public agencies, Customs and Valencia port authority, makes international trade faster...
Barcelona port presents system for truck access bookings
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Barcelona port presented on July 12 the BCN Port Booking System, a system of reservations for the access of...
First institutional meeting of Zona Franca delegate and president of Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz), José...
Transervi wins rail management contract in A Coruña port
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Transervi SA has been awarded the contract to manage the railway network in A Coruña port for the next...
San Fernando and Barbate ports, Cádiz, allocated investments
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) July 14, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing will invest €3.8 million ($4.45 million) in two actions of...
Galician ports set up forum to review port spaces
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) July 14, 2018 – The Xunta (the autonomous government of Galicia) and the Galician Federation of Municipalities and...
Algeciras port set for new inland container handling facility
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...
Livorno port picks equity partner in passenger traffic operator Porto di Livorno 2000
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – Livorno port has said a consortium led by Italian company Sinergest Olbia SpA presented the best offer for...