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.
CLdN to modify line linking Santander port to northern Europe
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – The regular service that CLdN Cobelfret SA, started two years ago in Santander and that offers two weekly...
France’s Eiffage presents offer to build bulk terminal at Alicante port
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – Eiffage SA, a French civil engineering construction company, has presented an offer to build a new bulk...
Valencia port to launch container price index
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – Valencia port plans to create an indicator that shows the evolution of the freight prices of its containers,...
Vilagarcía port sets up Board of Navigation and Port of Vilagarcia de Arousa
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – Vilagarcía port has established the Board of Navigation and Port of Vilagarcia de Arousa, composed of 32...
Asier Atutxa leaves Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – “Return the traffic to pre-crisis levels”. With these words, Asier Atutxa expressed in February...
Spain’s Acciona Service exports wind turbines to Chile via Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – Spanish company Acciona Service has carried out the loading and unloading and the transportation of a total of...
Puertos del Estado new president unformally enters office
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – The new president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, named on Friday by the...
Puertos del Estado new president informally enters office
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – The new president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, named on Friday by the...
Konecranes Spain receives Port Service Award 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – The Spanish subsidiary of Finnish company Konecranes, based in Valencia, has received the Port Service Award...
Belgium deepens its relations with Tenerife port
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – Flanders Minister of Economy and Trade, Tom Vermeulen, is currently developing a detailed market study on the...
Fraunhofer carries out first meeting of “Port Forward” project
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – German technology organisation Fraunhofer, specialised in the application of augmented reality and 3D in the...
Ferrol port targets 15 million tonnes of cargo in 2022
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – To continue growing without haste but without pauses and achieve more muscle within the national and...
DocksTheFuture: 50 initiatives selected to shape the Port of the Future in Europe
Press release: DocksTheFuture: 50 initiatives selected to shape the Port of the Future in Europe, July 12, 2018 DocksTheFuture finished its first rounds of...
Escola Europea provides training in intermodal railway logistics
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2018 – Escola Europea has completed this summer’s SURCO Operations I course for Spanish professionals, which...
Latvia’s Alpha Shipping launches line connecting Barcelona, Castellón to North Africa
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Latvian company Alpha Shipping has started offering a regular direct service linking the ports of Barcelona...
Bilbao port ship agents association names president
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Asociación de Consignatarios de Buques y Estibadores del Puerto de Bilbao (ACBE – The Association of Ship...
Maersk starts operating container line linking Salerno to Canada
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Maersk Line has started operating a container line linking Italy’s Salerno port to Canada via Spain. The...
Gijón port president says coal industry plays vital role for the harbour
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón (APG – Port Authority of Gijón), Laureano Lourido, has...
Santander port sees increased cargo traffic in Jan-May 2018
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (Port Authority of Santander) handled 2.4 million tons of cargo in the...
Port Authority of Santander closes 2017 with a profit of almost €2 million
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (Port Authority of Santander) closed the year 2017 with a profit of...