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.
Valenciaport reports increased traffic in the first five months of 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) handled 2,065,808...
Noatum Port Holdings – May 2018 container terminal statistics
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported May 2018 container...
Ceuta port detects potable water contamination
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Ceuta port has detected a diesel contamination of the potable water supplied by the company Acemsa in its area....
Gijón port tenders refurbishment of Candás lighthouse
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Gijón port has tendered at €55,001 ($63,887) the refurbishment of the Candás lighthouse, to protect its...
Las Palmas port companies save €10 million of fees in 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Las Palmas port applied during 2017 bonuses on fees for a value of €10,051,000 ($11,673,000). This amount...
Spain’s competition watchdog may impose fine on Vigo port’s stevedoring service
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Comision Nacional de los Mercados y de la Competencia (CNMC – National Commission of Markets and...
Noatum to install three new container cranes at Málaga port this week
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Noatum Terminals, which manages the facilities of Pier 9 of Málaga port, has decided to attract leading...
La Luz Market to install wind turbines at Granadilla port, Tenerife
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Granadilla port will become a logistics area for wind turbines in the Canary Islands, under...
Ports of Las Palmas plans Santa Catalina Pier development
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (Port Authority of Las Palmas), under the presidency...
Tarragona port acquires land to build the largest intermodal terminal in Spain
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Port de Tarragona has acquired 150,000 m² in Ciudad del Transporte-Puerta Centro to develop an...
Coated Solutions starts second phase of Santander port project
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Spanish company Coated Solutions has started investing the €45 million ($52.2 million) planned for the...
Valencia port’s stowage company president to resign
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Román Ceballos, a former senior official of the Economy Council of Valencia’s regional government, has...
Valencia port aims to increase intermodal traffic
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Valencia port aims to increase the integration of cargo traffic between ships and trains, although there is...
Baleària LNG ferry start operations at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – The Abel Matutes ferry belonging to Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas SA, which uses liquified natural gas a...
Ayamonte port, Huelva, receives redevelopment funding
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...
APPA managing director visits Cadiz port
Cadiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2018 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz), José Luis...
Almería port of Carboneras to receive investment
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2018 – The Andalusian Regional Government plans to tender this summer the basic project for the development of the...
Andalucían government calls EU to speed up rail transport network for its ports
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2018 – The Minister of Development and Housing, Felipe López, today informed the Governing Council of the Junta...
Galician ports see labour shortage in shipyards
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – In the last 10 years, Galician shipyards have signed orders for around 30 vessels at a value of around €1.2...
European Fisheries Agency approves Vigo port’s new policies for fishing management
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – The European Fisheries Agency (EFA) has validated the new policy for the management and activities in fishing...