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.
Tarragona port to receive ‘Spirit’ cruise ship on June 13
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – Tarragona port said it will receive on June 13 the ‘Spirit’ cruise ship of the Marella Cruises...
Aquarius ship to arrive in Valencia with support of two Italian vessels
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – French non-governmental organisation (NGO) SOS Méditerranèe has said that the 629 immigrants aboard the...
Canary Islands government approves expansion of Agaete port
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The vice president of the Canary Islands government and Public Works and Transport...
Cartagena port launches project for development of logistics zone
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – Cartagena port plans to solve the main obstacle that the entrepreneurs for the construction of the logistics...
Castellón port breaks solid bulk cargo traffic record in May
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – Castellón port recorded in May the best month in its history in terms of solid bulk traffic handling by...
Barcelona port increases bonuses on port taxes in 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – Barcelona port applied port taxes amounting to €13.7 million ($16.1 million) in 2017, with the aim of...
Barcelona port recommends launch of global smart port network
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The strategy general director of Barcelona port, Santiago Garcia-Milà, has recommended the launch of a...
Andalusia calls for faster implementation of the Trans-European Transport Network
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Minister of Development and Housing, Felipe López, met today with representatives of the European...
Avilés port mulls new project for road access to cruise terminal
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Avilés port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has terminated the tender opened last January for the...
Cádiz port handles 133 cruise ships year-to-date
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Cádiz port has handled 133 cruise ship calls in its docks so far in 2018. April and May, with 44 calls, were the...
Maersk to start operations at Almería port
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Danish shipping company Maersk Line has said it will start operating in the port of Almería after reaching a...
Castellón port installs traffic lights to control truck traffic, reduce pollution
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Castellón port has installed traffic lights in the perimeter road of the north zone of the port with the aim...
Ibiza is most requested European port by yacht owners
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Spain’s Ibiza is the most requested European port by nautical customers, according to the platform of rent...
Trasmediterránea starts operating Gandía-Ibiza high-speed line
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterránea started on Friday a high-speed line linking mainland Gandía port to Ibiza...
Baleària expands Valencia-Ibiza offer
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. has scheduled four daily connections between the Valencia region and Ibiza...
EC praises Spain for allowing rescue ship to dock in Valencia after Italy, Malta refuse
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2018 – The European Commission has assessed positively the decision of the Spanish government to allow the handling in...
Andalusian government highlights Ayamonte port potential
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2018 – The Andalusian Government has highlighted today the value of the port of Ayamonte as an engine for tourism...
UTE Junquera-MC Valnera will write the master plan of Almería port and city
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – The Bahía Almeriport Foundation (Fundación Bahía Almeriport) has awarded the UTE Junquera-MC Valnera the...
European Commission accepts the Spanish proposal for the expansion of the Atlantic and Mediterranean transport corridors
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – The European Commission has included in its proposal to review the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) the...
Tarragona and Huelva ports explore possible joint strategy for collaboration
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – The presidents of the ports of Tarragona and Huelva, Josep Andreu i Figueras and José Luis Ramos, have met at...