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.
Tenerife port applies for change of status of land plot
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Tenerife port has applied with the Tenerife City Council for the change of the usage of a land plot it owns in...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – April 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports April 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Andalucía ports attend XX International Logistics Fair of Barcelona SIL 2018
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – The Junta de Andalucía has participated in the XX International Logistics Fair of Barcelona SIL 2018, one...
Sixteen Andalusian marinas receive Blue Flag award
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – A total of 16 Andalusian marinas have received this year the blue flag awarded by the European Foundation for...
Barcelona port’s new president vows to pursue traffic growth
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Mercè Conesa, the new president of Barcelona port authority, aims to keep the harbour among the leaders in...
Pasaia port’s cargo traffic starts to recover
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – After a year to forget, the 2018 activity of the port of Pasaia has started to recover. In the first five months...
Galicia regional ports’ cargo traffic rises 13% y/y in Jan-Apr
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – The ports under the management of the Galicia regional government went up by 13% on the year in January-April 2018....
Valencia port eyes expansion of its hinterland in Aragón region
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Valencia port’s president Aurelio Martínez has met with government officials of the Aragón region...
Tarragona port president resigns
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Tarragona port’s president Josep Andreu has announced his resignation after days of intense rumours...
Barcelona port books record-high cargo traffic in May
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Barcelona port surpassed in May, for the first time in its history, the 6 million tonnes of total cargo traffic...
Valencia port president recommends appointment of public works minister from the region
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Valencia is already the biggest port in the Mediterranean in terms of container traffic, and is among the 30 top...
Alcúdia municipal government prohibits scrap handling at port
Alcúdia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – The municipality of Alcúdia decided at the end of May to initiate a precautionary measure to suspend the...
Gijón port calls tender for technical assistance of dock upgrade
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Gijón port has called a tender for a contract for €248,753 ($294,171) technical assistance contract to draft...
Avilés port joins Samoa project
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Avilés port reinforces its digitisation strategy by joining the second edition of the port authority’s...
Sagunto port’s short sea shipping traffic rises 52% in 2017
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2018 – Short sea shipping is experiencing one of its largest growths in the port of Sagunto. Although for the moment...
Las Palmas port expects smaller number of cruise calls next season
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Las Palmas port is no stranger to the global trend in the cruise market and expects next season the number of...
Ford Spain’s Almussafes plant to export 45% of overseas vehicles via Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Ford Spain has begun to use its new facilities in the port of Valencia, a terminal of 100,000 square metres in...
Santander port joins Samoa meteorological project
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Santander port has joined the Samoa project for the development of a meteorological and oceanographic support...
Huelva port hails inclusion into Atlantic Corridor
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Huelva port has been included in the Atlantic Corridor within the Trans-European Transport Network, as announced...
Spain’s Anesco wishes to participate in development of port business plans
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2018 – Spanish employer organisation of the stowage sector Anesco (Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras) has...