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.
Spanish company Viesgo to build power substation at Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2018 – Spanish power distributor Viesgo España, S.L. plans to invest €7 million ($8.2 million) in the construction...
Barcelona port applies €13.7 million bonuses on port taxes
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – Barcelona port applied last year €13.7 million ($16 million) of bonuses on port taxes with the aim of...
Algeciras port completes overhaul of fish market of Tarifa port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has completed the works of the external...
Castellón port changes management structure
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – The board of directors of the Castellón port authority approved on May 24 a new management structure that...
A Coruña port expects Punta Langosteira traffic to exceed 2 million tonnes in 2018
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – A Coruña port foresees that the Punta Langosteira outer harbour will once again exceed two million tonnes of...
Gandía port cargo traffic rises 16% y/y in Jan-Apr 2018
Gandía, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – Gandía port closed the first four months of the year with a 15.88% growth of cargo traffic to 144,720 tonnes,...
Rise of protectionism to affect negatively Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2018 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Jose Llorca, affirmed that the commercial...
Saggas applies for extension of Valencia port concession
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2018 – One of the energy majors of the Valencia region and one of the main concessions of the port of Sagunto, the...
A Coruña port keeps increasing the traffic of highly specialised products
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2018 – A Coruña port continues with its policy of attracting clean and high value-added cargo to its docks, while it...
Valencia port’s container traffic rises 4.77% y/y in Jan-Apr 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (Valencia port authority) ended the first four months of the year with container...
Barcelona to host annual seminar of European shipping agents association
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2018 – The European Association of Ship Agents (ECASBA) has chosen the city of Barcelona to celebrate its annual...
Environmental sustainability becomes latest trend in cruise industry
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2018 – The concern for environmental sustainability has become the latest trend in the cruise industry. Regardless of...
Helva port authorises dredging at Juan Carlos I area
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2018 – Huelva port has authorised the Provincial Coastal Service in Huelva, at the request of the Ministry of...
Huelva port receives seventh cruise ship for 2018
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Huelva port has received this morning at the Levante dock the Harmony G cruise ship which came from Portimao...
A Coruña port to award contract for expansion of outer harbour in coming days
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) plans to award in the coming days the expansion...
Tenerife port completes largest container transhipment operation in its history
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Tenerife port hosted last weekend the largest operation of container transhipment in its history with more than...
Spain’s Ibaizábal acquires Amarradores del Puerto de Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Spanish financial group Ibaizábal has taken control of Amarradores del Puerto de Valencia, the company...
Mediterranean Corridor to be ready by end-2023
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Spanish Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transport and Housing, Julio Gómez-Pomar, has assured that the...
Noatum launches railway services unit
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Noatum Logistics, the logistics unit of Noatum Maritime, has launched a new division specialising in offering...
Llorca highlights the potential of the ports of Las Palmas
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has attended the inauguration of Juan José Cardona as...