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.
Ferrol port registers best April month for cargo traffic
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – After scoring the best April in its history and after a good March, and manages to close the first four months...
Barcelona port attends Logistics Transport China fair
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – The Port of Barcelona is presenting its activities and services at the Logistics Transport China, May...
MacAndrews starts weekly container line with northern Europe and Canary Islands from Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The External Port of Ferrol (El Puerto Exterior de Ferrol) will have a regular line of container traffic,...
Agrifood International Congress consolidates Tarragona port’s leadership in the agri-food sector
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The Port of Tarragona has closed the Agrifood International Congess consolidating its position in the...
Córdoba wants to market halal products through the port of Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The port of Algeciras has received halal certification issued by the Muslim authority of Spain, which...
Marina Asmen SL wins Maó port contract
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares (APB – Balearic port agency)...
Las Palmas port to proceed with new oceanography centre
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares (APB – Balearic port...
Alcúdia port installs structure to reduce air pollution
Alcúdia, Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has...
Málaga port presents its activities and infrastructure to China’s COFCO International
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – The Port of Malaga has today received a delegation from COFCO International, a company dedicated to the...
Isabel Pacios Fernández named manager of Gijón port authority
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – The Asturian Isabel Pacios Fernández, who since 2014 was responsible for frozen food operations of Friobás...
Spain’s Caisur to build €1 million agrifood laboratory at Motril port
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Spanish company Laboratorio Caisur SL plans to invest €1 million ($1.2 million) in the construction of a...
Gijón port’s fresh fish cargo traffic declines in Q1 2018
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Gijón port recorded in the first quarter of the year a 69.5% decline in fresh fish handling on the year to 885...
Maersk offers Zaragoza companies rail line for exports via Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – The conviction of the Vigo port community that Maersk would never completely abandon the harbour but would increase...
Ceuta port president resigns
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – The president of Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta), José Torrado, has announced his resignation...
Bilbao port completes construction of ro-ro ramp
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Bilbao port authority has said it completed the construction of a ro-ro ramp number 8 at the harbour. The works...
Tenerife port records growth in 2017-2018 cruise season
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – Tenerife port received a total of 310 cruise ships, with 670,000 visitors on board, in the 2017-2018 season, 57...
Las Palmas port authority president says leaves post with pride
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority president Luis Ibarra has said he is leaving his post “proud of the agreement...
Ceuta court opens trial against port president on alleged embezzlement
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – The head of the Court of First of Ceuta has issued an order to open the trial of president of the port authority,...
Huelva port participates in ‘Palma International Boat Show’ to attract superyachts
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – A commercial delegation of the port of Huelva participated in the 35th edition of the nautical fair ‘Palma...
Barcelona port highlights importance of efficient multimodal offer
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – Barcelona port participated last week in the Birmingham Multimodal fair dedicated to transport and logistics in...