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.
Valencia port consolidates offer to keep ro-ro traffic leadership in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – Valencia and Sagunto ports, both managed by the Valencia port authority, have developed in recent years a series...
European Parliament proposes further limit of cabotage operations
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – The Employment Committee of the European Parliament (EP) has proposed to further limit the maximum period of two...
MSC Cruises starts procedure for terminal construction at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – MSC Cruises has started the procedures necessary for the construction of a passenger terminal at the Adossat...
Boluda receives prize from Las Palmas port foundation
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – Boluda Corporación Marítima has been awarded the Ports of Las Palmas Prize 2018, in the...
New Motril port operations building on schedule for completion
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – The project to build a new port operations building, including a future headquarters of the National Police,...
Minister of Development and Housing López calls for momentum in developing transport corridors
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – The Minister of Development and Housing, Felipe López, has described as “key to the momentum of the...
Emergency dredging of Barbate and Conil ports completed
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Emergency dredging has been completed in the ports of Barbate and Conil, south of Cadiz. The work was...
Seville port handles export of offshore wind towers to England
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – The Armamento dock of Seville port has been the location of a new commercial shipment of offshore wind towers. The...
Murcia region calls for launch of regular line connecting Cartagena port to Balearic Islands
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – The Murcia regional assembly has unanimously approved a motion urging the central government to study the...
Seville port invites competitive projects to concession request by VIR
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has invited competitive projects in relation to the...
Andalusia insists on overhaul of railway line to Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Andalusia’s regional government has asked the central Spanish government to invest in the modernisation of the...
Motril port constructs offices for cargo agents
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Motril port has constructed offices for cargo agents who work daily in the port area, which, together with new...
Barcelona port handles 619,364 cruise passengers in low season
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2018 – Barcelona port has taken an important step towards the de-seasonalisation of cruise activity, which helps to...
Carnival Corporation opens Helix cruise center at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – Carnival Corporation & plc has opened its second cruise terminal at the port of Barcelona with an...
Zaragoza maritime terminal traffic rises 20% in 2017
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – The Maritime Terminal of Zaragoza (tmZ – Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza) increased cargo traffic by 20% in...
Seadream I arrives in Huelva port for second time this season
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – The luxury cruise vessel Seadream I, under the flag of the Bahamas and belonging to the company “Seadream...
Asturias region seeks to boost exports to Iran via Avilés, Gijón ports
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2018 – The regional government of the Spanish region of Asturias has signed two cooperation agreements with four Iranian...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – March 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 5, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports Marc 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Bilbao port extends concession of Abra-Getxo to 2040
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 4, 2018 – Bilbao port has granted the public company Puerto Deportivo el Abra-Getxo S.A., on February 15, 2018, the extension...
Vigo port profit rises 77% y/y in Q1 2018
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 4, 2018 – Vigo port recorded a profit of €238,200 ($285,788) in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of 77% on the year...