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.
Castellón port to cut fees also in 2019
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 – Castellón port plans to lower rates again in 2019 “to continue gaining competitiveness”, the...
Aragón is Barcelona port’s main rail traffic partner
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 – Aragón is the leading market of the port of Barcelona, both in terms of the number of containers exchanged...
Ljubljana Declaration: ESPO, together with more than 40 organisations, pleading for an increased CEF transport budget for the next MFF
Ljubljana Declaration: ESPO, together with more than 40 organisations, pleading for an increased CEF transport budget for the next MFF April 27, 2018 This...
COSCO Shipping Ports Announces 1Q 2018 Results (European operations)
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) April 29, 2018 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, one of the world’s leading ports operator, has announced first quarter...
Cádiz port takes part in Andalusian Commodity Exchange 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – Cádiz port participated in the Andalusian Commodity Exchange 2018, a meeting point for merchants,...
Valencia port to join Samoa 2 project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – Valencia port has approved an agreement to participate in the Samoa 2 project, which aims to improve the...
Las Palmas port recovers leading position in winter season cruise traffic
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – Port traffic statistics for the month of March 2018 confirm the recovery of Las Palmas port...
Avilés port considers installation of ro-ro ramp
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – Manufacturers of large industrial parts that operate in the port of Avilés are demanding a ro-ro ramp, a...
Plans for development of Puerto de Gallineras in Cadiz por presented
Cadiz, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing and the City of San Fernando have presented the development project...
Marín port presents experience in waste management
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) has participated in Madrid in a conference on prevention...
APM Terminals names commercial director for Spain
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – Barbara Fleischer has been appointed as the new commercial director of APM Terminals for the Barcelona,...
A Coruña port cargo traffic rises 12% y/y in Q1 2018
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – A Coruña port closed the first quarter of 2018 consolidating the cargo growth achieved in the past year....
Las Palmas port’s cargo, passenger traffic rises in Q1 2018
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – Las Palmas port has maintained the dynamics of recent months and registered in March 2018 increases in...
Cargill to invest €18.2 million in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – Cargill, the international commodity company, plans to invest €18.2 million ($22.2 million) in expanding...
Andalusia invest in repair of the breakwater of Almería Garrucha port
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing has issued a tender for the repair of the breakwater of the port...
TEN-T Days 2018: Connecting Europe with investment in innovative mobility solutions
From 25 – 27 April 2018 26 Ministers, 17 of which are from European Union Member States, and over 2,000 transport experts and decision-makers will join the...
Puerto América, Cádiz port, receives further investment
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA – Public...
Mazagón port, near Huelva, receives investment of €830,000
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, via Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA – Public...
Tenerife port to dismiss board member
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – Tenerife port (Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife) plans to dismiss José Rafael Díaz as a board...
Vopak Terquimsa to expand facilities at Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – The Vopak Terquimsa port terminal (Terminales Químicos), specialised in the storage, treatment and...