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Spain (EspaƱa) 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 ValĆØncia. 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.

Motril port records spectacular start of 2018

Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 ā€“ Motril port started very strongly. The first two months of 2018 have been historic in the harbour in terms of...

Santander port incurs ā‚¬1.1 million cost for drawbridge maintenance in 2017

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 ā€“ Building the drawbridge of Raos terminal at Santander port cost ā‚¬13 million ($16 million) in 2008. Now,...

Arrecife port container terminal operator to make ā‚¬2 million investment

Arrecife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 ā€“ The company that manages the container terminal of the port of Arrecife is making an...

Las Palmas port authority to approve various infrastructure projects this week

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 ā€“ The board of directors of Las Palmas port authority will meet on April 14 to discuss several major...

Ecologists protest against cruise tourism in Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 ā€“ Ecologists and neighbourhood representatives saw off on April 7 the largest tourist cruise in the world, the...

MarĆ­n port container terminal operator to invest ā‚¬700,000 in warehouse construction

MarĆ­n, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 ā€“ The concessionary company of the container terminal of the port of MarĆ­n that has managed to boost to...

Tenerife portsā€™ container traffic rises 66% y/y in Jan-Feb 2018

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 ā€“ Container traffic in the ports of the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife increased by 66% on the year...

Vigo port to agree route of rail line to Bouzas terminal with Adif

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 ā€“ Crucial progress has been made in the train connection with the vehicle terminal of the Bouzas terminal of Vigo...

BaleĆ ria encouraged to restart GijĆ³n-Saint Nazaire motorway of the sea

GijĆ³n, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – The BaleĆ ria EurolĆ­nias MarĆ­timas S.A. shipping line has been encouraged to resume the motorway of the...

Cilsa adheres to the UN Global Compact for business sustainability

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – Cilsa SA, the company that manages the intermodal logistics platform, ZAL, of Barcelona port,Ā has...

Maersk Line online platform rolled out to China-based customers in Ningbo, Qingdao and Shanghai exporting to Mediterranean ports

Beijing, China (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 –Ā Maersk Line is to expand its online platformĀ ship.maerskline.comĀ to cover more major trades, covering...

Vigo port to host training courses of FAO

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 ā€“ Vigo port will host the “Training Hub” of theĀ United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)...

A CoruƱa’s outer harbour carries out projectĀ cargo operation

A CoruƱa, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 ā€“ The PuntaĀ LangosteiraĀ outer port of A CoruƱa hosted the loading of a set of special metallic structures,...

GijĆ³n port opens 2018 cruise season

GijĆ³n, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 ā€“ TheĀ “Britannia”Ā cruise ship of shipping company P&O Cruises, called on April 3 in the north...

Cruise industry investĀ $1 billion in new technologies, cleaner fuels

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 ā€“ The cruise industry has been betting for years on investing in technologies with a strong environmental...

Dachser launches warehouses in Spain’sĀ LogroƱo, Zaragoza

Zaragoza, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 ā€“Ā Within the strategy of expansion of its network in Iberia, German logistics company, Dachser Group SE &...

Balearic Islands port authority rejects fees forĀ parkingĀ lot at La Savina harbour

La Savina, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 ā€“ The Balearic IslandsĀ port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has twice rejected management...

AvilƩs port increased fishing between January and February by 5.3%

AvilĆ©s, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 ā€“ AvilĆ©s port increased fishing between January and February by 5.3%, compared to the like period of last year,...

VilagarcĆ­a port starts consultations onĀ extensionĀ ofĀ CefricoĀ SL concession

VilagarcĆ­a, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 ā€“ VilagarcĆ­a is submitting a public information request to extend the initial concession period requested by...

Two investments will change the services offered by the Port of Arrecife

Las Palmas, Canary Islands (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port Authority of Las...

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