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.
Baleària floats Mediterranean’s first LNG-fired ferry
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Spanish shipping company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. carried out the floating of vessel...
MSC launches rail line linking Seville port to Sines
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Seville port has kicked off its new rail connection with the Portuguese Atlantic coast, launched by the...
Las Palmas port proposes cruise, fishing cooperation project to Mauritania
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – The president of Las Palmas port authority, Luis Ibarra, along with the manager of the Port of Las Palmas...
Pasaia port to handle export of train carriages to Amsterdam
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Pasaia port goes one step further in the logistics of ro-ro cargo of high added value with the start of a new...
Port Authority of Las Palmas reduces debt
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (Port Authority of Las Palmas), by end-2017, reduced...
Huelva port officially opens cruise season
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – The cruise ship “Marella Celebration”, operated by Thomson Cruises, docked on March 28 in Huelva...
Passenger traffic at Ibiza-Formentera lines rises 3% in 2017
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – Shipping companies that operate on the line between Ibiza and Formentera handled traffic of 2,028,840 passengers...
Toulouse operators visit Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – A delegation of operators from Toulouse visited the port of Barcelona on April 2 to learn about its logistics...
Spanish pharma VIR SA plans €20 million investment at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has received an application by Spanish company...
Cartagena port to complete southwest breakwater before summer
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) plans to complete before the summer the works to...
Santander port posts highest cruise traffic growth in Spain in 2018
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Spanish ports recorded 9.2 million cruise passengers in 2017, up 6.6% on the year, and a total of 4,248 ships...
Portos de Galicia invests €1 million in A Mariña ports
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Portos de Galicia, the ports agency of Galicia region, has invested some €1 million ($1.23 million) in various...
Marín port starts handling 4,000-TEU container ships
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – The Polar Costa Rica container ship docked on March 29 at the container terminal of the port of Marin, coming...
Valencia region ports’ presidents visit China
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – The presidents of the port authorities of Valencia, Aurelio Martínez; Castellón, Francisco Toledo; and...
Cruise traffic at Málaga port to rise in 2019
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – The cruise sector is in full swing and this dynamism will bring a greater jump in the activity of Málaga port...
Corsica Ferries launches Toulon-Mallorca route
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2018 – Italian company Corsica Ferries has launched a Toulon-Mallorca route, as part of its strategy to gain ground...
COSCO Ports Shipping Limited – 2017 throughput of European container terminals
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 31, 2018 – As part of its 2017 financial results, COSCO Ports Shipping Limited has reported 2017 container...
Bilbao opens port center
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) has opened the new Port Center, designed as an...
Tarragona port handles first cruise ship for 2018 season
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Tarragona port received its first cruise ship for the season on March 28, the Pearl II, of Saga Cruises, the...
Algeciras port stowage company signs deal to improve harbour’s competitiveness
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – The Algeciras port stowing company, Sociedad Anónima de Gestión de Estibadores Portuarios (SAGEP), has...