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 receives delegation from Mejiport
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Valencia port received a delegation from Mejiport, the Logistics and Port Community of Mejillones in Chile,...
Morocco becomes Vigo port’s leading trade partner
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Vigo launched a Motorway of the Sea (MoS) to Morocco’s Tanger Med in April 2017. The statistics for...
Alstom starts supply of trains to Panama via Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – French machinery group Alstom started on March 28 the shipment of the first of the 21 trains –...
Barcelona port promotes World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP)
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Barcelona port is one of the promoters of the World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP), a project whose...
Barcelona port launches electronic public bidding platform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Barcelona port has launched an electronic public bidding platform with the aim of facilitating and speeding...
Las Palmas port to repay €15 million debt in 2018
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) reduced its debt by €21 million ($25.1...
Huelva port presents intermodal platform project to INEA
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – Managers of Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) have held a working meeting with...
Valencia port sets traffic conditions for investors in intermodal platform
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – The board of directors of Valencia Intermodal and Logistics Platform (VPI), subsidiary of Autoridad...
A Coruña port’s cargo traffic keeps growing in February
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – A Coruña port closed February with a fresh increase in traffic, keeping up with the positive trend. The...
Spanish ports’ cruise traffic rises in Jan 2018
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – Spanish ports recorded an annual increase of 45.3% in cruise traffic in January to 529,486 passengers, and...
Valenciaport Foundation gets contract for development of Master Plan of Peru’s Callao port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation has been awarded a contract for the preparation of the new Master Plan for the...
Andalusian ports to auction 49 abandoned vessels
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing via Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...
Málaga port hosts presentation of Symphony of the Seas cruise ship
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – Málaga port hosts the cruise ship Symphony of the Seas with capacity for 6,360 passengers and with 362...
Almería port starts maintenance work on mineral loading bay
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – Almería port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Almería) has started maintenance work on the Cable Francés...
Valenciaport Foundation starts CDM tool course for Sagunto port employees
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – Valenciaport Foundation has started a course on the port collaborative decision making (Port CDM) tool for...
Valencia port container traffic rises 11% y/y in Jan-Feb 2018
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – Container traffic of the ports managed by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) handled...
CCB Zamakona Offshore set for Las Palmas concession
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (Port Authority of Las Palmas) is set to grant...
Hamilton-Tecnavin set for Las Palmas concession
Las Palmas, Canary islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (Port Authority of Las...
Las Palmas port hosts Maritime Alliance-Blue Tech of the U.S.
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 27, 2018 – The director of Ports of Las Palmas, Salvador Capella, accompanied by commercial...
Barcelona port cargo traffic rises 23% y/y in Jan-Feb 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Barcelona port’s cargo traffic grew by 23% on the year in the first two months of 2018, reaching 10.7...