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.
Almería port seeks to strengthen ties with Morocco
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Almería port participated in the VII Spanish-Moroccan Logistics Conference held in Tangier where its...
Tarragona port to handle 55 cruise ships in 2018
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Tarragona port has started the cruise season with a schedule for 55 ships that will dock at the facilities,...
Spain’s Ferrovial Agroman starts road upgrade project at Cartagena port
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) is carrying out a series of actions aimed at...
Valencia port joins CSR action group
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Valencia port has joined Spain’s Corporate Social Responsibility Action Group for public companies. RSE...
Baleària eyes own terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. grew passenger traffic by 5.7% and cargo by 10% in...
Seville port officially opens cruise season
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Seville port officially opened the cruise season with the arrival of the Braemar ship with almost 1,100...
Puertos del Estado reports figures for fish landed at Spanish ports in January 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – The state-owned authority for ports, Puertos del Estado, has reported fish landed by Spanish ports in...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – January 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports January 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Maersk Line works with Valenciaport to train professionals
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2018 – The director of HR of Iberia and Magreb for Maersk Line, Jean-François Forgeot d’Arc, has...
Cepsa presents in Huelva port the first multi-product marine fuel supply vessel in southern Europe
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 24, 2018 – Cepsa, the Spanish energy company, has presented today in Huelva port the first multi-product marine fuel...
Valencia port participates in WPSP initiative conference in Antwerp
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) participates on March 23-24 in the conference held...
Barcelona port takes part in ECG association annual debate
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2018 – The commercial manager of Barcelona port, Lluís París, attended the ECG Annual Dinner Debate that the...
Cartagena port exports 600 tonnes of flowers for Valentine’s Day
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2018 – A total of 600 tonnes of flowers such as roses, carnation, pompom, hydrangeas among others, were exported in...
Valencia port to participate in WWF’s “Earth Hour” initiative
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will participate this year in the initiative...
Valencia port to apply Big Data Analytics processes
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2018 – Valencia port is carrying out a pilot project to apply Big Data Analytics in its processes to improve its...
Cartagena port president to be replaced
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2018 – The president of the Spanish ruling conservative political party Partido Popular (PP) in Cartagena, Joaquín...
Cilsa receives ISO 50001 certificate
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2018 – Cilsa, the company that manages the Logistics Activities Zone (ZAL) of Barcelona port, has received ISO...
Tenerife port has possibilities for development of bunkering activities
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2018 – Tenerife is a dynamic port with potential for the development of the bunkering market, the general director...
Santander port cargo traffic rises 27.6% y/y in Jan-Feb 2018
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2018 – Santander port’s cargo traffic rose by 27.6% on the year in the first two months of 2018 to 961,268...
Cepsa starts ship-to-ship LNG supply at Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2018 – Huelva port has the first ship of multiproduct supply of marine fuel in southern Europe and in Spain, which...