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.
Erhardt Transitarios SL and CILSA sign logistics agreement
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2018 – Erhardt Transitarios SL and CILSA (Intermodal Logistics Center SA), the company that manages the ZAL...
Valencia port to cooperate with Brazil’s Vitoria on improving logistics management
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Valenciaport Foundation has signed a cooperation agreement with Companhia Docas do Espírito Santo...
Barcelona port participating in Intermodal South America
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Barcelona port is one of the seven ports that participate in the Intermodal South America fair which will...
Navantia delivers container ship to Ibaizabal Group
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Spanish shipbuilder Navantia delivered the oil tanker “Monte Udala” to ship management company...
Vigo port warns against fee reduction
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Well-intentioned but “noxious” for small ports like Vigo. The port authority of Vigo (Autoridad...
Noatum Port Holdings – February 2018 container terminal statistics
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported February 2018...
Valenciaport Foundation signs a collaboration agreement with the Brazilian port of Vitoria
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – CODESA (Companhia Docas do Espírito Santo), managing entity of the Port of Vitoria in Brazil, has...
€5.8 million tender issued for Ayamonte port development
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, via la Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA – the...
Port of Barcelona participates in the Intermodal fair South America
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – The Port of Barcelona is participating in the Intermodal South America 2018, the most important...
Barcelona port awards €26.1 million contract for dock extension
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – The board of directors of Barcelona port have approved the awarding of the third phase of the works for the...
Tarragona port seeks to capture traffic by participating in Intermodal South America fair
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – Tarragona port participates this week in the Intermodal South America fair in Sao Paulo (Brazil), one of...
Brazilian companies to export 6 million tonnes of grain via Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – The president of Las Palmas port, Luis Ibarra, signed a few days ago in Brazil an agreement with grain...
Seville port approves extension of GAM concession
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – Seville port has given the green light to the extension of the concession held by Spanish machinery rental...
Castellón port closes best February in its history
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – Castellón port continues its growth path and closes with the best February month in its history in total...
Barcelona port’s BEST terminal installs new access system
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) installed a new access system to the terminal on March 5, based on...
Algeciras port improves position on Drewry’s ranking
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – Algeciras port was the second in the world, just behind Singapore, by increasing its maritime connectivity...
DB Cargo starts operating rail service linking Barcelona port to Germany
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – DB Cargo started operating the first rail vehicle service linking the port of Barcelona to Germany. The...
A Coruña port to handle 108 cruise calls in 2019
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2018 – A Coruña port confirmed 108 cruise calls for 2019, so it hopes “to reinforce its leadership in the...
Spain’s AGP loads 108 metre-long rail aboard ship at Gijón port
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The Dutch ship “Rolldock Sky” departed a few days ago from the port of Gijón towards Southampton,...
Saggas handles 1.4 million tonnes of LNG at Sagunto port in 2017
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The Sagunto regasification plant, Saggas, handled a total of 1.4 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG)...