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.
Alicante port intensifies efforts to promote cruise tourism
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2018 – Alicante port and Alicante Cruise Terminal, along with other institutions in the area, such as the city...
A Coruña port optimistic about this year’s cruise traffic
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2018 – A Coruña port is optimistic regarding the forthcoming season of cruise traffic. The harbour managed to...
Disney Cruise Line to launch calls in Cartagena in 2019
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – Only two shipping companies have resisted the port of Cartagena to date. But very soon, the managers of the...
Bilbao port aims to diversify cruise traffic
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – Bilbao port has opted to be the destination of a wide range of shipping companies, diversifying the customers it...
Valencia port says 28% of employees join women’s strike
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has estimated the follow-up of the women’s...
Valencia court dismisses appeal by Alicante port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – A Valencia court has rejected the request for dismissal made by the port of Alicante against the procedure...
FRS Motril-Tangier line breaks traffic record
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – German company Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) has broken its own record in the line connecting the ports...
Valencia port cargo traffic declines in January
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) handled 5,562,805 tonnes of cargo in January, down...
Barcelona port relies on cruise sustainability
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – Barcelona port has accumulated years of leadership in cruise traffic. And now its main goal is not to...
Cruise companies use larger ships for calls at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – The shipping companies are positioning ships of greater capacity this year than in previous years in the port...
Algeciras port handles largest container ship in Spain
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – The TTI container terminal of the port of Algeciras (Total Terminal International Algeciras SA), located in...
Noatum to incorporate three RTG cranes at Málaga port
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – Spanish group Noatum Maritime, the concession company of pier 9 of Málaga port (Noatum Terminal Malaga), plans...
Cádiz port to invest about €579,000 in paving of Marqués de Comillas dock
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) has announced that it will invest about...
Chalet Castellammare di Stabia: the tender procedure has started
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – The tender procedure has been launched for the assignment of the chalets on the seafront of Castellammare...
Barcelona port participates in the 10th WCA Worldwide Conference in Singapore
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The Port of Barcelona is participating this week in the 10th WCA Worldwide Conference, the annual...
Barcelona signs fishing agreement with local SMEs
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – The Secretary General of Fisheries, Alberto López-Asenjo, has signed a protocol in Barcelona with the...
Cadena de Suministro comments on port-railway developments in Spain
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – In the second month of the year, Spanish ports and large logistics platforms continue to bet on the...
FRS surpasses capacity record on Motril-Tangier shipping route
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The German-owned shipping company FRS has broken its own record in the line of goods that operates between...
Cadena de Suministro organises logistics e-commerce round table discussion
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – Cadena de Suministro, an online information source about logistics, has invited key players of E-commerce in...
Spanish ports cargo traffic rises 7% in 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The 46 Spanish ports handled a total of 544.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, which represents an increase...