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.
Ceuta port cruise traffic declines in 2017
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Ceuta port closed 2017 with figures below those of the previous year in terms of arrival of tourists aboard...
Spain to reduce port fees by 10%
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has announced that the government budget for 2017 includes a drop of...
Escola prepares for the first batch of technical courses in spring 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Escola Europea–Intermodal Transport is scheduling technical courses in the first quarter of 2018. The...
Development of Isla Cristina fishing port announced
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...
Hispania Petroleum to build facilities for LNG supply at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Spanish company Hispania Petroleum applied with Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...
Valencia port to grant 50-year concession to investors in new container terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is willing to grant a long-term concession, up to...
Finnlines launches Bilbao-Rosyth service
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Finnish shipping company Finnlines, a subsidiary of Italy’s Grimaldi Group, will launch a new sea...
Santander city government approves second phase of SCS project
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Santander City Council has granted a works license for the basic project presented by Santander Coated...
Boluda launches Canary Islands-Cantabria line
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Boluda Corporación Marítima, through Boluda Lines, has launched a Canary Islands-Cantabria line, utilising...
Spain awards contract for study on Valencia-Castellón high-speed rail project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – The Spanish Public Works Ministry has awarded a contract for the development of an information study of...
Ricardo Barkala to be next president of Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Ricardo Barkala will be the next president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) to...
CPMR regions to provide input into revision EU Directive on port reception facilities for delivery of ship waste
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’s (CPMR) member regions are being invited to...
Atlantic Arc Commissions hub meetings prepare for post-Brexit period
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’ (CPMR) Atlantic Arc Commission (AAC) held its...
Andalusia ports meet to plan 2018 cruise strategies
Motril Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – The Minister of Tourism and Sports, Francisco Javier Fernandez, met today in Seville with the heads of...
Intermediterranean Commission regions strengthen their alliance for sustainable development
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’ (CPMR) Intermediterranean Commission...
Barcelona port starts work on new railway accesses project
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has taken the first steps to promote rail...
Naples port to keep growing in 2018
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Naples port will keep growing in 2018, backed by the cruise sector. These are the forecasts of the...
Valencia port to participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Valencia port will participate for one more year at the Seatrade Cruise Global fair, the main cruise ship...
Seago Line to launch service linking Cartagena to Felixstowe
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – A new container transport line will be in operation between the port of Cartagena and England, operated...
Las Palmas port’s cruise, cargo traffic keeps rising in January
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has started the year continuing the...