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.
GAINN projects presented at joint working group meeting on ports and multimodal terminals in Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 Last week Eva Pérez, the general coordinator of the GAINN4MOS and GAINN4SHIP Innovation projects,...
Private companies invest €71 million in Bilbao port in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – The Port of Bilbao has reached an occupancy rate of nearly 83% in 2017 and private enterprise is...
Bilbao port invests €61.5 million in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – In 2017, the Port Authority of Bilbao invested €61.5 million ($75.87 million), with the sum set to...
Bilbao port starts 2018 cruise season
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – This coming Sunday, 25 February, the cruise vessel Saga Sapphire, belonging to Saga Cruises, and...
Bilbao increase cargo traffic 7% on 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) february 27, 2018 – The Port of Bilbao ended 2017 with a 7% traffic growth, a 2.2 million-tonne increase over 2016. This is...
Avilés port cargo traffic rises in January
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Avilés port handled in the first month of the year a total of 525,477 tonnes, up 33.61% on the year,...
Valencia port to finance study for Valencia-Sagunto transport corridor project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to promote and finance a study of...
Spain’s Baleària receives cruise quality seal for Dénia port
Dénia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. was distinguished on Friday with the Commitment of...
EU finances overhaul of ports in Spain, Ireland
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The action plan of the European Union for the Atlantic countries has raised some €2.4 billion ($2.95...
EU maritime strategy in the Atlantic spurs €6 billion of investments in environmental protection, innovation, connectivity and social inclusion
European Commission – Fisheries – Press Release – 26 February 2018 The EU’s 2013-2020 Atlantic Action Plan has spurred over 1200 new...
New director of Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía Mariela Fernández-Bermejo visits Malaga port
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – The new director of Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA – Public Ports Agency of...
Andalusia takes step to improve dangerous waste handling at its fishing ports
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – The Ministry of Development and Housing, through Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía (APPA...
Barcelona port traffic increases 54% in January 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Total traffic passing through the Port of Barcelona in January increased by 54% compared to the...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – December 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Bahía de Bizkaia Gas increases LNG handled in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG), 50% owned by Enegas and the Basque Energy Agency (EVE), increased...
Yilport reports increased container throughput in 2017
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Yilport Holding Inc has reported a 9.5% year-on-year increase in container throughput for 2017, led...
Vigo port cargo traffic rises 11% y/y in January
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Vigo port cargo traffic rose by 10.99% on the year in January to 329,017 tonnes. The data was presented by...
Sagunto port handles three large car carriers simultaneously for first time in history
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Sagunto port received on February 21 the simultaneous call of three large ships specialised in the...
Three Spanish ports among top 10 in Europe in container traffic
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The container traffic of the 15 biggest ports of Europe registered an average growth of 4.2% in 2017,...
Santander port analyses competition of Bilbao, Gijón harbours
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The strategy of Santander port to keep its competitiveness at the service of the economy of Cantabria...