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.
Valencia port advertises its connectivity at Fruit Logistica fair
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) promotes in Berlin, within the framework of the...
Algeciras port to start operating its first direct link to Australia
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – A new weekly service operated by France’s CMA CGM and German Hapag Lloyd AG will be handled at the...
Volkswagen signs logistics management contract with Bergé
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Spanish car distributor Volkswagen Group Spain Distribución has awarded to Bergé Automotive Logistics...
Valenciaport Foundation continues cooperation with Peru’s Lambayeque port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation is developing a new technical assistance for the Regional Port Authority of...
MEDports: Port authorities join to enhance the international visibility of Mediterranean basin
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – The launching ceremony of the MEDports association allowed all the representatives of the ports on...
Operaciones Portuarias Canarias upgrades terminal to Navis N4
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Operaciones Portuarias Canarias, S.A. (OPCSA), is to implement the Navis N4 terminal...
Barcelona port publishes traffic statistics and economic results for 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – The Port of Barcelona has produced its traffic statistics and economic results for the year 2017. This...
CMA CGM introduces improvements of service to West Africa via Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – French shipping company CMA CGM has announced the introduction of improvements in its EURAF 5 service,...
Castellón port nearly triples traffic of ceramic products in seven years
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – Castellón port has multiplied by 2.4 the volume of the traffic of ceramic products since 2010, from 2.8...
Repsol to invest €125 million in transfer of activities to A Coruña port’s outer harbour
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – Spanish oil and gas giant Repsol plans to invest some €125 million ($153.3 million) in the transfer of...
Hapag-Lloyd expanding on Iberian reefer market
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd, with a fleet with a total capacity of 1.6 million TEUs, more than 7.5...
Spanish companies bidding in Vigo port’s logistics zone urbanisation tender
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Eighteen of the biggest Spanish construction companies applied for the tender called by the Consortium of the...
Bilbao port aspires to gain leadership in Spain’s Atlantic as Pasaia struggles
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Bilbao port aspires to be the most important harbour for the traffic in the Spanish Atlantic region, as...
Casablanca port applies specific tariffs to capture container traffic from Las Palmas
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – National Ports Agency of Morocco) has issued an order...
Valencia port presents its infrastructure projects to MEPs
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has held a working meeting in the European...
COSCO Spain participates in technical meeting of SYNCHRO-NET project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – COSCO Shipping Lines Spain has participated in the technical meeting of the SYNCHRO-NET project held on...
Huelva port, Enagás to cooperate in energy efficiency
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuara de Huelva) and Spanish natural gas distributor Enagás SA signed a...
Motril port, Campos de Granada to expand cooperation
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Representatives of Motril port and the Spanish agricultural company SAT Campos de Granada have held a working...
Cádiz port calls tender for operation of parking area
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) has called a tender for the construction,...
Sagunto port tenders design of Border Inspection Post
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – One of the most important projects of Sagunto port and its logistics community has taken a step forward to...