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.
Seville port attracts €56 million private investment in 2017
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Seville port authority (APS – Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) president, Manuel Gracia, has explained...
Barcelona port awards dock dredging contract to Spain’s Comsa
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Barcelona port has awarded to Spanish company COMSA Corporación a project to increase of the draft of...
Boluda Lines expands services connecting Spain to Northern Europe
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Boluda Lines has expanded its logistics services for transporting goods from ports in Spain and Portugal...
Alicante port to build solid bulk warehouse as high as eight-storey building
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The warehouse that will be built by Alicante port on the dock 17 to meet the requirements of the...
Puertos del Estado’s president advises Pasaia port to diversify traffic
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca, has expressed confidence in...
Las Palmas port’s container traffic exceeds 1 million TEUs in 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) concluded 2017 with improved traffic...
MSC upgrades services linking Mediterranean region to USA
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the reduction of transit times for export services...
Spain to extend Mediterranean Corridor rail-highway to Murcia
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna spoke in Madrid at the Leaders Forum of the Efe news...
Valencia port to host GreenPort Cruise & Congress
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will host October 17-19, 2018, the European...
IDC holds labour meeting in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Union delegates from a dozen European countries are meeting this week in the port of Valencia to...
Xiao Yaqing, director of COSCO, visits Noatum terminal in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – On January 27, COSCO Director Xiao Yaqing and his delegation, accompanied by Xu Lirong, Chairman of...
CILSA reports improved 2017 economic results
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – CILSA ended 2017 with the best economic results in its history, reporting total revenue of €44.5...
MSC signs agreement to implement N4 system in Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed an agreement to implement the N4 system developed by...
Hapag-Lloyd includes Algeciras port in EAX service
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd has announced an update in its service Europe Australia Express (EAX)...
Vigo port seeks to improve ties with Tanger Med
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) received the visit of a delegation from Tanger Med port,...
Basque entrepreneurs warn that in five years ships will be too big for Pasaia port
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Basque entrepreneurs have warned that in five years the ships that transport cars will be bigger and will not...
Spain’s Cilsa net profit rises 17.3% in 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Cilsa, the company owned by Barcelona port and real estate investment trust (REIT) Merlin Properties, that...
Marín port withdraws 932 tonnes of waste in 2017
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) withdrew 932 tonnes of waste in 2017, 30% more than...
TOURISMED project meeting takes place in Cyprus
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – The second TOURISMED project meeting is currently being held in Cyprus. The objective of TOURISMED is...
Valenciaport Foundation teaches innovation and creativity in ports to executives from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Egypt
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Today begins the third course organized jointly by the Valenciaport Foundation in collaboration with...