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.
Yamaha contracts DSV Tacisa as customs operations manager in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – DSV Tacisa, a company specialising in the design and implementation of advanced customs solutions, has...
Ceuta port cargo traffic declines 15% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Ceuta port handled 948,393 tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, down 14.89% on the year,...
Huelva port to invest €140 million in two years
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Huelva port plans to invest some €140 million ($167 million) in the next two years to improve its logistics...
Santander port cargo traffic doubles in November
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Santander port handled 558,638 tonnes of cargo in November, up 46.8% on the year. The liquid bulk cargo...
A Coruña port to expand interior road network of Punta Langosteira
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – A Coruña port plans to start this month the project for the extension of the interior road network of...
Galicia yacht clubs to apply for extension of port concessions
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Spanish yacht clubs Sanxenxo and Portonovo plan to initiate a process for extending their concessions at ports...
Spain’s FCC to delay completion of dock construction at Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2018 – Spanish construction company Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas (FCC) has applied for the revision of...
Cartagena port to handle 200,000 cruise passengers in 2018
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Cartagena port is consolidating its position as a leading home port for cruise traffic in the Mediterranean...
Parque Empresarial de Sagunto to sell 18 land plots
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – The board of directors of Parque Empresarial de Sagunto S.L., which operates the Parc Sagunt I logistics...
Germany’s FRS acquires ship for Motril-Tanger Med line
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – German group Förde Reederei Seetouristik GmbH & Co. KG (FRS) has acquired the “MV Miranda”...
Tarragona port awards concession to Euroenergo España
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona) has awarded a concession to Spanish...
Melilla port prepares cruise strategy
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – Melilla port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla) president Miguel Marín has said he is preparing...
Germany’s Sloman Neptun to relaunch Cartagena-Benghazi line on Jan 10
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2018 – German shipping company Sloman Neptun Schiffahrts AG plans to relaunch on January 10 its line between...
Bahía de Bizkaia Gas sees increased LNG traffic in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG) expects to end 2017 with traffic amounting to 32 ships and 1.95 million tons...
Spanish minister presents Avilés port access project
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Spanish public works minister Íñigo de la Serna has presented the project for the construction of accesses...
UK ports join Ireland in efforts to gain fishing cargo market share from Spain
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – The United Kingdom has joined measures taken by Ireland to lure the handling of fresh fish cargo from...
Valencia port closes 2017 with €393 million debt
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Valencia port closed 2017 with a debt with long-term credit institutions of €393 million ($468.8 million),...
Gijón port to book record-high cargo traffic in 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Gijón port closed 2017 with the highest turnover in its history and an absolute record in the movement of...
Spain’s Transcoma changes name of bunkering division
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Spanish company Transcoma Shipping has said it has spun off its bunkering division and changing its name to...
Cádiz port’s new container terminal handles first ship
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – The new container terminal of Cádiz port has received its first container ship on January 9. At 0830 local...