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.
Reganosa receives first shipment of LNG from Yamal at Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Reganosa, the Spanish energy company, has received its first shipment of liquified natural gas (LNG) from...
Valencia port authority calls tender for asphalt-laying at Sagunto port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has called a tender for the asphalt-laying of a...
Spain’s Navantia installs environmental monitoring system at Ceuta port
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Spanish company Navantia is installing in the port of Ceuta a system for environmental monitoring and control...
Las Palmas port cruise traffic rises 6.6% in Jan-Nov 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Las Palmas port handled 985,662 cruise passengers in the eleven months through November, up 6.6% on the...
Cádiz port extends bulk storage area in 2017
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Cádiz port significantly increased its area for the storage of bulk last year. In the basin of La...
Spain’s Gas Natural develops LNG transport floating platform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Spanish company Gas Natural Fenosa has developed a floating platform for the transport of liquefied natural...
Gijón port cargo traffic rises 17.3% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Gijón port handled some 20.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 17.3% on the...
Huelva port president hopes Levante dock project to boost business in city
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) president José Luis Ramos has said that he...
Reganosa supplies first European passenger train powered by LNG from Ferrol port terminal
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) January 7, 2018 – The first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has just been delivered by means of a truck to Asturias, a...
Spanish Attorney’s Office accuses former Barcelona port executives of mismanagement
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – Five former managers of Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) were accused of...
Valencia port lags behind Barcelona in terms of logistics space
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – While the president of the Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martínez,...
Cádiz port to open new container terminal in 2020
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) president José Luis Blanco Romero has...
Santander port president expects 15% rise in cargo traffic in 2018
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) president Jaime González has said he expects...
Valencia port expects 197 cruise calls in 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – Valencia port has already scheduled 197 cruise calls for 2018, a figure that falls slightly below the 203...
Spain’s CLH to receive new oil tanker in H1 2019
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – Spanish fuel distributor Compañía Logística de Hidrocarburos (CLH) has said that it expects to receive...
Galician regional ports’ cargo traffic rises in Jan-Nov 2017
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – Galicia regional port agency Portos de Galicia, an institution in charge of the management of the 122...
Puertos del Estado chairs meeting of the Plenary Session of the Permanent Observatory of the Port Services Market
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – On December 1, 2017, the president of Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, chaired the eleventh meeting of...
Port Authority of Bilbao summarises its ongoing activities
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) currently has the following works in...
Valencia port calls tender for dredging of Levante dock
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has called a tender for the dredging of the access...
Barcelona port to launch website, blog for innovation activities
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Barcelona port aims to advertise its role as a benchmark in innovation in the port logistics sector and for...