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.
Ceuta-Algeciras line handles slightly less passengers y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – The Gibraltar Strait maritime line established between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras is close to reaching...
Valencia port starts 2018 with new pilotage service fees
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Valencia port has started the year with new maximum fees for the pilotage service. The new tariffs represent...
Barcelona port tenders technical assistance services for LNG promotion
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has tendered the technical assistance services...
Balearic Islands port authority calls €1.9 million tender for maintenance of lighthouses
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has called a €1.9 million ($2.3 million)...
Cádiz port modifies concession of La Rampa association
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) has given the green light to the project...
Tenerife port cruise traffic rises 5% in Jan-Nov 2017
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Tenerife port handled 769,176 cruise passengers in the first eleven months of 2017, up 5% on the year. The...
Algeciras, Huelva ports discuss cooperation projects
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Huelva and Algeciras port authorities’ presidents, José Luis Ramos and Manuel Morón, respectively,...
Cádiz port to invest €21.2 million in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) plans to invest €21.16 million ($25.43...
A Coruña port posts largest rise of fresh fish cargo in Jan-Nov 2017
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – A Coruña port posted the highest growth of fresh fish handled in the first eleven months of 2017 among the...
Spain’s Termicar applies for concession at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – Spanish company Termicar Vigo SL, the operator of the ro-ro terminal of Vigo port, has applied for a concession...
Las Palmas port posts largest cruise traffic growth in Spain
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) recorded a 12% increase in cruise traffic...
Almería port expects ferry traffic to rise by 16% in 2017
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Almería port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Almería) expects the number of ferry passengers handled in...
Spanish ports handle 8.5 million cruise passengers in Jan-Nov 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Spanish ports handled a total of 8.5 million passengers in the first eleven months of 2017, up 4.31% on the...
Valencia port starts railway import service for new cars
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Valencia port started a railway import service of vehicles in December, when two convoys left the harbour to...
Puertos Canarios analyses improvement of harbour accessibility
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Puertos Canarios, the operator of regionally-owned ports at the Canary Islands, has carried out a study to...
Cádiz port to keep pilotage, towing fees unchanged in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) plans to keep intact the tariffs for pilotage,...
Ceuta call for links to Moroccan ports
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Ceuta president, Juan Vivas (PP), has formally made a request to the central Spanish government for the...
Marín port to book record-high cargo traffic in 2017
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) December 29, 2017 – Marín port expects to book a record-high cargo traffic in 2017 for a third consecutive year. The port...
Valencia port to invest €6 million in container terminal accesses upgrade
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 29, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to invest €6 million ($7.2 million) to...
Spain’s Cilsa approves €37.3 million capital hike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 28, 2017 – Spanish real estate company Cilsa has approved a €37.3 million ($44.5 million) capital hike to be...