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.
Málaga port’s cruise traffic to rise 15% in 2017
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) expects to close 2017 with 510,682 cruise...
Santander Coated Solutions gets nod to expand facility at port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 27, 2017 – Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) has given the green light to the extension of...
Algeciras port cargo traffic falls 2.2% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 92.8 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, down 2.2% on the...
Marín port to tender plan for harbour growth
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) plans to tender the drafting of a Strategic Plan to...
Castellón port approves business plan for 2018
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has approved its business plan for 2018,...
Seville port approves tender for concession of land plot for urban uses
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has approved a tender for the concession of a land...
Madrid dry port awards contract for container identification system
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Madrid dry port operator Puerto Seco de Madrid, S.A., has awarded a contract for the delivery of a container...
Málaga port expects €19.9 million revenue in 2018
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) December 22, 2017 – Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) has given the green light to the business plan of...
Strait of Gibraltar line passenger traffic falls in Jan-Oct 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2017 – The maritime line of the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras exceeded 1,600,000...
Alicante port expects 3% cargo traffic rise in 2017
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2017 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) expects its cargo traffic to rise by 3% in 2017,...
Valencia port calls tender for waste processing plant construction
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2017 – Spanish state gazette Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) has published an announcement by Valencia port...
Tenerife port calls tender for fuel pipe replacement
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife) has called a tender for a €2.5...
Ceuta port handles ten cruise calls in Jan-Oct 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2017 – Ceuta port handled ten cruise calls in the first ten months of 2017, down from 16 in the like period of last...
Rail Transport Service of ValenciaportPCS implementation starts
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – The implementation of the Rail Transport Service of ValenciaportPCS is complete in the import process...
EC to provide funding for MoS project of Civitavecchia, Barcelona ports
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) has said it will provide co-financing for the “BClink: MOS for the...
Tarragona port trade unions ask for resignation of port’s president
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Tarragona port authority’s (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona) trade unions committee has asked for...
Avilés port approves €990,000 capital hike of ZALIA
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Avilés port authorty (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) approved a €990,000 ($1.2 million) capital...
Pasaia port to handle 3 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Nov 2017
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Pasaia port expects its cargo traffic in 2017 to stand at 3 million tonnes, or around half of its total...
Santander Coated Solutions to start expansion of factory in March 2018
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Spanish company Santander Coated Solutions, a subsidiary of Network Steel Resources, plans to launch the...
Barcelona gets award port for developing Morocco’s trade links to Europe
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – The Spanish Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Tangier (CECIT) has recognised the port of Barcelona for...