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.
Spanish dry port tmZ receives first container of regular line to China
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Spanish dry port Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza (tmZ) said it has received the first container of the...
Noatum Port Holdings – November 2017 container terminal statistics
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by Cosco Shipping Ports Limited of China, has reported November 2017...
Barcelona port’s BEST terminal hits new traffic record
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST), operated by Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH), has once again...
Cádiz port awards concession of new container terminal to Spain’s Concasa
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) has given the green light to a concession...
Castellón port launches online customer service
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has launched a new service of customer...
Melilla port to invest €326,000 in warehouse construction
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Melilla port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla) plans to invest about €326,000 ($385,000) in the...
Gandía port cargo traffic declines in Jan-Nov 2017
Gandía, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Gandía port handled 324,790 tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, down 1.44% on the year. The...
Valencia port rejects application filed by Cemex
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Valencia port authority’s board of directors has rejected the application of Cemex España...
Valencia port targets 5 million TEUs in 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Valencia port authority aims to boost its container traffic to 5 million TEUs in 2018, keeping up the...
Avilés port to get approval for usage of drones
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The new regulatory framework for the use of unmanned aircraft piloted by remote control (drones) opens the...
Gijón, Avilés ports cargo traffic rises in Jan-Oct 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – The cargo traffic of Gijón port rose by 13.7% on the year in the first ten months of 2017, while...
Málaga port to handle 20 large cruise ships in 2018
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Málaga port expects to handle 20 calls of large cruise ships transporting more than 4,000 passengers next...
Cádiz port to break cruise traffic record in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) expects to break its record of cruises next...
Spain, Ecuador to cooperate in transport infrastructure development
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna met with his Ecuadorian counterpart Paul Granda to...
Spanish ports see increased challenge from Tanger Med
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Politicians from Malaga, Valencia and Catalonia have raised the issue of Tanger Med becoming...
Motrilport to increase marketing activities in 2018
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2017 – Motrilport-Granada’s promotional action plan for 2018 is to be increased 19% compared to the...
Parc Sagunt repays €12 million debt
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Spanish logistics complex Parc Sagunt, located near Sagunto port, has repaid a €12 million ($14.2 million)...
First ship connects to LNG-fuelled engine at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 16, 2017 – The first vessel has connected to an LNG-fuelled engine at Barcelona port which is part of effort to...
Dominican Republic officials visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – A delegation from the embassy of the Dominican Republic in Spain visited the port of Valencia on December...
Castellón port handles 2 million tonnes of clay in 2017
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Castellón port’s bulk terminal Portsur has started work this week to unload a ship from Ukraine...