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.
A Coruña port awards Punta Langosteira fence construction contract
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) has awarded a €566,000 ($667,615) contract...
Barcelona port commissions quality mark study
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Barcelona port has commissioned a study from IESE Business School that will assess the benefits for...
Spain’s Decal to invest €25 million in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – Spanish company Decal España S.A. plans to invest €25 million ($29.5 million) in the expansion of the...
Barcelona port president to resign after regional elections on Dec 21
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The incumbent president of Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona), Sixte Cambra,...
Canary Islands government pays €2.4 million compensation to Naviera Armas
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Canary Islands government has approved the payment of €2.4 million ($2.8 million) to Spanish shipping...
DSV to launch Zaragoza-Zhengzhou rail freight service
Zaragoza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Zaragoza dry port operator Terminal Marítima de Zaragoza (tmZ) plans to launch a regular freight rail...
Barcelona port to open railway terminal shortly
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Barcelona port plans to launch in the coming days a terminal for freight trains, increasing its capacity...
Huelva port analyses feasibility study on new logistic activities zone
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The board of directors of Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has analysed a feasibility...
Gijón port cargo traffic rises 17% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Gijón port handled 20.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 17% on the year. The...
Cádiz port to handle more than 300 cruise calls in 2017
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Cádiz port could end the year, for the first time, with more than 300 cruise calls. A total of 320,000...
Cartagena port’s largest project in administrative standstill
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – The most ambitious project of Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena), the Gorguel...
Spain’s Partida Logística opens office at Motril port
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish logistics customs and logistics services company Partida Logística S.A. has opened an office at...
Barcelona port cargo traffic rises 26% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Barcelona port handled 56.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 26% on the...
Castellón port cargo traffic rises 9.1% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Castellón port has closed November as the best month in its history in total cargo traffic and has also...
Spanish government expects another record-high year at ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The cargo traffic will once again beat its absolute record in the ports of Spain. This was confirmed by the...
Baleària cancels 12 ferry trips to Melilla
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. has suspended 12 ferry trips between the ports of...
Spain’s Boluda profit rises 30% in 2016
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima recorded a profit of €36 million ($42.3 million) in 2016,...
Alicante port authority names board member
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Alicante port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Alicante) has appointed Antonio López as a board member...
Huelva port set for investments
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The Minister of Development and Housing of the Junta de Andalucía, Felipe López, announced this...
World Economic Forum – Global Competitive Index 2017-2018 – Port Infrastructure
Geneva, Switzerland (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The World Economic Forum reports that ten years on from the global financial crisis, the prospects...