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.
Escola Europea – a focus on intermodal transport
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Since its foundation 10 years, Escola Europea is now focussed more on consultancy and project...
Valenciaport Foundation reviews 2018 financial budget
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Valenciaport Foundation has held its ordinary Board of Trustees for the month of December, in order to...
Valencia port ready to participate in China’s OBOR initiative
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Francesc Sánchez has participated in...
Ibiza port launches new border control office
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Ibiza port has a new office for border control exercised by the General Commissariat of Foreigners and...
Spain’s Consulmar acquires 80% stake in Amarres Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Spanish port services provider Consulmar S.R.L. has acquired 80% stake in the capital of Amarres Ceuta S.L.,...
Huelva port cargo traffic rises 3.6% y/y in Jan-Nov 2017
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Huelva port handled 29.3 million tonnes of cargo in the first eleven months of 2017, up 3.59% on the year,...
Mallorca ports face increased concession charges
Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Ports in Spain are owned by the government and leased to companies under concession deals, but this is...
Valenciaport confirms its commitment to the new Silk Road in Tianjin (China)
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The general director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Port Authority of Valencia),...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Gijón port to handle 17 cruise calls next year
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Gijón port has scheduled for next year a total of 17 cruise calls for the period between April and...
Cartagena relaunches services after windstorm in morning of Dec 11
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Cartagena port has restored all its services after the windstorm at the morning of December 11, although...
Baleària to start operating at Valencia, Sagunto, Gandía ports on Dec 14
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. plans to start providing ferry and cruise passenger...
Las Palmas port calls tender for road construction at Reina Sofía dock
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has called a tender for the construction of...
Transcont CV to relocate HQ to Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Valencia regional association of self-employed persons in the container traffic sector Transcont CV...
Pasaia port joins Cruise Europe association
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Pasaia port has become a member of association Cruise Europe, which brings together some 100 ports in the...
Spanish government calls tender for construction of road link to Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has called a tender for the construction of a road link between Santander...
Melilla port awards contract for installation of safety lighting
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – Spanish government has awarded a €261,238 ($307,389) contract for the installation of safety lighting at...
Almería port cruise traffic declines in 2017
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – Almería port saw the positive trend in the cruise segment, kept since 2014, broken this year. With the...
Tenerife port to handle seven cruise ships in three days
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) December 8, 2017 – Tenerife port will handle a total of seven cruise ships with 13,300 passengers and 3,760 crew members on...
Spanish Minister of Public Works highlighted the ports’ contribution to territorial cohesion
Madrid, Spain, December 1, 2017 01-12-2017 (Ministry of Public Works). Iñigo de la Serna, Minister of Public Works, accompanied by José Llorca, President of...