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.
Barcelona port hosts Freight Forwarders Forum 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – Barcelona port hosted the Freight Forwarders Forum 2017 on November 24, organised by the European...
Spanish ports cruise traffic rises 1.9% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – Spanish ports recorded 6.5 million cruise passengers in the first nine months of the year, up 1.9% on the...
Valenciaport Foundation co-ordinates European Sauron project meeting in Paris
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – The second meeting of the Steering Committee of the SAURON project was taken place in Paris (Scalable...
Picasso project holds a conference in Valencia on new technologies applied to maritime safety
The conference of the European project Picasso “Maritime and port sector 4.0: New technologies to get safer oceans” has been held in Valencia ,...
Castellón port agrees on nine cruise calls for 2019
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Castellón port has agreed on the call of five cruise ships in 2019, which represents a...
Las Palmas port container traffic rises in October
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Las Palmas port handled 115,478 containers in October, a figure that greatly exceeds the 86,046...
Castellón port adopts measures to reduce air pollution of trucks
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Castellón) plans to distribute leaflets to all carriers...
Vigo port announces measures to address water shortage
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Vigo port plans to adopt measures to restrict water consumption in the face of the drought suffered by the...
Vigo port cargo traffic grows 16.6% y/y in October
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Vigo port cargo traffic grew by 16.6% on the year in October, the president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad...
Castellón port to get €1.2 million financing from EIB
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) will receive a €1.2 million ($1.4...
Spain’s ODC to invest €35 million in construction of storage complex at Punta Langosteira
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Spanish company Oil Deposit Corunna (ODC), former Deep Water Oil Transhipment Hub, plans to invest €35...
Kalmar wins RMG order for intermodal operation from Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has a contract with Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao for two rail-mounted...
Avilés port cargo traffic declines in October
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Avilés port cargo traffic declined by 30.5% on the year, reducing the growth for the first ten months...
Alicante court allows bulk handling at port
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Alicante court has given the green light to the operation of bulk at the terminals of the port. In...
Seville port to hold third edition of Port Logistics Day on Nov 27
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) will hold on November 27 the third edition of...
Spain’s Renfe, Portugal’s Medway launch freight line linking Mérida hub to Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles (Renfe) and Portuguese...
Valencia port needs better transport link to Sagunto
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martínez has said the...
Spain’s government approves construction of road to Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Spain’s Council of Ministers has given the green light to the project for the construction of a...
Punta Langosteira’s cargo traffic exceeds 2 million tonnes YTD
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – Punta Langosteira, the outer harbour of A Coruña port, has already exceeded 2 million tonnes of...
Valencia: CO-EVOLVE Project to foster Sustainable Maritime and Coastal tourism development
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2017 – The 3rd Steering Committee of the CO-EVOLVE project (Promoting the co-evolution of human activities...