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.
Valencia, Castellón, Bilbao ports join forces to boost Cantabrian Mediterranean Corridor
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Valencia Business Confederation (CEV), together with the port authorities of Castellón and Valencia,...
Barcelona port invests in electric mobility
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Barcelona port seeks an improvement in air quality by reducing emissions from its activities. For this, it...
Cádiz port gets single bid for container terminal operation
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Spanish firm Compañía Gaditana de Contanedores S.L. (Concasa) is the only company to submit a bid in the...
Granadilla port officially starts operations
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Granadilla de Abona port officially launched operations on November 21 with the first call of a vessel in...
Spain’s Alfil to rent warehouse at Barcelona port’s logistics zone
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Spanish logistics operator Alfil Logistics S.A. plans to rent a 35,000 square metre warehouse in the...
Italy’s Zeta System eyes operation of Taranto port container terminal
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Italian company Zeta System SpA has expressed interest in the operation of the container terminal at...
Vilagarcía port awards concessions for two lighthouses
Vilagarcía, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2017 – Vilagarcía port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía) has awarded a number of concessions for...
Tarragona port closes 2017 with record-high cruise traffic
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Tarragona port has closed the cruise season of 2017 exceeding all expectations and breaking its record...
Huelva port and University of Huelva join forces to promote innovation and employment
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The president of the Port Authority of Huelva (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva), José Luis Ramos, and the...
Endesa Energía receives order to supply power to Castellón port
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Spanish company Endesa Energía S.A. has won a contract to deliver high-voltage electricity...
Huelva port continues operating Majarabique rail hub alone
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The conciliation between the ports of Seville and Huelva after the controversial concession of the railway...
Valencia port’s container traffic rises after Cosco’s investment
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Chinese shipping company Cosco Shipping Ports Limited does not waste time. After the purchase of Spanish...
Empresas Masiques CEO meets Bunge to discuss South American grain traffic with Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – The CEO of Empresas Masiques (Grupo de Empresas Masiques), José Miguel Masiques Jardí, held a meeting...
Astican opens new facilities at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Spanish shipbuilder and ship repair company Astilleros Canarios S.A. (Astican) has officially opened its...
Sagunto port reports improved automotive traffic
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Car traffic in the port of Sagunto continues to maintain a steady growth trend. According to the data...
Valenciaport publishes improved Jan-Oct 2017 traffic figures
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Valenciaport closed the month of October with 4,043,251 TEU, a figure that represents an increase of...
Gandia port sees reduced trade in Jan-Oct 2017
Gandia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – The port of Gandia handled 301,690 tons in the accumulated year until the month of October, a decrease...
Colombian delegation visits Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – A delegation from the Chamber of Commerce of the Colombian city of Cartagena de Indias visited the...
Valencia port’s container traffic rises 1.73% y/y in Jan-Oct 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Valencia port handled a total of 4,043,251 TEUs in the first ten months of 2017, a figure that represents...
Castellón port agrees on five cruise calls in 2019
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Castellón port is preparing to take a great leap in cruise tourism. Castellón port authority (Autoridad...