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.
Ceuta port handles ninth cruise ship in 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Ceuta port has extended to nine the number of cruise calls this season with the arrival of a ship that has...
Valencia port welcomes Ford’s fresh investment in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martínez, has welcomed...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – September 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – August 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 10, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Valencia port calls tender for installation of OCR system at Sagunto port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has called a tender for the installation and...
Pasaia port cargo traffic declines 3.3% y/y in October
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Pasaia port registered a lower decrease in its activity in October. In the tenth month of the year, Pasaia...
Valencia port studies project for construction of ferry platform
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has called a tender for the execution of a...
Spain’s Dragados gets order for rehabilitation of Granadilla harbour wall
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Spanish company Dragados S.A. has won a €1.4 million ($1.65 million) contract for the rehabilitation of...
Trasmediterránea to operate Gandía-Ibiza ferry line during Holy Week
Gandía, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Compañía Trasmediterránea, S.A. plans to operate the Gandía-Ibiza...
Valencia, Santander ports presidents discuss cooperation opportunities
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – The presidents of the port authorities of Santander and Valencia, Jaime González López and Aurelio...
Spain’s VPI Logística to reduce capital by €47 million
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – Spanish company VPI Logística, a subsidiary of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia),...
Spain’s Intersagunto Terminales to exit Sagep capital
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – Intersagunto Terminales S.A., a concessionary firm for loading and unloading in the multipurpose terminal of...
Valencia port’s traffic of full containers rises
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – The traffic of full containers of the port of Valencia increased by 6.5% in the first nine months of 2017....
A Coruña port to handle 180,000 cruise passengers in 2017
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – A Coruña port has handled 168,000 passengers so far this year, an unprecedented figure that less than two...
Tarragona port posts third biggest traffic growth in Spain in Jan-Sep 2017
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Tarragona port’s cargo traffic rose by 13.8% on the year in the first nine months of 2017, which...
Barcelona port cargo traffic rises 23.8% y/y in Jan-Oct 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Barcelona port recorded a 23.8% increase in cargo traffic year-on-year in the first ten months of 2017...
Spain’s Concasa acquires crane for container terminal at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) has said company Compañía Gaditana de...
Málaga port studies launch of ferry line to Morocco
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish state-run company Turismo Costa del Sol plans to carry out a study to look at the impact that a...
Alicante port stevedoring companies appeal against administrative decision
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies Bergé Marítima S.L, Alicante Port S.L. and CESA Alicante SA have...
Seville port to have Border Police Control Unit
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) November 15, 2017 – The president of Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla), Manuel Gracia, and Spanish...