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 port to expand docks in its northern area
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martínez has announced an...
Cádiz port handles four bulk carriers simultaneously
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) has reported that four bulk carriers are...
Cartagena port president presents environmental policy in Uruguay
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – The president of Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena), Antonio Sevilla, has...
Ceuta-Algeciras line handles 1.4 million passengers in Jan-Sep 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – The maritime line of the Strait of Gibraltar established between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has...
Progeco to build warehouse at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – Progeco Bilbao, a specialist in the storage and transport of containers, is preparing the construction...
Santander port to tender northern access construction by end-2017
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – The works of the new direct link to Santander port from the A-67 road will be tendered before the end...
Ceuta port handles 12,500 cruise passengers in Jan-Sep 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) has closed the first nine months of 2017 with a traffic...
Tarragona port to discuss strategies for becoming alternative to ports in northern Europe
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Tarragona port will hold on November 23-24 a conference to discuss strategies for enhancing the role...
Valencia port to install OCR system for management of railway container traffic
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Valencia port has developed over the last decade a large number of projects in the railway sector with...
Bilbao port targets 37 million tonnes cargo traffic in 2018-2022 plan
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, presented on...
Seville port to launch dredging of Eurovía channel on Nov 8
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) plans to launch on November 8 the 2017 campaign...
Bilbao harbour launches dry port in Pancorbo
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The dry port of Bilbao in Pancorbo, near Burgos, began operating on November 7 after the investment of...
Boluda reinforces presence at Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Boluda Corporación Marítima, through its tugboat division, plans to increase activity in the port of...
Valencia port to invest €5.2 million to increase draft of container dock
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans invest €5.2 million ($6 million) to...
Valencia port president says he does not understand reasons for northern access rejection
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martinez, has...
Cartagena port invests €1.5 million to improve dike’s storm defence
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) plans to invest €1.5 million ($1.7...
Puertos del Estado, Baleària to discuss relaunch of Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, and the commercial and...
Barcelona port community assumes organisation of trade mission to Uruguay, Argentina
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – Barcelona port community has assumed the organisation of the harbour’s business mission to...
Maersk Line launches rail service to Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – Maersk Line has launched a rail service between Córdoba and Algeciras port to expand its intermodal...
Marella Cruises to keep Málaga as base port in 2018
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2017 – UK company Marella Cruises – formerly Thomson Cruises – belonging to the TUI Group, has...