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.
Noatum Maritime acquires terminals from Noatum Ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Noatum Maritime has acquired a portfolio of multi-purpose, Ro-Ro and bulk terminals from Noatum Ports....
Cosco appoints new Noatum management team
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2017 – Following the acquisition of Noatum Ports by China’s Cosco Shipping Ports, the Chinese company has...
Algeciras port to invest €56 million in 2018
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has approved a draft business plan for...
Santander Coated Solutions to resume expansion of factory at port in March 2018
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Spanish company Santander Coated Solutions SL plans to start the second phase of the development of its...
Tarragona port cargo traffic rises 14.5% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – Tarragona port handled a total of 25.42 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2017, a figure...
Málaga port studies cruise cooperation deal with Tangier, Tenerife
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – The president of Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga), Paulino Plata, has said that the...
Tokyo port delegation visits Barcelona harbour
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 31, 2017 – A delegation of the port of Tokyo, headed by its general director, Makoto Saito, visited the port of...
Reganosa plans to be marine LNG supplier in Ferrol port region
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – The Spanish energy company Regasificadora del Noroeste S.A. (Reganosa) plans to supply says LNG as a...
Sojitz Corp purchases Mugardos LNG terminal near Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2107 – Japan’s Sojitz Corporation has acquired full ownership of First State Regasificadora S.L.U. (FSR),...
Barcelona port’s Adossat dock tender attracts criticism
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Barcelona port decided last week to tender the extension of the Adossat dock in the eastern part of...
Traffic with Asia boosts Barcelona port’s throughput
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Barcelona port has experienced growth in recent months that places it in a good position both in...
Iraqi government officials visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Valencia port meets the conditions and potentials sought by private companies and the government of Iraq...
Málaga port to handle 20,000 passengers this week
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Málaga port expects to receive the visit of nearly 20,000 passengers aboard 16 cruise ships, mostly...
Vigo port cargo traffic edges up 0.34% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2017 – Vigo port traffic rose by 0.34% on the year in the first nine months of 2017, the president of the port...
Event – 5th MED Ports 2017 Exhibition and Conference in Barcelona, October 25-27, 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – To provide a networking opportunity between foreign and local investment in the Mediterranean...
Málaga port set to receive 16 cruise ships in seven days
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) October 29, 2017 – From October 30-November 5, the port in Málaga, a port city on southern Spain’s Costa del Sol, will...
Balearic Islands port authority to launch pilot electric communication project
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) October 26, 2017 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) plans to promote in 2018 a pilot...
Vigo port complains to EC about collective labour agreement of dockworkers
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) president Enrique López Veiga filed a complaint with the...
Santander port cargo traffic rises 14.6% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – Santander port’s cargo traffic rose 14.6% on the year in the first nine months of 2017 to 4.1 million...
Spain’s Adif says funding for Zaragoza-Valencia railway project guaranteed
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2017 – The president of Spanish state-run railway infrastructure company Administrador de Infraestructuras...