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.
Marín port presents offer at Fruit Attraction fair
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) presents itself at the Fruit Attraction fair as the...
Noatum Ports sells 45% stake in OPCSA to MSC subsidiary
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2017 – Spanish company Noatum Ports announced the sale of its 45% stake in the capital of Operaciones Portuarias...
Algeciras port delays deadline for Isla Verde Exterior offers
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras) has postponed the deadline for the...
Raminatrans starts warehousing projects in four Spanish ports
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Spanish company Raminatrans S.L. is carrying out an ambitious project that includes the construction of...
A Coruña port forecasts 2.5 million tonnes of cargo traffic in 2017
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – A Coruña (El Puerto de A Coruña) has revalidated its upward trend in cargo traffic, with...
Portsur Castellón carries out largest clay unloading operation at the harbour
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Spanish port terminal operator Portsur Castellón S.A. has started unloading a ship that carries 54,700...
Santander port forecasts record-high car traffic in 2017
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Santander port (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) enters in the fourth quarter of the year with positive...
Las Palmas port president discusses tourism cooperation with Ivory Coast
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – The president of Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas), Luis Ibarra, accompanied...
Sagunto port penalised by lack of railway access
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Sagunto port is affected by the absence of rail access. In the event that a penalty is not included for this...
Valencia port’s passenger traffic reaches “historical record” in September
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Valencia port’s passenger traffic reached “an historical record” in year-on-year terms in...
Avilés port okays tender for railway signalisation works
Avilés, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Avilés port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has approved a tender for works on the railway...
Almería port prepares for end of cruise season
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – Almería port will see next week the arrival of six cruises in four days, which will mean the landing of...
Event: Fruit Attraction – October 18-20, 2017, Madrid
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – The Fruit Attraction trade fair, organised by IFEMA and FEPEX, will take place from October 18-20, 2017,...
Las Palmas port introduces energy supply to reduce noise and pollution
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2017 – “In six months the city will be free of the noises of the port”, says the...
Las Palmas port to name Boluda Group representatives on its board
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to incorporate into its board of...
Bilbao cruise terminal used to promote port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2017 – On Sunday October 22, the Port of Bilbao Terminal at Getxo will become a free amusement park where...
PJ Carrasco’s president calls for dredging of Vilagarcía port’s access channel
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Spanish ship agent company PJ Carrasco S.L.’s president Julio Carrasco has said Vilagarcía...
Cádiz port authority to take part in Fruit Attraction together with Gades-Port
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) and the association for the promotion of the...
Spanish government tenders contract for construction of link to Castellón port
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Spain’s Ministry of Public Works has tendered the service contract for the drafting and...
Algeciras port dockworkers’ company names president
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – The dockworkers’ company of Algeciras port has appointed Javier Sáez González as president....