Spain
Spain (EspaƱa) 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 ValĆØncia. 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.
Grimaldi starts operating line connecting Sagunto port toĀ USA
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 ā The car carrier “GrandeĀ Baltimora”, with a capacityĀ to transport up to 6,700 Car Equivalent...
Barcelona port presented schedule of planned trade fairs
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 ā Barcelona port has presented the schedule of trade fairs in which it plans to participate. The event was...
Boluda acquires Tenerife container terminal operator Capsa
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 ā Spanish company Boluda CorporaciĆ³n MarĆtima has acquired CompaƱĆa Auxiliar del Puerto (Capsa), an...
Cadiz economic mission visits Morocco
Casablanca, Morocco (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – About twenty companies and institutions from the province of Cadiz (southern Spain) are visiting...
Kukla EspaƱa launches wine export service from Spain
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Kukla EspaƱa, the Spanish subsidiary of German multimodal logistic operator Robert Kukla GmbH, has taken...
Spanish ports cruise traffic rises 0.5% in Jan-Aug 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – The influx of cruise passengers to Spanish ports in the first eight months of the year remained at...
Ferrol port cargo traffic rises 12.3% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Ferrol port handled a total of 10.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first nine months of 2017, up 12.27%...
Spain’sĀ LacisaĀ expands facility at Barcelona portĀ
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Spanish companyĀ Lavadero de Cisternas, SA (Lacisa) opened on October 6 the extension of its...
Gas Natural Fenosa to relocate head office from Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Last Friday, Gas Natural Fenosa announced that is to move its registered office from Barcelona to...
MarĆn port to double container capacity inĀ short term
MarĆn, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 āĀ MarĆn port plans to double its maximum container ship handling capacity to 4,000 TEUs from 2,000 TEUs in a...
JSV Logistic’s shortsea route offers new opportunities toĀ ŠĆ”laga port
ŠĆ”laga, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 ā JSV Logistic S.L. has been operating the Short Sea Shipping line that links ŠĆ”laga port with the Canary...
Tenerife expects record-high cruise traffic in 2018
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 ā Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tenerife) expects to break records in cruise traffic during...
Bilbao port tenders dock construction project
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 ā Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has called a tender for the design of a dock at the...
Puertos del Estado president shares Spanish cruise sector experience in Latin America
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 ā The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado,Ā JosĆ© Llorca,Ā has recently given a...
Barcelona port expects 119 cruise ships by Nov 5
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 ā A total of 119 cruise ships are scheduled to call at Barcelona port in the period between October 6 and...
Bags & Go relies on Barcelona cruise port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 ā Spanish company Bags & Go is relying on the largest cruise port in Europe, that of Barcelona, to boost...
Finland’s Containerships launches line linking Barcelona port to Algeria, Turkey
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 ā Finnish shipping group Containerships has launched a regular service connecting Barcelona port with Algeria...
Valencia port needs good links with Bilbao, Cantabrian coast
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 ā Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio MartĆnezĀ said that the port...
Spain’s Paceco to construct crane for Sines port container terminal operatorĀ
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 ā PSA Sines-Terminais de Contentores S.A., the container terminal operator of Sines port, has ordered the...
CastellĆ³n port is ready to cope with future cargo traffic increase
CastellĆ³n, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 ā CastellĆ³n port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de CastellĆ³n) said the harbour is ready to cope with the...