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.
AML to launch regular daily line linking Almería port to Morocco’s Nador
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Shipping company Africa Morocco Link (AML) plans to launch a regular daily passenger and ro-ro line...
Barcelona port starts project for design of natural gas-fired tugboat
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Barcelona port has launched a project for the operation of a natural gas-fired tugboat, included in its...
Huelva-Zafira rail line’s traffic exceeds expectations
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Huelva port promotion association HuelvaPort has said the cargo traffic of the railway line connecting the...
Hamburg Süd launches regular line connecting Mediterranean, Northern Europe, South America
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – German shipping company Hamburg Süd Group (Hamburg Süd-Gruppe) has presented a weekly service that links...
Spain’s Sibelco expands concession at Castellón port
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Spanish logistics services company Sibelco Minerales Cerámicos S.A. has extended its concession at the...
MSC holds meeting with customers in Vigo
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Swiss-based Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has gathered a hundred professionals, among customers and...
Boluda Lines to advertise Cape Verde line at Conxemar exhibition
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – The commitment of Boluda Lines (Boluda Corporación Marítima) to the international frozen seafood products...
Málaga port to sell 20% stake in Cruceros Málaga
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Málaga port returns to the market by trying to sell a 20% stake in the capital of cruise company...
Cruise ships change routes to avoid calls in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Demonstrations and riots in Barcelona have had a side effect in Valencia. Two cruise ships, Mein Schiff 3...
Canary Islands government promotes ports at ICHCA conference
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – The Director-General of Economic Affairs with Africa of the Government of the Canary Islands, Pablo...
Seville port Free Zone starts operating
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – The Free Zone of Seville port went into operation on October 2 with the launch of the command post of the...
Barcelona port closed on October 3
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Barcelona port remained practically closed on October 3, with no trucks moving and the doors of its...
Vigo port traffic rises in August
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) is moderately optimistic about the growth of port traffic,...
Andalusia government names president of Huelva port authority
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – The government of the Spanish region of Andalusia has appointed José Luis Ramos Rodríguez as president of...
Valencia port starts handling PSA cars shipped by train
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Today, Valencia port has received the first train loaded with cars from the Figueruelas factory of PSA...
Bilbao port awards €2.74 million ro-ro ramp construction contract to Astilleros Zamakona
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has awarded a €2.74 million ($3.22 million) contract...
Spain’s Ardentia Marine starts removal of sunken ship at Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Spanish company Ardentia Marine S.R.L. has started the removal of the vessel ‘Panagia Parou’,...
WEC Lines starts operating regular calls at Huelva port
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – WEC Lines has started operating a regular call at Huelva port together with the ports of Leixoes, Vigo,...
Cádiz port awards road construction contract to Acciona
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 1, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bahía de Cádiz) has awarded the company Acciona Construcción...
Dockworkers block Catalan ports on October 3
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Catalan stevedores have agreed this afternoon to join the general strike called on October 3 in Catalonia....