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.
A Coruña port welcomes MSC Cruises’ MSC Fantasia ship for first time
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – MSC Cruises’ managing director for Spain, Emiliano González, has said he considers A Coruña to...
Pasaia port’s cargo traffic keeps declining
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Pasaia port cargo traffic returned to negative figures at the end of August, with losses of 21.9% compared...
Chinese companies Anhui, Zhongzhi representatives visit Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – Representatives of Chinese companies Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group and Zhongzhi New Energy Vehicle have...
Spanish government to introduce environmental sustainability criteria in ports law
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Spain’s government plans to start working on the amendment of the Ports Law in the country in...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado president says port mergers are not needed
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Spain does not need any mergers of port authorities as the current management structure allows the...
Valencia port books record-high container traffic in August
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Valencia port recorded the best month of August ever in terms of container traffic. The harbour’s...
Balearic ports cargo traffic rises 7% y/y in H1 2017
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Balearic Islands ports handled 6.2 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2017, up 7% on...
Balearic port authority launches probe into Solvalgaray
Savina, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) has launched a probe into Spanish company...
Spain’s Boluda to appoint former Valencia president as adviser
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima plans to appoint the former president of Valencia port...
Cádiz port cargo traffic rises 5.76% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Cádiz port handled 2.634 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 5.76% on the year....
Castellón port calls tender for construction of liquid bulk dock
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has called a tender for the...
Algeciras port to host Cool Logistics Global conference’s ninth edition
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Algeciras port plans to host on September 25, 26 and 27 the ninth conference Cool Logistics Global,...
Ceuta port to install monitoring system of Navantia Sistemas
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) has signed a €920,000 ($1.1 million) agreement with...
Huelva port aspires to open new lines to northern Spain
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – The Association for the Commercial Promotion of the port of Huelva, HuelvaPort, has organised a commercial...
Castellón port’s cargo traffic rises in Jan-Aug 2017, backed by containers
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Castellón port has said its cargo traffic in the first eight months of 2017 rose by 10.1% on the year...
Castellón port handles its biggest shipment of clay ever
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Castellón port handled the biggest clay shipment in its history on September 19. The Kang Shun vessel...
Procter & Gamble I-Trade CEO Academy analyses container traceability at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Procter & Gamble I-Trade CEO Academy has started an analysis into the traceability of exports of...
Valencia, Tianjin ports to facilitate trade relations between both hinterlands
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Valencia port and the Chinese harbour of Tianjin have set the basis for the signing of an agreement to...
Huelva port strengthens relations with Morocco’s Casablanca harbour
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has participated in a commercial mission to...
Avilés port cargo traffic rises 2.56% y/y in Jan-Aug 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Avilés port handled a total of 3.12 million tonnes of cargo in the first eight months of 2017, up 2.65%...