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.
Parliament of Catalonia passes Climate Change Bill
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – The parliament of Catalonia has passed a “Climate Change Bill”, a law to strengthen the...
Barcelona port to attend Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 conference
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 will take place November 14-15, 2017, in Southampton, UK,...
Spain’s Boluda Lines to launch regular line linking Cape Verde to Spain in October
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Spanish company Boluda Lines, the international freight transport subsidiary of Boluda Corporación...
Cartagena port prepares for intensive cruise traffic in October
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Cartagena port prepares for a very intensive month of October in terms of cruise traffic. Autumn is the...
Basque Country insists on receiving ownership of Bilbao, Pasaia ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The government of the Basque Country plans to keep requesting the transfer of the ownership of Bilbao and...
Huelva port, Renfe Mercancías sign cooperation deal
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has signed a cooperation agreement with Spanish...
MedCruise promotes Valencia port as cruise destination
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – MedCruise, the association of Mediterranean cruise ports, has launched a campaign to promote Valencia...
Barcelona port with tenth largest container growth in Europe
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Barcelona port was the harbour with the largest growth in container traffic in Europe in the first eight...
Huelva port awards dredging contract to Denmark’s Rohde Nielsen
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Huelva port authority has awarded a €340,760 ($405,921) contract to the Spanish subsidiary of Danish...
Marín port boosts profit to €2.5 million in 2016
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Marín port said it had boosted its profit to €2.5 million ($2.98 million) in 2016 on the back of a...
Puertos del Estado says Seville port does not need 16 metres draft
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president Jose Llorca has said that Seville port...
Puertos del Estado president says docking labour contract should meet rules
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president Jose Llorca Ortega has warned trade...
Spain’s JSV Logistic incorporates Málaga port in its sea freight routes
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish company JSV Logistic has incorporated Málaga port in its sea freight routes to the Canary...
Valencia port to introduce rail traffic management platform on Sep 30
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to launch the rail service digital...
Sagunto port’s traffic of new cars rises 31.5% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Sagunto port handled a total of 144,489 new cars in the first seven months of 2017, up 31.5% on the year,...
Maersk explores options to reduce ship congestion at Algeciras, Tanger Med ports
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Danish shipping giant Maersk is exploring options for the minimisation of the congestion of ships at the...
Spain’s Coordinadora completes project cargo operation at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Spanish company Coordinadora Internacional de Cargas, a member of the Project Cargo Network alliance, has...
Basque government not to privatise ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – The Basque Government has no plans to privatise the ports under its management, an official of the...
Spanish govt speeds project for construction of southern road access to Gandía port
Gandía, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works has accelerated the project for the construction of a southern road...
Gijón port’s profit soars in H1 2017
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Gijón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Gijón) recorded a profit of €4.76 million ($5.66...