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.
Castellón port expects €157 million public investment in 2017-2021
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Castellón port expects to receive a public investment of €157 million ($187.6 million) in the...
Valencia port’s trade with Cuba grows
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Valencia port boosted its cargo traffic with Cuba in 2016. It amounted to 235,000 tonnes last year,...
Cádiz port cargo traffic stays flat y/y in Jan-July 2017
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Cádiz port handled 2.22 million tonnes of cargo in the first seven months of 2017, practically equal to...
Spain’s OHL starts container transhipment operations at Tenerife port
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Spanish company Obrascon Huarte Lain S.A. (OHL) has started container transhipment operations at...
Bilbao port okays Progeco concession amendment
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has given the green light to the modification of the...
Santander port to host annual meeting of Spanish shortsea shipping association
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Santander port will host the upcoming annual meeting of the Spanish association for the promotion...
A Coruña port cargo traffic rises in Jan-July 2017, beats monthly record
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – A Coruña port handled 8.4 million tonnes of cargo in the first seven months of 2017, up 7.67% on the...
Tenerife port expects 38,300 cruise passengers in September
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tenerife) expects the number of cruise passengers handled...
Castellón port to become third most profitable in Spain in 2017
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Castellón port is expected to become the third most profitable in Spain in 2017 after completing its...
Vigo port to present “Blue Growth” strategy to EU institutions
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) plans to present its “Blue Growth” strategy for...
Thomson Cruises to handle 92,000 passengers at Málaga port in 2018
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Thomson Cruises plans to handle 92,000 passengers at Málaga port aboard the “Thomson...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado to propose reduction of wharfage dues
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado will propose a reduction the wharfage dues by 10% in...
Puertos del Estado sets price of Delphi purchase at €3 million
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The purchase of land in the former Delphi factory in Puerto Real will have to be €3 million ($3.59...
Ceuta port cruise traffic declines 17% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) has closed the first seven months of the year with a 17%...
Azores, Canary Islands to enhance port, air transport synergies
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The Azores and Canaries Islands have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which,...
Baleària plans to stay and improve the ships in Melilla
Melilla, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Deputy Minister of Tourism, Javier Mateo that said that Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas...
Administration to support Seville port logistics development
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (Port Authority of Seville – APS), Manuel...
Cuban delegation visits Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Valenciaport has received a delegation from the Cuban port of Mariel, headed by Ricardo Concepción...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – July 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Santander port’s audit shows budget deficiencies of €1.1 million
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Santander port authority’s (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) audit has revealed deficiencies in...