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.
Valencia port to start talks with dockworkers by the end of next week
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to start talks on the Fifth Framework...
Barcelona port receives award during Seatrade Europe
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Barcelona port has been recognised by the International German Cruise Awards as part of the Seatrade...
Boskalis Nederland wins dredging contract at Cádiz port
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) has awarded a contract to company Boskalis...
Andalusia lobbies for construction of road between Seville port & ring road
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – Andalusia regional government president Susana Díaz has said that she asked the central government, led by...
Bilbao port prepares for autonomous vessels era
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, has announced that the...
Spain’s Paceco to deliver two RTGs to Lithuania’s Klaipeda port
Klaipeda, Lithuania (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Madrid-based, Spanish company Paceco España S.A. has recently signed a contract for the supply of...
Pasaia port cargo traffic declines 22.6% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Pasaia port handled a total of 1.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first seven months of 2017, down by...
MACS adds Charleston port to service from Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – MACS Maritime Carrier GmbH & Co, based in Hamburg (Germany), has added the US port of Charleston to...
21 Spanish ports to participate in Seatrade Europe
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – The 21 port authorities that are under the management of Spanish national agency Puertos del Estado,...
Algeciras port opens to traffic third lane of road to Marina Alcaidesa
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has opened to traffic the so-called...
Tenerife port handles its biggest container ship ever
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Tenerife port handled on September 5 and 6 the Maersk Guayaquil container ship, with a length of 337...
Valencia port interested in launch of logistics complex in Chiva municipality
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has expressed interest in the development of a...
NABU publishes its 7th cruise ship pollution rankings
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Even in the seventh edition of the cruise industry ranking, not a single cruise ship in Europe from...
Vigo port sees signs of recovery in July
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – After an adverse first half in terms of cargo traffic, marked by the announcements of the strike of dockers...
A Coruña port expects record-high cruise traffic in September
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – With the double call of the vessels “Silver Muse” and “Sea Cloud II”, on...
Vilagarcía port breaks monthly cargo traffic record in August
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Vilagarcía port has just surpassed in August its best historical monthly record of cargo traffic....
Sato Asturias pontoon arrives at Las Palmas port to perform overhaul works
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – The Sato Asturias pontoon arrived in the port of Las Palmas to manufacture the floating concrete...
Cádiz port participates in Seatrade Europe to attract river cruise traffic
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Cádiz port participates this week in the most important cruise event in Europe, the ‘Seatrade...
Castellón port to start drafting southern rail access project
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – Castellón port plans to begin the drafting of the construction project of the southern access by...
European Parliament to host conference on new technologies in maritime transport sector
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, will participate in a...