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.
Gijón port boosts cruise traffic in last ten years
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – The cruise ship ‘Navigator of the Sea’ docked on August 23 at Gijón port with just over 3,000...
Málaga port to handle 200,000 cruise passengers in summer
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Málaga port expects to handle about 200,000 cruise passengers and 97 calls in the summer period, between...
Tarragona port’s cattle exports surge in second half of August
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Tarragona port has significantly increased the exports of live animals, especially lambs, to the...
China, USA are largest container traffic partners of Valencia port in H1 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – China and the USA were the main trading partners of Valencia port in the container traffic segment in...
Spain’s ACSA starts power supply project at Motril port
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – Spanish company ACSA has started a project for construction of needed infrastructure for the delivery of...
Spanish company R de Lorenzo applies for concession at Vilagarcía port
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Spanish company R de Lorenzo Cordelería SL has applied for a concession of 4,412 square metres at the O...
Vigo port trade unions committee snubs wholesale market privatisation proposal
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – The trade unions committee of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has rejected the proposal of the...
Agricultural entrepreneurs visit Tarragona port
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – A group of 25 agricultural entrepreneurs from the Maials area have visited Tarragona port, invited by...
Tenerife port to invest €3.2 million in environmental risk assessment
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife) has launched the period of public...
Naturschutzbund Deutschland measures cruise ship pollution in Palma
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2017 – The Naturschutzbund Deutschland (NABU), together with various Majorcan environmental protection...
Vilagarcía awards crane railway construction contract to Spain’s Comsa
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Vilagarcía port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía de Arousa) has signed a €359,461...
Maersk Line updates Mediterranean services with more calls in Spain
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – In view of the continuous evolution of commercial conditions, Maersk Line announced that, starting in...
Pasaia port to focus on traffic diversification
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Last year was a transition period for the port of Pasaia, where the effects of the latest restructuring...
Repsol voices worries about Punta Langosteira rail link
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Spanish oil giant Repsol has called on A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) to...
Vigo port president hails Maersk’s decision to rely on the harbour in links to Canada
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique Lopez Veiga, has praised the...
Ferrol port cargo traffic rises in Jan-July 2017
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The ports of Ferrol and San Cibrao handled a total of 7,594,143 tonnes in the first seven months of 2017,...
Maersk shifts strategy, remains in Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – When the definitive abandonment of Vigo port by Maersk was taken for granted, the Danish shipowner has...
Vigo port mulls over privatisation of wholesale market
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Vigo port’s wholesale market (lonja in Spanish) is deficient and the president of the port authority...
Andalusian ports join forces to launch regional cruise service
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – The Andalusian port authorities are working on the creation of a cruise line linking the main tourist...
Spanish ports to attend Seatrade Europe Hamburg Fair
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Around 30 companies, including port authorities and service and product providers, will unite at...