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.
Spain’s Acsa to install electrical outlets at Motril port
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Spanish company Acsa, Obras e Infraestructuras, S.A. has been awarded a contract for the installation of...
Marín port completes installation of anti-fire system at workshop
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) has recently completed the installation of its own...
Barcelona port breaks monthly cargo traffic record in July
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Barcelona port closed last July with a new record of traffic, reaching the figure of 5.6 million tonnes,...
Bilbao province firefighters to service port for four more years
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) and the provincial council of Biscay have renewed for...
Valencia port completes construction of road to new cruise terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has approved the completion of the works of the...
Tenerife port confirms tender for dredging at Arinaga basin
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife) confirmed the call of a tender for...
Galicia extends maximum port concession term to 50 years
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – The validity of the concessions of ports in Galicia region is expected to rise to 50 from 30 years under the law...
Barcelona port boosts short sea shipping lines traffic
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Barcelona port is offering more short sea shipping (SSS) lines with its main markets in Italy and North...
Cádiz port studies expansion into Andalusian passenger market
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Cádiz has become in the last years a tourist port par excellence. Especially, in the dock closest to...
Alicante cruise traffic starts to recover
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Cruise tourism continues to recover in Alicante, with 38,789 passengers arriving in the first six months of...
Murcia court dismisses appeal against port extension
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Spanish region of Murcia’s superior court has dismissed the appeal of environmentalist organisation...
Tenerife port authority sees cruise traffic to rise by 5% y/y in 2017
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife) expects cruise traffic to rise by 5% on...
Ibiza-Gandia line exceeds 15,000 passengers
Gandia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 15, 2017 – The first line of passenger and car transport between the port of Gandia and Ibiza has surpassed the 15,000...
Almería port boost passenger traffic during OPE
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Almería port handled 232,502 passengers as part of the Operación Paso del Estrecho (OPE) initiative in...
Avilés port cargo traffic rises 3.54% y/y in Jan-July 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Avilés port handled 2.8 million tonnes of cargo in the first seven months of 2017, up 3.54% on the year. The...
Mediterranean ports handle 64% of Spanish cruise traffic in H1 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Spanish ports have closed the first half of the year, recording the historic high in cruise traffic, with...
Barcelona, Cartagena ports to take part in Latin American Port Congress
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Barcelona and Cartagena ports will participate at the Latin American Port Congress to present the good...
Puertos Canarios to invest in improvement of Corralejo port mooring service
Fuerteventura, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Canary Island’s port operator Puertos Canarios plans to invest €435,783 ($513,221) in works to...
Alicante port complains against deadline for anti-pollution infrastructure installation
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Alicante port has filed a complaint with the Valencia regional Environment Council that it has until the...
Engel & Völkers Yachting ranking: the ten highest priced marinas in Europe
Engel & Völkers Yachting has published its ranking of the ten highest priced marinas in Europe: With a mooring fee of €3,025 per day, Ibiza Magna in...