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.
APM Terminals Barcelona awarded €3.9 mln for electrification project
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 1, 2023 – APM Terminals Barcelona will carry out a pilot project for the electrification of the container handling...
Spanish ports – TEU handled Jan-Jun 2023 – ranking
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 28, 2023 – Puertos del Estado has published figures for container (TEU) by state-owned ports in the first six months of...
Spanish ports – cargo handled Jan-Jun 2023 – ranking
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – Total traffic of the ports that make up the state-owned system n the first half of 2023 reached 274 million...
Spanish ports handled 274 million cargo tonnes in the first half of 2023
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – Total traffic of the ports that make up the state-owned system n the first half of 2023 reached 274 million...
Port of Barcelona has published annual corporate report for 2022
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 27, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona has published its Annual Corporate Report for the financial year 2022 on its...
Port of Barcelona awards contract to refurbish headquarters
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – The Board of Directors of the Port of Barcelona will award the contract for the refurbishment of the...
Port of Barcelona sees first-half cargo traffic down -10.6%
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 26, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the Port of Barcelona handled 32.5 million tonnes of cargo, down -10.6% on the...
Port of Cádiz set to start phase II of the new container terminal
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 25, 2023 – The Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz is set to proceed with the construction of phase II of the new...
Bilbao port handled 16.6 million tonnes of cargo in H1’23
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 23 – Cargo traffic in the Spanish port of Bilbao in the first six months of the year increased by 3% compared with the same...
Construction of phase II of the New Container Terminal of the Port of Cádiz approved
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 19, 2023 – The government has approved approval the construction of phase II of the New Container Terminal of the Port...
Port of Valencia sees first half cargo down nearly 8%
València, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2023 – In the first half of 2023, the Port of Valencia reported a decrease of -7.96% in the volume of tons...
Port of Barcelona invests €3.6 mln in the 5G wireless network
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2023 – The Port of Barcelona has invested €3.6 million in the deployment of a 5G wireless network on its...
W.E.C. Lines opens rail link between Port of Bilbao and La Rioja
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 14, 2023 – W.E.C. Lines has opened a rail link between the Port of Bilbao and the Intermodal Logistics Centre in...
Government allocates €17.5 mln for Sagunto internal railway network
València, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – The Spanish Government allocates €17.5 million for the construction of the internal railway network of...
Ports of A Coruña and Aveiro discuss wind energy cooperation
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2023 – The Ports of A Coruña and Aveiro, Portugal, have held discussions about joint strategic development...
Export freights from the Port of València to the Far East fall by 33.07% in June
València, 7th July 2023 – The cost of sea transport continues to fall for the tenth consecutive month. Particularly noteworthy is the fall in export...
Ambassador of Peru in Spain visits Port of València
València, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2023 – The Peruvian ambassador to Spain, Walter Gutiérrez, has visited the Port of Valencia yesterday where he...
Valenciaport puts out to tender the electrical substation
València, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2023 – Valenciaport has issued a tender for the construction of the first of the two electrical substations...
Valencia Port tests technologies for detection of threats, terrorist attacks
València, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2023 – Physical, cyber or combined threat detection tools; tools for predicting possible consequences and...
Port of Barcelona promotes India opportunity
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2023 – Next Monday, 10 July, the Port of Barcelona will be holding the seminar “India: business...