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 redesign Sagunto dock
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) and Sagunto port have agreed today to begin the...
Puertos Canarios, Fred Olsen, Naviera Armas to reduce congestion at ports
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Canary Islands-based agency Puertos Canarios, shipping companies Fred Olsen and Naviera Armas S.A. are to put...
Tenerife port to handle 278 cruise ships in 2017
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Tenerife port plans to carry out this year a handling of 278 cruise ship calls and 574,326 cruisers, 14,400...
Bilbao port faces shortage of dockworkers
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Bilbao port is experiencing a situation that some operators call “catastrophic”. The lack...
Vigo port calls tender for expansion of car silo at Bouzas terminal
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has called a tender for the expansion of the silo of vertical...
Spain’s Tepsa to expand storage capacity at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Tepsa, a company specialising in the storage of liquid products, has submitted to Barcelona port authority...
Tarragona port cargo traffic rises 53.5% y/y in June
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Cargo traffic at Tarragona port rose by 53.53% on the year in June. The terminals of Tarragona reached 2.61...
Maersk increases fees for services in Mediterranean, Black Seas
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Maersk has announced the increase in the rates it charges for services linking the Indian subcontinent and...
Terminales Marítimos de Galicia aims to boost granite traffic at A Coruña port
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Spanish company Terminales Marítimos de Galicia has carried out this week a granite loading operation in A...
Cartagena port handles drilling vessel for first time
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Cartagena port handled the drilling vessel “Atwood Advantage”, consigned by...
Ford extends concession area at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – US carmaker Ford Motor Company will have 100,000 more square metres in the North Pier of Valencia port after...
Vigo port completes remodelling of administrative offices
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – With the objective of improving the user experience and facilitating its accessibility, the port authority...
Cartagena port keeps growing in cruise segment
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – Cartagena port continues to grow. During the first half of the year, it has added 50% more cruise tourists...
Málaga awards contract for dock section overhaul
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – Málaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) has awarded the project to overhaul the final section...
Huelva port takes advantage of South Pier overhaul
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – Huelva port will receive five vessels at the Concasa container terminal this week, adding four calls of OPDR...
Barcelona port eyes MoS to Tanger Med
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – The strategy followed in recent years by Barcelona port to promote the launching of short sea shipping...
Puertos del Estado to sell 51% stake in Portel capital
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado has launched a process to sell its 51% stake in the capital...
Tarragona port approves specifications for ship consignment services
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona) has approved the specification of particular...
A Coruña calls tender for Punta Langosteira dredging
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) has called a tender for the works of expansion...
Seville port system calls tender for delivery of automated access system
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has called a tender for the supply, installation and...