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.
Barcelona port profit rises 15% y/y in H1 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Barcelona port booked a net profit of €22.1 million ($25.7 million) in the first six months of the year,...
MSC to launch five intercontinental lines from Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) will open five new intercontinental sea routes from Barcelona port...
Barcelona port to commission brand valuation study
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – The port of Barcelona plans to commission a new brand valuation study. The project will be carried out...
Bilbao port calls tender for construction of ro-ro ramp
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has announced a tender for the construction and...
Castellón port already applies reduced fees
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has started applying the fees that came into...
Oryx to operate normally at Las Palmas port by end-September
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Swiss multinational company Oryx Energies, which operates in Las Palmas port as fuel supplier, will be...
Barcelona port calls on community to adhere to Sectorial Sustainability Plan
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Barcelona port has called on the port community to adhere to the Sectorial Sustainability Plan. This...
Asturiana de Zinc to start building warehouse in Gijón port by end-2017
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 –Before the end of the year Spanish miner Asturiana de Zinc S.A. plans to start construction of its second...
Avilés port cargo traffic slightly declines in H1 2017
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Avilés port closed the first half of 2017 with a traffic increase of 1% in relation to the same period of the...
Two consortia bid for bridge reconstruction at Seville port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) closed on July 18 the public competition for the...
Strikes have limited effect on Santander port’s car traffic
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – The seven days of strikes that took place in June in the port of Santander during the conflict of stevedores...
Maderas Villapol, Global Timber Trading carry out largest pine loading in Spain
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Spanish companies Maderas Villapol S.A. and Global Timber Trading S.L. have carried out the largest bulk loading...
Ferrol port profit rises 53% y/y in H1 2017
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Ferrol port booked €4.29 million ($4.95 million) of profit last year, 53.2% more than in 2015. It is the first...
Valencia port to adapt container terminals to large vessels
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to adapt its three container terminals so that...
Palma Paseo Marítimo redevelopment will cost €8 million
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – A plan to develop Palma’s Paseo Marítimo is estimated to cost €8 million ($9.23 million)....
Event – 5th MED Ports 2017 – Barcelona, October 25-27
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2017 – The 5th MED Ports 2017 Exhibition and Conference will be hosted by Port de Barcelona on October 25-27. The...
Avilés port signs contract for implementation of info platform
Avilés, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Avilés port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Avilés) has signed a contract with Emetel Sistemas S.L. for the...
Peninsula Petroleum Commences Physical Supply In Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Peninsula Petroleum Ltd has announced that it has commenced physical supply operations in the port of...
APM Terminals starts transfer of Malaccamax cranes to Levante dock
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2017 – Spanish company APM Terminals Valencia began on July 15 the transfer of its Malaccamax cranes to the dock of...
Barcelona port gets proposals for trade mission in 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – The destinations of Vietnam, South Africa, Japan and South Korea, in this order, are the countries proposed...