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.
Air pollution sensors installed in Palma de Mallorca port
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – The Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) and the University of the...
Tarragona port exports one million heads of cattle in five years
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – Tarragona port has reached one million head of cattle of export since this traffic began five years ago. In...
LNG has huge potential as marine fuel in the Iberian Peninsula
Oslo, Norway (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – With the global fuel sulphur limit of 0.5% entering into force in 2020, the interest towards LNG as a marine...
Vigo port promoted as benchmark for EU’s Blue Growth strategy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Representatives of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) travelled to Brussels to promote the harbour...
Germany’s Jungheinrich extends facilities in Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Germany’s Jungheinrich AG, one of the leading international companies in the material handling equipment,...
Vigo port complains of EC bureaucracy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Vigo was the first port in Europe to join the blue growth strategy launched by the European Commission (EC), a...
Santander port says works at Raos dock are not officially stopped
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) has assured that the works of the new Raos dock...
Guadalquivir river near Seville port covered by oil spill
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – The basin of the Guadalquivir river has been covered for two days by an oil spill from the Triana bridge to the...
HuelvaPort reveals positive balance for its first year of activity
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – The association for the commercial promotion of Huelva port, named HuelvaPort, has revealed a positive balance of...
A Coruña port president supports debt reduction
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – The president of A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña), Enrique Losada, has declared...
Bilbao port to be able to sell Olabarri building
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Bilbao City Council has begun the process to change the status of the Olabarri mansion so that its current owner,...
Government inspects Alicante port’s measures to facilitate OPE 2017
Alicante, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – The government delegate of the region of Valencia, Juan Carlos Moragues, visited the area in the port of...
Sines port to have railway link to Madrid long before Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Sines port is one of the main beneficiaries of the isolation of the port of Algeciras from Madrid due to lack...
A Coruña port holds meetings with ambassadors from Asia-Pacific region countries
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – A Coruña port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña) received ten ambassadors from countries in the...
Pasaia port cargo traffic slumps in H1 2017
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Pasaia port cargo traffic came in at 1.38 million tonnes in the first half of 2017 and if the trend is...
Bergé, ArcelorMittal request €67.8 million compensation from Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Spanish automotive company Bergé and Luxembourg-based steel giant ArcelorMittal are requesting a €67.8...
Cilsa acquires warehouses at Barcelona port’s logistics zone
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Cilsa, the company that manages the logistics zone of the port of Barcelona, has reached an agreement with...
GPF Capital invests in Grupo Vicarli
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – GPF Capital, an independent private equity vehicle created with the aim of investing in small and medium-sized...
Baleària presents LNG commitment to IMO
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. presented last week its commitment to liquefied...
Tenerife port trade unions accuse harbour president of pressuring workers
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – The trade unions committee of Tenerife port have accused the president of the harbour, José Rafal Díaz of...