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.
New K Line LNG-powered ship visits Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Shipping company K Line has included Barcelona in the inaugural voyage of its new vehicle carrier...
Balearic Islands Port Authority installs hydrogen fuel cell in Palma
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – The Balearic Islands Port Authority (APB) has begun work on the installation of a green hydrogen...
Cruise ship visits to Spanish ports up in Jan-Sep 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – The state ports of the archipelago, with Palma as the docking point for the vast majority, have handled...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Sep 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container (TEUnumbers for Spanish ports in January-September 2024....
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Sep 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Between January and September 2024, Spanish general interest ports handled a total of 422,109,603 tons,...
Spanish ports see cargo traffic up 3.1% Jan-Sep 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Between January and September 2024, Spanish general interest ports handled a total of 422,109,603 tons,...
Puerto del Rosario to have new commercial dock
Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands (Ports Europe) October 23, 2024 – The Council of Ministers has approved a tender for a new commercial...
TotalEnergies will supply renewable energy to the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 22, 2024 – TotalEnergies has signed a contract with the Port of Barcelona to supply 23 GWh of renewable...
September cargo traffic shows that exports in Valenciaport are on the path of growth
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 22, 2024 – Traffic data from the Port Authority’s cargo report for September indicates that Spanish exports...
Griñó Ecològic applies to Tarragona port concession for waste
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Griñó Ecològic has applied for a 2,500-m2 concession in the Cantabria dock, inside the port of...
Trafigura acquires 50% of Meroil Tank in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Singapore-based Trafigura, a global commodities trader, has acquired 50% of Meroil Tank SL in the Port...
Port of Alicante installs the first G-One megabattery
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – The president of the Port Authority of Alicante, Luis Rodríguez, has inaugurated its first G-One, a...
Port of Bilbao awards technical cold ironing contract
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – As part of its Energy Transition Plan, the Bilbao Port Authority has launched the BilbOPS initiative,...
Port of Cadiz approves concession for fish farm
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 17, 2024 – The board of directors has granted a 50-year concession for a period of 50 years to Andalucía...
Port of Gijon plans cold ironing for container ships
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – EALINGWorks Gijonport, presented by the Port Authority of Gijón, has received a grant of 2,610,000 euros...
Possible precursors for chemical weapons, nerve agents seized in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – Spanish police arrested four people suspected of organising a sanctions-busting network after customs...
Cadiz’s Port of Rota starts dredging work
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – The Consejería de Fomento, Articulación del Territorio y Vivienda, through the Agencia Pública de...
Cadiz Port Authority receives a delegcadiz port ation of South American exporters
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – Last week, the Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz (APBC) welcomed a delegation of South American...
TMGA awarded concession in Port of Ferrol
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) October 14, 2024 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Ferrol-San Cibrao has approved the granting of the first...
Port of Barcelona signs Hamburg Declaration to promote green maritime corridors
The Port of Barcelona has signed the Hamburg Declaration for the decarbonisation of global maritime transport – October 8, 2024 The document involves...