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.
400 kg of cocaine hidden in two containers seized in port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 26, 2024 – Customs Surveillance Officers of the Tax Agency, and agents of the National Police, have seized 358...
Port of Barcelona sees total traffic up 11% in Jan-Oct 2024
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona recorded over 59 million tonnes of total traffic during the first ten months of...
Port of Valencia returns to normal operating hours
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The Port of Valencia has returned to its normal operating hours. Valenciaport has resumed its normal...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Oct 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container (TEU) numbers for Spanish ports in January-October 2024. TEUs...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Oct 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – Between January and October 2024, Spanish general interest ports handled a total of 468.399.486 tons, an...
Spanish port cargo up 3% in Jan-Oct 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – In January-October 2024, general interest ports handled a total of 468,399,486 tons of cargo, up 3%...
Grimaldi ferry terminal in Barcelona port adopts cold ironing
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2024 – The first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) system for the Grimaldi ferry terminal on the Sant Bertran quay,...
Port of Seville inaugurates the new Aldeport terminal
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) November 22, 2024 – The president of the Port Authority of Seville (APS), Rafael Carmona; the Minister of the Presidency,...
Port of Valencia maintains extra hours
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – The Port of Valencia will continue to open the three container terminals (MSC, APM and CSP Iberian...
Marin port plans environmental report for commercial port extension
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) November 21, 2024 – The Port Authority has hired a consultant to analyse the environmental impact of the proposed...
Cocaine seized in Port of Vigo, Galicia
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) November 20, 2024 – On Tuesday, the Customs Surveillance Service (SVA) and the Civil Guard discovered suspicious packages on...
Port of Algeciras cargo stays constant in Jan-Oct 2024
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) November 20, 2024 – The port of Algeciras handled a similar level to last year in terms of cargo traffic at the end of...
Port of Valencia handles fewer cars
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) November 20, 2024 – In October 2024, the Port of Valencia (APV) handled the loading and unloading of 50,465 vehicles, down...
Cantabria plans to spend 8.79 mln euros on dredging
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – Cantabria, an autonomous region on Spain’s north coast, plans to tender a project for 8.79 million...
Port of Pasaia considers options for cold ironing
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – The Basque port of Pasaia is looking at three options for the first phase of the introduction of onshore...
Cobasa granted concession in Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) November 19, 2024 – The board of directors of the Port Authority of Santander has granted Consignatarios de Barcos de...
1.2 tonnes of cocaine seized in Spain’s Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) November 16, 2024 – Over 1,160 kg of cocaine hidden inside a shipping container that arrived at Spain’s port...
Four tonnes of cocaine seized off the Canary Islands
Puerto Naos, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) November 16, 2024 – Four tonnes of cocaine were seized on November 12 by Spanish authorities from a...
Port of Seville with ESPO Award for circular economy
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) November 15, 2024 – Spain’s Port of Seville received in Brussels the ESPO Award 2024 for its contributions to the...
Senior policeman arrested, linked to Algeciras cocaine seizure
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 14, 2024 – The authorities have arrested Oscar Sánchez Gil, until recently the head of the fraud and anti-money...