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.
A Coruña port cruise traffic rises 57% y/y in H1 2017
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – A Coruña port handled 74,762 cruise passengers in the first half of 2017, up 57% on the year. The port expects...
Marín to extend Border Inspection Post
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Marín port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín) plans to extend its Border Inspection Post (BIP) to...
The Alliance’s weekly maritime service in Barcelona attracts significant interest
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The weekly maritime service between Asia and the Mediterranean launched in April by The Alliance – MOL,...
Valencia port calls tender for construction of access to container terminal
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has tendered the construction of the new access to...
Spanish government approves spaces delimitation plan of Málaga port
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna signed a document on the Delimitation of Spaces and Port Uses...
Castellón port operates unloading of distillation tower of BP oil refinery
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The PortSur terminal of the port of Castellón has hosted a complicated operation of discharging a...
Valencia port develops smartphone app for terrestrial transport users
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has developed an application for mobile devices that...
Spain to build Valencia-Castellón line of Mediterranean Corridor with standard gauge track
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has said the government plans to build the stretch of the...
Spanish government to ensure dockworkers sector agreement is legal
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Íñigo de la Serna, has said that the government will ensure that the...
Reganosa to launch LNG bunkering project at Ferrol port in June 2018
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish regasification terminal Reganosa is investing €2 million ($2.3 million) in transforming Ferrol port in...
Barcelona port promotes dual education
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Barcelona port is carrying out a plan to promote the dual education in the port area with two main objectives:...
Integral Shipping, Consulmar join PortCastelló Foundation
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – The PortCastelló Foundation continues to gather the support of companies for the development of its activity...
Algeria’s CNAN Nord to increase frequency of service to Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Algerian shipping company CNAN Nord is considering a potential increase of the frequency of its regular...
Santander Coated Solutions applies for port works on concession
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Santander port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Santander) is progressing with a new concession requested...
Cádiz port to reduce cruise ship fees in 2018
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) plans to maintain in 2018 its rates and bonuses on the...
Motril port handles less passengers in first month of OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – A total of 10,890 passengers and 2,824 vehicles were handled at Motril port during the first month of Operación...
Ceuta-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines in Jan-May 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Passenger traffic across the Strait of Gibraltar between the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras has reached 645,000...
Las Palmas port confident of keeping position as bunkering hub in Atlantic region
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Las Palmas port is confident that it will keep its position as a bunkering hub in the Atlantic after the...
Bilbao port seeks to attract agrifood traffic from South America, Africa
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) and wholesale market operator Mercabilbao have met in...
Ceuta port cruise passenger traffic declines 87% y/y in Jan-May 2017
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) has closed the first five months of the year...