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.
APM Terminals closes Barcelona terminal to protect from cyber attack
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – APM Terminals has been forced to close its Barcelona port terminal due to a massive computer attack carried...
Ceuta government to hire staff to assist cruise passengers
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The government of the autonomous city of Ceuta announced the hiring of a personnel service that will be in charge...
Motril port okays concession at Azucenas dock
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – Motril port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Motril) has given the green light to a concession at Azucenas dock...
Entrepreneur withdraws from project for reconstruction of Gijón port building
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – Spanish entrepreneur Nacho Santiago Pereiras said he has withdrawn from the project for transforming the old...
Las Palmas port activates oil spill alert
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) activated an alert on June 24 when it was...
Barcelona port awards cruise terminal urbanisation contract
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – Barcelona port has awarded a contract for the urbanisation of the areas adjacent to the new Terminal E to a...
European dock workers set to strike June 29
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a Europe-wide port stoppage in support of the...
Castellón port joins animal protection initiative
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Castellon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) became the first Spanish harbour to join the...
Tarragona port to host conference on Mediterranean Corridor
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Tarragona port will host a meeting to analyse the connections of the harbour to the Mediterranean Corridor on...
W.E.C. Lines names director of offices in Valencia, Madrid
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Dutch-based shipping company W.E.C. Lines has named David Mas director of the offices of its Spanish unit in...
Santander port to provide land for urban area overhaul project
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – The local government of Santander approved a cooperation agreement with Santander port authority (Autoridad...
Cádiz port board approves acquisition of land plot in Puerto Real municipality
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Cádiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cádiz) board of directors has given the green light to the...
Vigo port hosts International Green Energy Ports conference
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) hosted the inauguration of the third edition of the International...
Motril port starts OPE with passenger traffic decline
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Motril port has started Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017 (OPE 2017), an initiative for the facilitation of the...
Spanish stevedores cancel strikes on June 29
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Spanish stevedores have just issued a statement announcing that they will hold a meeting with union Asociación...
A Coruña port calls on government to finance railway line to outer harbour
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – The mayor of A Coruña, Xulio Ferreiro, today asked the central government to donate the necessary...
New vessel incorporated into Huelva-Canary Islands line
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Huelva port has a new container ship with greater capacity for the Huelva-Canary Islands line, the...
Vigo’s Barreras wins Ritz-Carlton luxury yacht contract
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Astillero Hijos de J. Barreras (HJB) has announced that it will construct a luxury cruise yacht for The...
Tradebe Puerto de Bilbao joins Uniport association
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Tradebe Puerto de Bilbao (Linersa) has joined Uniport, the association which supports the promotion and...
Barcelona residents concerned about ever increased tourism
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Residents of Barcelona are opposing local tourism development, with one of the issues being cruise ships....