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.
Saga Holidays’ “Saga Pearl II” cruise ship to arrive in Castellón port on June 24
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The “Saga Pearl II” cruise ship of UK company Saga Holidays will call again at Castellón port...
Galicia region continues air quality monitoring project at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The Department of Environment and Spatial Planning of Galicia regional government has started the second phase of...
Trasmediterránea introduces new ship into Barcelona-Mahón line
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Compañía Trasmediterránea, S.A. has incorporated its “Juan J. Sister”...
Melilla port to invest €500,000 in fence construction to stop illegal immigrants
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The port of Melilla will invest more than €500,000 ($557,612) in the construction of a four-metre high fence,...
Spain’s Ership abandons Anesco
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The president of Spanish shipping company Grupo Ership S.A., Juan Alvargonzález Figaredo, said the firm has...
Spain’s Gesport seeks solution to operate at Las Palmas port as of July
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Gesport Terminal Marítima (GTM), the first authorised terminal operator in Spain after the liberalisation...
Spanish trade unions cancel strikes on June 23, 26
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish trade unions have cancelled the strikes called for June 23 and 26, as a sign of goodwill and to give...
Suardíaz strikes deal with dockworkers, avoids strikes at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish company Suardíaz, which operates the Vigo Motorway of the Sea, has reached an agreement with the workers...
Drewry expects ONE to become fifth largest container company globally in 2021
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – UK consultancy Drewry Shipping foresees a new wave of mergers and acquisitions in the container shipping...
CORE LNGas hive project holds Barcelona LNG conference
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The first CORE LNGas hive project conference for the promotion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel in...
IDC calls for Europe-wide strikes on June 29
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a Europe-wide port stoppage in support of the...
CETM rejects employers’ proposal, companies sign separate contracts with trade union
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish trade union of dockworkers Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar (CETM) rejected on June 20 the...
Spain’s Sermaco participates in Mediterranean Corridor construction
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish company Sermaco SLI Servicios Marítimos participates in the works of the Mediterranean Corridor in...
Three companies leave Anesco association
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – At least three companies in the stowage sector that reject the bilateral agreements signed with the...
Most Spanish dockworkers do not join strike on June 21
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Many stevedores have decided not to join the strike called for today in most of the Spanish ports. As trade...
Spain’s Concasa Huelva signs agreement with stevedoring trade unions
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring company Concasa Huelva SL and trade unions signed an agreement which guarantees that the...
Spain’s OPCSA signs separate agreement with trade unions
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The stevedoring operator at Canary Islands ports, Operaciones Portuarias Canarias, SA (OPCSA) has joined the...
Valencia regional employers association confident of labour agreement at local port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Valencia regional employers association Confederación Empresarial Valenciana (CEV) has expressed confidence...
Only 27.8% of dockworkers participate in strike on Spanish ports on June 21
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The participation of dockworkers in the strike of stevedores on June 21 has fallen to 27.8% from 97-%100% in...
Steel traffic compensates natural gas decline at Sagunto port in Jan-May 2017
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The strategy of diversification of traffic at the port of Sagunto, undertaken years ago by Valencia port...