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.
Spain’s Sertego applies for concession at Motril port
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Motril port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Motril) said Spanish company Sertego Servicios Medioambientales has...
Noatum Logistics to start operating new warehouse at Barcelona port logistics zone
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Noatum Logistics plans to start operating a new logistics platform in the Prat logistics zone area of...
Spanish minister confident in positive outcome of dockworkers, employers meeting
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has expressed his confidence that the meeting between dock...
Algeciras port extends Cadiz container terminal bidding deadline to October 31
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has extended until October 31 the deadline...
Spain’s Trasmediterránea presents summer season offer
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterránea organised an official presentation of its offer during the summer...
DP World starts offering Tarragona-Genoa regular line
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – DP World has started offering a regular shipping line between Spain’s Tarragona and Italy’s Genoa...
Cosco agrees to acquire 51% stake in Noatum Ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Chinese company Cosco Shipping Ports Limited has signed an agreement to acquire a 51% stake in the capital of...
Ivory Coast port authority shows interest in operating area at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – The Ivory Coast Port Authority has shown interest in operating an area in the free zone of Las Palmas port...
Basque Country, Castile and Leon regions lobby for shorter Madrid-Bilbao port route
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Basque and Castile and Leon regional government officials have called on the central government to initiate a...
Tenerife Ports Authority attends international Paris energy meeting
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – A delegation consisting of representatives from La Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Santa...
Stevedore strike affects Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – After last Monday’s strike in the Port of Barcelona, a new strike began on Wednesday. Only...
Spain’s port strike causes €36 million loss
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – The third day of this week’s port dockers’ strike is followed by almost all stevedores, as in the...
Spanish public works minister says companies to leave Spain due to dockworkers strike
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has called on trade unions to stop the strikes in the...
Spanish trade unions stage third strike on June 9
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish dock workers staged on June 9 their third strike against the reform in the port sector in the country,...
Málaga port delegation participates in Animal Feed industry congress
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – A delegation from Málaga port, led by port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga) president Paulino Plata,...
Maersk relocates container traffic to Tanger Med from Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has confirmed the decision of A.P. Moller–Maersk Group to move to Tanger Med...
AIDAperla visits Barcelona for passengers and LNG
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 11, 2017 – Arriving in Barcelona on June 7 on her inaugural introduction tour, the AIDAperla has launched its summer...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – April 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports April 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Santander port paralysed on June 9
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – The third day of scheduled stoppages organised by the stevedoring trade unions in all Spanish ports has again...
Castellón port handles armoured vehicles of Spanish army
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Castellón hosted on June 7 the operation of shipment of vehicles and diverse military equipment of the...