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.
Anesco, trade unions to meet on June 1 in effort to resolve port sector labour problems
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Trade unions of the stevedoring sector and leaders of the association of dockworkers association...
Bilbao port handles record-high number of cruise passengers for a single day
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Bilbao port has received three cruises in its facilities in Getxo on May 31, with a total of 8,700 tourists, the...
Motril port starts preparations for OPE 2017
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Motril port is preparing for Operación Paso del Estrecho 2017 (OPE 2017), an initiative for the facilitation of...
BP, Aegean, Cepsa to keep location of facilities at Las Palmas port after 2027
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to approve a plan for the encouragement of...
Tarragona port attends 25th edition of cereal industry meeting
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The president of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona), Josep Andreu, attended the 25th...
Valencia port hosts start-up meeting on SAURON project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Valencia port is hosting the start-up meeting of SAURON (Scalable Multidimensional Situation Awareness Solution...
Spain’s Boluda profit rises 35% in 2016
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Spanish shipping group Boluda Corporación Marítima closed fiscal 2016 with a significant improvement in its...
Valencia port to improve service for OPE 2017 passengers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has committed to improve the service for passengers at...
Spanish government to subsidise transport of cargo between Canaries, mainland Spain
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The agreement signed by the Spanish government with centre-left Canarian nationalist political party Nueva...
IDC to change attitude towards EC over labour conflict at Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Representatives of the International Dockworkers Council (IDC), led by General Coordinator Jordi Aragunde and...
Gijón aims to gain market share following Brexit
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Gijón port could become a logistics hub for cargo transport in western Europe, as operators are looking for...
Spanish logistics firm MPG opens office in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Spanish logistics company MPG Tránsitos S.A.U. is immersed in a development plan that will lead the company...
Cartagena port officially launches Alfonso XII dock expansion
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The expansion of the Alfonso XII dock, in Cartagena, permits the simultaneous docking of two large cruisers...
Tarragona port welcomes delegation of Ukraine’s USPA
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The president of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona), Josep Andreu, has received a...
Study results confirm poor functioning of BIP at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The president of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), Enrique López Veiga, informed the Board last...
Asturias government insists on relaunch of Gijón-Nantes Motorway of the Sea
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The Minister of Infrastructures of the Principality of Asturias, Belén Fernández, called on the president of...
Astilleros Gondán delivers first dual fuel tug built in Europe
Figueras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – After completing its sea trials program successfully, DUX, the first dual fuel tug ever built in Europe, was...
Spain’s Marinas del Mediterráneo acquires forklift for Puerto La Duquesa port
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish company Marinas del Mediterráneo, S.A., via its subsidiary Almarín – Equipos y Servicios...
Spain’s Nodosa Shipyard delivers two MARPOL vessels to Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish company Nodosa Shipyard, based in Marín, has delivered two marine pollution (MARPOL) vessels...
Valencia port to host two Mediterranean Corridor events
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Valencia will host two important forums on the Mediterranean Corridor at European levels in on May 30 and June...