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.
Spanish trade union CETM ratifies preliminary agreement to start talks with Anesco
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Spanish stevedores trade union Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar (CETM) has ratified the preliminary...
Spanish trade union cancels first five days of strikes at ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Spanish stevedores trade union Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar (CETM) and employers union...
Spanish minister praises preliminary labour deal on port reform
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has expressed his satisfaction that trade unions have...
Sagunto port to start operating Border Inspection Post in 2018
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has completed a project for the design of the building...
Castellón port calls tender for high-voltage power supply
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Castellón Port Authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has called a tender for the delivery of...
Cartagena port incorporates tool for cruise information
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Cartagena Port Authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) has incorporated to its Electronic Headquarters a...
Seville port awards concession contract to Carbon Puerto
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has awarded a contract for the operation of a land plot...
Saudi Arabia’s Bahri completes one year of regular operations in Spain
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Saudi Arabian shipping company Bahri, earlier known as National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA), which...
Spanish public works minister says stevedores, employers have all tools to strike deal
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Spanish public works minister Íñigo de la Serna said that trade unions of stevedores and employers union...
Barcelona port president warns against consequences of potential strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) president Sixte Cambra has warned that a strike at...
Huelva port calls tender for quality control services
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has called a tender for the delivery of civil engineering...
CILSA publishes 2016 results
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – CILSA, owned by the Port of Barcelona (63%), Merlin Properties (32%) and Sepes (5%) has closed 2016 with...
France’s Carrefour starts operating warehouse at Barcelona port’s logistics complex
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Carrefour S.A. and the ZAL Port have inaugurated today a warehouse which CILSA has built for the distribution...
MSC Cruises eyes construction of private terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) president Sixte Cambra said MSC Cruises is...
Spanish stevedores, employees to meet on May 22 to discuss sector reform
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Spanish stevedores’ trade unions and companies will hold their first meeting after the approval in...
Spanish government calls on trade unions to cancel strikes at ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Spanish Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Julio Gómez-Pomar, has called on stevedores to dismiss the call...
Spain prepares for OPE 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – The president of national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Jose Llorca, attended a meeting of the Joint...
Ceuta port authority awards cleaning services contract
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Ceuta port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ceuta) has awarded a contract for the delivery of cleaning services in...
EC says Spanish port reform decree complies with rules
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – The European Commission (EC) said that the decree approved yesterday by the Spanish parliament to liberalise the...
Gijón port cargo traffic rises 6% y/y in Q1 2017
Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Port traffic in Gijón grew 6% on the year in the first quarter of 2017 to 7.4 million tonnes. The overall...