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.
Barcelona port container traffic rises 26% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – During the first four months of 2017, Barcelona port handled 864,500 TEUs, a figure that represents an increase...
Castellón port puts into operation anticontamination barrier
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has invested €170,000 ($188,500) in the...
Basque Country, Valencia claim direct management of ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The governments of the autonomous regions of the Basque Country and Valencia have called on the central...
Hapag-Lloyd improves IMEX service between Mediterranean, India, Middle East
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Hapag-Lloyd has announced the improvement of its IMEX service between the Mediterranean, India and the Middle East...
Barcelona port plans business mission to Argentina, Uruguay
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – Barcelona port will carry out a business mission to Buenos Aires and Montevideo from November 11 to 17, led by...
Málaga-Melilla line passenger traffic rises 15% y/y in Jan-April 2017
Málaga, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2017 – The maritime line that connects Melilla and Málaga has registered a 15% increase in the number of passengers and...
Vigo port containerised cargo traffic declines in Q1 2017
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Almost a year after Danish shipping giant Maersk decided to relocate its container hub in Spain to Marin port from...
Spanish minister warns against consequences of dockworkers’ strike
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works Inigo de la Serna warned against the risks that the strikes of stevedores...
Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd returns to Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – German group Hapag-Lloyd returns to the Guixar container terminal of Vigo port. Ships of Hapag-Lloyd have not been...
Ferrol port awards €72.4 million rail link construction contract
Ferrol, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Ferrol-San Cibrao) has awarded a €72.4 million ($79,47 million)...
Hyundai Merchant Marine to buy Total Terminal International Algeciras
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2017 – Hyundai Merchant Marine Co. (HMM) has said that it will purchase a 100% stake in the company that controls...
Spanish government approves decree on port stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The Spanish government has approved on May 12 a new decree for the reform of the country’s port...
Las Palmas port aims to recover fresh fishing traffic
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to work to recover the throughput of...
Bilbao port to reduce land usage fees in 2018
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has developed a new proposal for the assessment of the land...
Sines port growth causes concerns in Algeciras
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – The growth of the port of Sines is being viewed with suspicion and some fears in Spain, and this time it is the...
Castellón port modifies solid bulk operations rules
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has launched an operating system to increase...
Marín port chairman meets Costa Rica president
Marín, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – On May 9, Jose Benito Suárez Costa, president of the Port Authority of Marín (Autoridad Portuaria de Marín y...
Algeciras port strengthens ties with Senegal
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Algeciras) and its port community are starting this week a...
Trade union complains of lack of train handling staff at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Spanish trade union CCOO denounced yesterday the staff deficit identified in the rail service of the port of...
Spanish government to guarantee car handling at ports by SAGEP employees
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works will ensure that dockers of monopoly Sociedad Anónima de Gestión de...