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.
Repsol leaves Guixar area of Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Spanish oil and gas giant Repsol has started dismantling the facilities it has been operating at the Guixar area of...
Bilbao, Pasaia ports present their offer at Transport Logistic fair
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – Representatives of Bilbao and Pasaia ports have travelled to Munich to attend, once again, the Transport...
Tanger Med managers to visit Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2017 – The recent extension to Tanger Med of the Motorway of the Sea connecting Vigo port to Nantes has attracted the...
EC says Valencia port’s logistics zone complies with environmental rules
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – In a written response to the question asked by Marina Albiol, a member of the Confederal Group of the European...
Tarragona port takes part in Transport Logistic fair
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – A delegation of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona) presented the intermodal transport...
Almeria hosts Mediterranean Corridor meeting
Almeria, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – About 800 entrepreneurs from Andalusia, Murcia, Valencia and Catalonia participated in Almeria in the third of...
Castellón port net profit rises 5.4% in 2016
Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – The operating profit of Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) grew by 8.1% in 2016,...
Quimacova representatives visit Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) received a delegation of companies from the chemical...
Valencia port to host conference on usage of LNG as fuel
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will host on May 18 a conference within the framework...
Las Palmas port cargo traffic rises 32% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – Las Palmas port cargo traffic increased by 32% during the first four months of 2017, due to the favourable...
Ibiza port cruise traffic to rise 35% in 2017
Ibiza, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – The number of cruise passengers that will visit the port of Ibiza this year is expected to grow to 340,000, an...
Hapag-Lloyd announces update of MGX service
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Hapag-Lloyd has announced the update of its Mediterranean Gulf Express (MGX) service with the inclusion of a call...
Sagunto port cargo traffic rises 17% y/y in Q1 2017
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Sagunto port closed the first quarter of the year with a total traffic of 1.748 million tonnes, an increase of...
Boluda Terminales Marítimas names director of port terminals in Spain
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Boluda Terminales Marítimas, a subsidiary of Boluda Lines, has appointed Francisco Montes as the new director...
Spanish logistics companies’ turnover rises in Jan-Feb 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Spanish freight and logistics companies increased their total turnover in the first two months of 2017 by 5.4%...
A Coruna port receives award for support to entrepreneurship
A Coruna, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – The Professional Association of Self-Employed, Entrepreneurs and Entrepreneurs of Galicia, Ascega, last week...
Italian ambassador visits Marin port
Marin, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Italian ambassador to Spain, Stefano Sannino, visited Marin port on May 8 together with the Honorary Consul of...
Santander port completes first LNG ship loading operation
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – On May 4, the “Ireland” ship became the first vessel to receive liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel...
Spanish minister prepares new decree on port stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna has presented a report to the Council of Ministers detailing...
Spanish port cargo traffic grows disproportionately in Q1 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – The first quarter of 2017 in Spanish port cargo traffic was characterised with a great disparity in the...