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 port traffic exceeds 181 mln tons in the first four months
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – Cargo traffic at Spanish state ports was 181.51 million tons in the first four months of 2023, a decrease of...
Indian ambassador visits the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – The Ambassador of India, Shri Dinesh K Patnaik, accompanied by commercial counsellor of the same Embassy,...
Port of Barcelona installs OPS at Hutchison Ports BEST terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – Work to install the first Onshore Power Supply (OPS) for container ships has begun at the Hutchison Ports...
Nine companies seek to build wind power equipment in A Coruña
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) May 11, 2023 – A total of nine groups have applied to set upplants for the manufacture of offshore wind power components...
“Ports of Spain” present at present Transport Logistic fair in Munich
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – Sixteen Spanish port authorities (A Coruña, Almería, Bahía de Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao,...
VCFI – Export freight from the Port of Valencia fell again in April by 9.28%
The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the Port of...
Approval for Grimaldi Group acquisition of Barcelona Ferry Terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 4, 2023 – The National Commission for Markets and Competition (CNMC) has approved the Grimaldi Group acquisition of...
Valenciaport community meets Ecoport II objectives
Valencia, May 3, 2023 – The port community of the ports of València, Sagunto and Gandia continue to advance firmly in concrete and measurable...
Port of Bilbao sees continued cruise business recovery
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 2, 2023 – Last year’s performance in terms of cruise ship traffic in the Port of Bilbao is being consolidated. May is...
Ports of València and Gandia discuss cooperation
València, Spain (Ports Europe) April 30, 2023 – The president of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), Joan Calabuig has met with mayor Gandia, José...
Port of Valencia becomes the first port to use truck tractor powered by hydrogen
València, Spain (Ports Europe) April 28, 2023 – The Port of Valencia yesterday became the first port in the world to use a 4×4 truck tractor unit...
Valenciaport, Burgos are working on study of direct rail connection
València, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2023 – Valenciaport and Burgos are working on the study of a direct rail connection that links the port with...
Port of Barcelona approves tender for the extension of Adossat quay
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2023 – The Board of Directors of the Port of Barcelona has approved the launch of the tender to build the...
Spain: March & Q3 2023 – cargo report
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2023 – In March 2023, Spain’s state ports handled 47.61 million tons of cargo, up +3.6% on the same month of...
NYK visits Port of Malaga for car transshipment
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2023 – The Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) visited the Port of Malaga on April 23 for the...
Port of Huelva will join the EU EALING cold ironing project
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2023 – The Port of Huelva will join the European project called EALING (European flagship action for cold ironing...
Ports of Lisbon and Setúbal visit the Port of Huelva
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2023 – The Administration of the Ports of Lisbon and Setúbal have visited the Port of Huelva to learn about the...
Valenciaport: Freight traffic and container movement grew by 11.5% in March
11.5% more containers and 11.5% more tons – this has been the increase in freight traffic recorded by Valenciaport during the month of March –...
Spain’s Port of Marin to be modernised by Thales
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2023 – The Spanish Port of Marin is to be modernised by Thales, a leading company in railway solutions for port...
Port of Barcelona sees cargo traffic down -12.6% in Q1 2023
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2023 – Total cargo traffic in January-March 2023 was 15.3 million tonnes, down -12.6%). Container traffic was...