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.
Spain’s Suardíaz promotes Vigo-Nantes motorway of the sea at BreakBulk Europe
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Suardíaz was represented by a large team of professionals at BreakBulk Europe fair to...
Valencia region, Basque country demand improvement of Valencia-Bilbao ports railway
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Valencia regional government president Ximo Puig said he will hold a working meeting with Basque counterpart...
Andalusian ports demand investments in Mediterranean Corridor connectivity
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – The seven Andalusian port authorities have today demanded from the central government investments to connect...
Barcelona port president, Mexican ambassador analyse trade relations
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – The president of Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona), Sixte Cambra, and the Mexican...
Algeciras port cargo traffic declines in Q1 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – Algeciras port cargo traffic fell by 8% on the year in the first quarter of 2017 to 23.7 million tonnes, the...
Valencia port container traffic declines due to labour conflict
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – In the first three months of the year, total cargo traffic at Valencia port fell by 1.2% and container...
Barcelona port hosts christening of MSC Cadiz ship
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – The Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) has hosted the christening of the container ship “MSC...
Gijon holds conference on labour accidents prevention
Gijon, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – Gijon port hosted last week a conference on safety and prevention of labour accidents organised by APM...
Vigo port receives innovation award for Blue Growth strategy
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – A little over a year after the official presentation of the Blue Growth initiative that Vigo port launched, the...
Pasaia port remains dependent on steel, cars
Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – Statistics on port traffic in Pasaia in the first quarter of 2017 reveal its high dependence on steel products...
Huelva port awards Majarabique rehabilitation works to Acciona
Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has awarded to Spanish company Acciona Construction S.A....
EU invests €22.1 million supporting synergies between transport & energy sectors
Brussels, Belgium, April 24, 2017 – EU invests €22.1 million supporting synergies between transport & energy sectors Today, EU Member States...
APM Terminal Algeciras reports lowest number of labour accidents in last ten years
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – APM Terminals Algeciras celebrated the Global Safety Day week with the lowest accident rate per million hours...
Sagunto port consolidates as major Spanish hub for car traffic
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – Sagunto port consolidates as one of the main logistic hubs of Spain for the traffic of cars. With a traffic of...
Santander port handles record number of cars in Q1 2017
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – Santander port serviced record-high 135,484 cars in the first quarter of 2017, up 19.11% on the year. The...
Repsol, Enagás complete first pipe-to-ship bunkering in Europe at Cartagena port
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Spanish companies Repsol and Enagás have for the first time in Europe supplied a ship with liquefied natural...
Cadiz starts home port feasibility study
Cadiz, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Cadiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Cádiz) has reported that the start of the high season of...
Valencia port recovers cruise traffic in 2017
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) and the region’s tourist organisation said...
Coated Solution requests second concession at Santander port
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Spanish company Coated Solutions, active in the production of pre-painted steel, has requested a second...
Santander port starts construction of dock at Raos terminal
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Santander port has started work on the construction of dock 9 at Raos terminal, an infrastructure that will...