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.
Navacel loads floating wind towers
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – Navacel has started shipping five towers that will be part of the structures of the wind turbines of...
Bilbao maritime cruise station set to open
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – On 29 March, concurrently with the call of P&O’s Brittania, the new Bilbao maritime cruise station...
Bilbao port handles largest container ship ever
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – The “Cezanne” vessel of Danish shipping group Maersk became the largest container ship ever to...
Dockworkers, employers’ association fail to strike deal on stowage agreement
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – The meeting between the stevedoring unions and the employers’ association ANESCO on the collective...
Galicia government awards Ferrol-A Coruna railway contract
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – Galicia regional government has awarded the contract for an analysis of potential alternatives for the...
Aviles port cargo traffic rises 6.36% in Jan-Feb 2017
Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – Aviles port handled a total of 677,311 tonnes of cargo in the first two months of 2017, 40,498 more than in the...
Canary Islands government, Tenerife port discuss construction link
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – The regional government of the Canary Islands and Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de...
Bilbao’s Paceco signs Guadeloupe contract
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – Paceco España brings its know-how in tailor-made solutions for terminals in the Caribbean with the recent...
Cosco to start Bilbao-Mexico service
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – Cosco Shipping Lines, whose agent is Vasco Shipping Services, will start operating a new weekly service...
Spanish dockworkers ask government to adopt retirement plan
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Representatives of Spanish dockworkers have asked the government to adopt a preliminary retirement plan...
Spanish ports total cargo traffic rises 6.3% in January
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Spanish ports increased by 6.32% the cargo traffic handled in January, a month before the labour conflict...
Boluda incorporates vessel into tugboat fleet
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Boluda Towage and Salvage, a division of Spanish group Boluda Corporacion Maritima, has added a new...
Cartagena port okays plan for development of logistics activities zone
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2017 – Cartagena port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena) gave the green light to a plan for the...
Valencia port calls power supply tender
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has tendered the contract for the electricity...
Ferrol port approves transfer of biofuel plant concession to Masol Iberia
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – The board of directors of Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao) held an...
Tenerife port gets award for its cruise terminal
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – Tenerife port has received the prize for the best cruise terminal building in its category for 2016. The...
EBHI incorporates 15,000 sq m of land
Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – The European Bulk Handling Installation (EBHI), the private terminal specialised in the handling of solid bulk...
Cadiz port cargo traffic rises 3.51% Y/Y in Jan-Feb 2017
Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – Cadiz port handled 715,031 tonnes of cargo in the first two months of 2017 , up 3.51% on the year. General...
IDC calls off strike on March 23
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) announced the cancellation of the strikes planned for March 23...
Israel’s Zim to introduce new network of transatlantic services in April
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2017 – Israeli company Zim Integrated Shipping Services plans to introduce its new network of transatlantic...