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.
Vigo port cargo traffic rises 4% in Jan 2017
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Vigo port cargo traffic rose by 3.91% on the year in January to 290,739 tonnes, Vigo port authority...
Adif, FdC agree start of Barcelona harbour railway access upgrade
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure operator Adif and Ferrocarrils de Catalunya (FdC), the...
Andalusia government warns against negative consequences from stowage reform
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – The vice president of Andalusia regional government, Manuel Jimenez Barrios, has warned against the...
Bilbao port awards railway terminal concession
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has awarded a 15-year concession for the operation...
Med ports unite on southern gateway alternative
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 25, 2017 – Ports from around the Mediterranean coast have agreed to form a specific organisation to promote the...
Spanish Public Works Minister urges trade unions, employers to negotiate
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Inigo de la Serna, has called on employers and stevedores unions to...
Algeciras port cargo traffic rises by 3.7% Y/Y in Jan 2017
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Algeciras port handled 8.8 million tonnes of cargo in January, up 3.7% on the year. Container traffic...
Cadiz port to invest €48,000 in overhaul of Ciudad del Mar building
Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Cadiz port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz) plans to make a contribution of...
Spanish Council of Ministers approves stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Council of Ministers has approved the Royal Decree Law reforming the stowage sector. The...
Bilbao port approves project for construction of wind towers plant
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has approved the project for the construction of a...
Bilbao port expects 2% rise in cargo traffic in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port expects to close 2017 with a 2% increase in cargo traffic compared to 2016, a year in which...
Seville port extends two concessions
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Seville port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla) has approved the extension of the concession of...
Yucatan representatives visit Ferrol, A Coruna, Marin ports
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Representatives of the Mexican state of Yucatan visited Ferrol, A Coruna and Marin ports this week...
Coordinadora again asks government to postpone stevedoring sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Coordinadora has called on the government to include a clause...
Spanish government to approve stevedoring reform despite trade unions
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish government plans to approve the royal decree introducing reforms in the rules for stevedoring...
Pasaia port analyses railway capacity upgrade
Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia) has set up a working group to study a potential...
COSCO to improve services at Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines, the company that resulted from the merger of COSCO Container Lines and China...
Valencia port presents at Cevisama trade fair
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is participating in the international fair...
Unions press Spanish government to negotiate stowage system with workers – IDC
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – A press release from the International Dockworkers Council (IDC). International protest rises...
Global dockworkers trade union expresses support to longshoremen in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Global trade union International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has expressed its support to Spanish...