Spain
Spain (EspaƱa) 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 ValĆØncia. 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.
Valencia port sets up terminal access information system
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 15, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has set up an information system on the state...
Gamesa Eolica applies for concession of land plot at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2017 – Gamesa Eolica, the wind power subsidiary of Spanish renewable energy group Gamesa, has applied for the...
Malaga port expects passenger traffic increase in 2017
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2017 – Malaga port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de ŠĆ”laga) expects the number of passengers handled in 2017 to...
Barcelona port presents commitment to LNG as alternative ship fuel
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2017 – Barcelona port has presented at the Seatrade Cruise Global fair, the main event of the cruise industry...
Navantia to start export of project cargo from Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2017 – Spanish shipyards Navantia plans to carry out a project for the cleaning of the sea bottom at its dock in...
Castellon port cargo traffic rises 4.4% y/y in Feb 2017
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 ā Castellon port handled record-high 1.293 million tonnes of cargo in February, up 4.4% year-on-year. The cargo...
MSC Cruises to carry out 34 calls at Valencia port in 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Cruises plans to carry out a total of 34 calls at Valencia port in...
Ferrol port names board members
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2017 – Ferrol port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol-San Cibrao) has appointed Jose Manuel Balseiro...
Spanish transport association calls on government to join trade unions talks
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – The management board of Spanish association of port transporting companies FenatportĀ (FederaciĆ³n...
Trasmediterranea to handle 420,000 cruise passengers at Valencia port in 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Spanish cruise operator Trasmediterranea expects the number of passengers serviced at Valencia port this...
Balearic Islands port authority promotes local harbours at Seatrade Cruise Global fair
Ibiza, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Balearic Islands port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Baleares) leads the Balearic delegation at the...
Spanish ports cargo traffic rises 6.3% y/y in Jan 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – Spanish ports handled a total of 42.31 million tonnes of cargo in January, up 6.3% on the year. The...
Cadiz-Algeciras line passenger traffic declines by 11% in Jan 2017
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2017 – The passenger line connecting Ceuta port to Algeciras transported 130,494 passengers in January, down...
Trade unions, employers call on Madrid to join stowage reform talks
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works has once again encouraged trade unions and employers of the stevedoring...
Aviles port starts process of land concession to Asturiana del Zinc
Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – Aviles port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de AvilĆ©s) has initiated the process of the concession of...
Bilbao port says stowage work operating normally
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, said that the...
Valencia port to complete construction of walkway at north pier in April
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) expects the construction works of the Escollera...
Marin port president presents balance sheet to NGOs
Marin, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – The president of Marin port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de MarĆn y RĆa de Pontevedra), Jose Benito...
Spanish trade unions call off strikes on March 10, 13, 15
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – Spanish trade unions have cancelled the planned strikes of dockworkers on March 10, 13 and 15. The trade...
Bank presidents to attend Mediterranean Corridor conference
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – The presidents of Spanish lender Bankia, Ignacio Goirigolzarri, retailer Mercadona, Juan Roig, and...