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.
Malaga port joins European LOCATIONS project
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Malaga port has joined the LOCATIONS (Low-Carbon Transport in Cruise Destination Cities) project of the...
Castellon port estimates damages caused by bad weather at €450,000
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Castellon port authority president (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón), Francisco Toledo, estimates...
Santander port books record-high traffic of new cars in 2016
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Santander port closed 2016 with a new absolute record in the movement of new vehicles, with a total of...
Valencia port recovers position on Chinese market
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) registered a difficult year with a slight...
New report confirms positive economic trends in EU fishing fleet
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The economic performance of the EU fleet improved significantly again in 2014, according to the...
Event – European Maritime Day – Poole, UK, May 18-19, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 -The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual meeting point for Europe’s community of maritime...
Chipolbrok starts service to Far, Middle East
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – US-based shipping company Chipolbrok, which operates its Spanish hub at the port of Bilbao, has started a...
Valencia port container traffic rises 2.32% Y/Y in 2016
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Valencia port closed 2016 with a container traffic of 4.722 million TEUs, a figure that represents an...
Vigo port starts 80% of projects under Blue Growth strategy in less than one year
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has started about 80% of the 43 projects planned in the...
Vigo port strengthens cooperation with Celta Vigo football club
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Vigo port plans to promote the image of the city through the city’s football club. At a meeting held...
Valencia regional councillor praises Castellon port authority
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Valencia regional councillor for Agriculture, Environment, Climate Change and Rural Development, Elena...
Valencia port receives visit of Mexico’s Oaxaca region representatives
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Valencia port has received a visit of the representative of the Mexican region of Oaxaca to the Federal...
Cadiz port delegation visits Canary Islands to promote shipping line
Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – A delegation from the port community of Cadiz headed by the president of the port authority, Jose Luis...
Spanish northern ports presidents meet to discuss cooperation, intermodality
Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Competition and collaboration, competitiveness and efficiency, coordination and planning, are some of the...
Puertos del Estado president says access construction to Punta Langosteira is essential
A Coruna, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The access to the Punta Langosteira, the outer harbour of A Coruna port, is “a pending...
Motril port cargo traffic rises 10% Y/Y in 2016
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – With a total cargo traffic of 2.1 million tonnes and a growth of 10% on the year in 2016, Motril port...
Valencia port reduces sale price of yacht purchased for America’s Cup
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has reduced the sale price of the yacht it...
Castellon port changes valuation of land plots in its area
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Castellon port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has modified the valuation of the land in...
Kartesia takes control of Castellon port solid bulk cargo terminal operator
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – Luxembourg-based investment fund Kartesia and Spain’s Gimeno Group have taken control of a...
UniportBilbao names president
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The board of directors of UniportBilbao, the association supporting the promotion and competitive...