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.
Tarragona port handles 325 containers weekly on lines to West Africa
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Tarragona port maintains a weekly direct service at the DP World container terminal with the African ports...
Almeria port sets up Port-City protocol commission
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Following the signing of the Port-City action protocol in December, the mayor of Almeria, Ramon...
Barcelona, Mercabarna, Grimaldi Lines to join in Fruit Logistica 2017
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Barcelona port, wholesale market operator Mercabarna and Grimaldi Lines plan to participate together for...
Valencia port authority awards €143,538 contract for urbanisation of land plot
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has awarded a €143,538 ($152,996) contract to...
Norton Edificios builds fertilisers storage complex at Aviles port
Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Spanish company Norton Edificios Industriales S.A., with offices in Bilbao, Madrid, Colombia and Peru,...
Petronor to reduce activity of Bilbao port refinery for six weeks
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – The Petronor (Petróleos del Norte S.A.) refinery, whose activity generates more than 40% of the total...
Huelva port expects container traffic of at least 50,000 TEUs in 2017
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Huelva port closed 2016 with a total cargo traffic of 30.7 million tonnes, an increase of 12% over the...
Vigo port foresees €14 million investment in 2017
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Vigo port foresees investments of more than €14 million ($14.7 million) during this year, the port authority...
Thailand’s ambassador visits Tenerife port
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – Tenerife port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Santa Cruz de Tenerife) president Ricardo Melchior met...
Balearic Islands ports to receive €42.3 million investment in 2017
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – The five state-owned ports on the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Alcudia, Ibiza, Mahon and...
Navantia to export wind farm equipment through Aviles, Ferrol ports
Aviles, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Spanish companies Navantia and Windar have concluded negotiations with Iberdrola and its UK subsidiary...
Huelva port awarded contract to operate Majarabique railway terminal
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Huelva port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva) has been awarded a contract for the operation of the...
Castellon port southern road access offsets 1,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions in one year
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – The new access to the south dock Castellon port has been in operation in one year now, improving road...
Barcelona port purchases two vans with X-ray scanners
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona) has ordered the purchase of two vans with...
Spanish government to invest €6.9 million in Almeria port in 2016-2020
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – The Spanish government indicated Tuesday that Almeria port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Almería) will...
Barcelona remains main contributor to Interport Compensation Fund
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Barcelona port remains the main contributor to the Spanish port system. According to data released by the...
MacAndrews updates “Valencia Express” service
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – UK shipping company MacAndrews has announced the update of its service “Valencia Express”,...
Malaga port handles three ships with destination Melilla
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – Three ships with destination Melilla port coincided for the first time at Malaga port on January 8. Between...
Andalusian public ports to receive €196.5 million investments in 2017
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Andalusian public ports will receive investments worth €196.5 million ($207.8 million) in 2017, including...
Puertos del Estado net profit rises 8% Y/Y in 2016
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, managed by the Public Works Ministry, booked a net profit...