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 to complete large project cargo export operation this week
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 – Tarragona port will handle this week the sixth and final export operation of large industry parts, as part...
Ferrol port cargo traffic exceeds 12 million tonnes for sixth consecutive year in 2016
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 – For the sixth consecutive year, Ferrol port exceeded 12 million tonnes of cargo, reaching a total of...
Castellon port cargo traffic rises 7.9% Y/Y in Dec 2016
Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 – Castellon port handled 1,685,323 tonnes of cargo in December, which represents an increase of 7.9% on the...
Sines, Extremadura discuss opportunities of railway corridor to Badajoz platform
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 – The president of the Spanish region of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernandez Vara, met today with the president...
Seago Line announces new calls at Algeciras port
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2017 – Spanish company Seago Line has announced the update of its Levant Sea and North Sea service through the...
Bilbao to host international maritime industry conference in March
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Bilbao will become the centre of international attention for the naval, port, fishing and energy sectors...
Barcelona port free trade zone operator to rehabilitate four warehouses
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – The consortium operating the free trade zone of Barcelona port, Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona...
Palma de Mallorca port simulates hydrochloric gas leakage
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Palma de Mallorca port simulated on January 12 a leakage accident of hydrochloric gas, organised...
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...