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.
Mediterranean ports join forces to attract container traffic
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Authorities at ports in the Mediterranean area agreed to form an organisation specifically designed to...
Cartagena port to handle 145 cruise ships in 2017
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Cartagena port expects to receive a total of 145 cruise ships in 2017, of which ten will enter the harbour...
Valencia port authority to adapt land plot for solid bulk storage purposes
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to adapt a plot of 20,730 square meters,...
Spanish government presents investment plan for ports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Inigo de la Serna presented an investment plan of €1.418 billion ($1.5...
TecnoAranda to build wind towers production plant in Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 6, 2017 – Spanish company TecnoAranda plans to set up a plant for the production of wind towers at Bilbao port which...
Vigo port praises changes in stevedoring activity rules
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) January 6, 2017 – Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo) has praised the changes adopted by dockworkers, which, in its...
Huelva port opens container line to Canary Islands
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) January 6, 2017 – Huelva port has officially opened a container line with the Canary Islands, operated by local company...
Valencia tenders for container terminal project study
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 4, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has tendered for €605,000 ($634,385) the...
Motril port to attend 20 trade fairs in 2017
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) January 4, 2017 – Motril port, through the Motrilport-Granada association, will be present at about twenty trade fairs and...
Valencia port authority to make €56 million investments in 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 4, 2017 – The Business Plan approved at the latest board meeting of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Bilbao port expects rise in 2017 cargo traffic
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 3, 2017 – In the absence of the final port traffic data for the month of December, the final balance for the 2016...
Valencia is most used port for Spanish exports, imports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 2, 2017 – Valencia port handled over 70 million tonnes of goods with countries on five continents in 2016. Therefore,...