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.
Spanish ports attend Fruit Logistica Berlin
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2023 – State-owned Spanish ports of general interest are present at the Fruit Logistica Fair, under the...
Port of Algeciras to reinforce counterdock of the Port of Tarifa
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2023 – The Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA) will reinforce the external slope of the counterdock of the...
Endesa modifications at Barcelona port before America’s Cup
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2023 – The electricity utility Endesa has started making modifications at the Port of Barcelona in...
CMA CGM, Barcelona Port Authority acquire control of Puerto Seco Azuqueca de Henares
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2023 – CMA CGM and Port of Barcelona have received approval from the markets and competitions...
Port of Barcelona’s Jordi Torrent appointed Secretary General of MEDPorts
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2023 – The head of Strategy of the Port of Barcelona, Jordi Torrent, has been appointed Secretary General of...
Netherlands ambassador visits Port of València
València, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2023 – The ambassador of the Netherlands in Spain, Roel Nieuwenhuis, has visited the Port of València to...
Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife records 35% passenger increase
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – The Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife closed 2022, positioning...
Port of Cádiz records another record year in cargo
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – The movement of merchandise in the Port of the Bay of Cádiz reached 5,718,284 tons in 2022, making this...
Ports of the Balearic Islands handled 15.42 mln tons of cargo, up +12%
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – In 2022, the state-owned ports of the Balearic Islands handled 15,429,553 tons of cargo, up +12%...
Port of Huelva agrees to port-city project
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2023 – The Junta de Andalucía, the Almería City Council and the Port Authority of Huelva have agreed the...
Ellerman City Liners launches USA-Bilbao container service
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – Ellerman City Liners will launch, in mid-February, a weekly direct service between the Port of Bilbao and...
Port of Sagunto doubles natural gas traffic in 2022
València, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – The port of Sagunto ended 2022 with a positive evolution of its merchandise traffic, including a...
Enagás presents new LNG vessel bound for Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2023 – Enagás’ subsidiary, Scale Gas, and the Norwegian shipowner Knutsen, have presented the first...
Spanish state-owned ports – TEU handled – 2021/2022
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2023 – Puertos del Estado has published the final figures for containers TEU handling in 2022 by Spanish...
Port of Gandia handled cargo of 250,282 tons of cargo in 2022, +18.89%
València, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – The Port of Gandia handled a total of 250,282 tons of cargo in 2022, an increase of +18.89% compared...
Spain’s Ceuta and Valencia with EcoPorts’ environmental management standard
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) February 1, 2023 – The Spanish ports of Ceuta and Valencia have been certified through the EcoPorts’ Port...
Cepsa, EDP to develop the production of green hydrogen in Algeciras Bay
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2023 – Cepsa and EDP have signed a contract to develop the production of green hydrogen on a large scale in...
Valènciaport reports total cargo and containers traffic down in 2022
València, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2023 – The Port of València has reported total cargo and containers traffic down in 2022, although the port...
State-owned Spanish ports – cargo handled in 2022 – by port
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – State-owned Spanish ports saw cargo traffic up +3.5% in 2022 to 563,373,981 tons, compared to 544,419,737...
Spanish ports see cargo traffic up +3.5% in 2022
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2023 – State-owned Spanish ports saw cargo traffic up +3.5% in 2022 to 563,373,981 tons, compared to 544,419,737...