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.
Port of Tarragona to tender railway management operations
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – The Port Authority of Tarragona (APT) has opened a tender for a technical assistance contract for the...
Port of Valencia cargo traffic up over 2% in January-February 2022
In the accumulated of the year, the Valenciaport docks have managed a total of 13,704,966 tons of merchandise, with an increase of 2.06% compared to...
Imports of natural gas at the Port of Sagunto triples in the first two months of 2022
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – In the first two months of 2022, the Port of Sagunto imported 601,662 tons of natural gas, compared to...
Las Palmas Port Authority to add crane capacity in 2023
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) March 25, 2022 – Las Palmas Port Authority and Operaciones Portuarias Canarias (Opcsa) have agreed to add...
Port Authority of Almería to approve expansion of the Levante Dock for cruise ships
The president of the Port Authority of Almería, Jesús Caicedo, has announced that the APA’s board of directors will approve next week the project for...
Algescom Commercial Management to establish logistics centre in port of Motril
Motril, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – The Port Authority of Motril has granted an administrative concession to Algescom Commercial Management to...
Vehicle logistics and port operator Autoterminal opens new technical centre in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – Vehicle logistics and port operator Autoterminal Barcelona has opened a new technical centre in...
Aurelio Martinez stresses the importance of the Port of Valencia for the battery plant announced by Volkswagen to be set up in Sagunto
València, March 23, 2022 – “Valencians are not aware of the importance of Valenciaport for the location and business investment, and a project...
Prime Minister of Spain visits Port of Ceuta
Ceuta, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – Pedro Sánchez, prime minister of Spain, has visited the Port of Ceuta, located in a Spanish autonomous city...
VW to build new battery cell plant in Sagunto port, near Valencia
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) March 24, 2022 – The German automotive group Volkswagen AG (VW) has announced it will build a new battery cell plant in the...
Opentop, the Innovation HUB of Valenciaport, is launched in a major event
Opentop is an initiative, led by Fundación Valenciaport, which seeks to become a global benchmark in open innovation in the port logistics sector, fostering...
The port of Algeciras has moved 17.7 million tons of cargo in the first two months of the year
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) March 22, 2022 – The port of Algeciras moved 17.7 million tons of cargo in the first two months of the year. This...
Port of Bilbao reduces growth forecast
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) March 22, 2022 – The Port of Bilbao has reduced its growth forecast for 2022 from 7.4% to around 2%. The reasons are twofold....
Port of Vigo sees February cargo traffic up over 6%
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) March 22, 2022 – Total traffic of the Port of Vigo registered positive figures again during the month of February, which...
Port of Barcelona sees cargo traffic up 8% in Jan-Feb 2022
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) March 21, 2022 – The Port of Barcelona saw an 8% increase in total cargo traffic in January and February compared to the...
Port of Bilbao to electrify its docks
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) March 21, 2022 – The Bilbao Port Authority has made a firm commitment to the energy transition and the decarbonisation of...
Port of Cartagena to expand liquid bulk terminal
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) March 21, 2022 – The Port Authority of Cartagena is supporting local companies to supply infrastructure to expand its...
EU approves €120 million Spanish scheme to support sustainable rail freight transport
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €120 million Spanish scheme made available through the Recovery and Resilience Facility...
Kongsberg and Navantia sign agreement for the modernization of Norwegian frigates
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) March 20, 2022 – Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) and Navantia SA have signed an Memorandum of...
Port of Seville assumes presidency of Suncruise Andalusia
The president of the Port Authority of Seville has advanced the 2022 Action Plan of the association for the promotion of Andalusia as a cruise destination...