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.
Puertos del Estado president visits Basque ports of Bilbao and Pasaia
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, visited the Basque ports of Bilbao and...
Electrification of the docks of the Port of València is closer to completion
València, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2022 – The Port of València is getting closer to electrifying its docks so that ships at dock twill produce...
Port Authority of Ceuta and the Chamber of Commerce sign agreement for joint port promotion
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2022 – The Port Authority of Ceuta and the Chamber of Commerce have signed an agreement to jointly promote the...
The hydrogen Terminal Tractor within H2PORTS project is in full development – Port of Valencia
The hydrogen Terminal Tractor within the framework of the H2PORTS project is already under development by Atena – January 25, 2022 This Yard Tractor,...
Port of Cádiz will promote its offers nationally and internationally in 2022
Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – In the coming year, the Port Authority of the Bay of Cádiz (APBC) will implement a commercial action...
Bilbao PortLab will participate in the B Accelerator Tower (BAT)
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – Bilbao PortLab , the initiative to position the Port of Bilbao in the entrepreneurship and innovation...
Valenciaport and COSCO collaborate in the automation of the delivery of container seals
Valenciaport and Cosco Shipping Lines Spain S.A. are collaborating in a project to provide, through a dispensing machine, the container seals to the carriers...
Ports of Barcelona and Santander share experiences
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – The President of the Port Authority of Barcelona, Damià Calvet, has visited the port of Santander to...
Maersk opens its logistics center for South Western Europe at port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – A.P. Moller-Maersk has opened its newly built 8,168 m² facility to provide logistics services to the...
Castilla La-Mancha focuses the export strategy of the Albacete Logistics Platform on the Port of Valencia
València, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – The Castilla La-Mancha region is going to centralize its export and import strategy of its Logistics...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited – Overseas terminals container throughput 2021
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited has published TEU throughput for 2021, with its overseas terminals which...
Spanish cruise ship business show signs of recovery
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – The statistics of cruise passenger traffic in Spanish state-owned ports reported total movement of nearly...
Puertos del Estado and CLIA commit to cruise ship industry sustainability
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – At a presentation held during the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid, the president of Puertos...
Boluda Towage adds capacity at Port of València
València, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – Boluda Towage Spain has added a tug vessel “VB SIDI” to its fleet operating at the Port...
Port of Tarragona starts its first regular multi-client railway route
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – The Port of Tarragona has started this Thursday the first regular multi-customer railway service TECO...
Brittany Ferries management visit new terminal in Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – The president of the Port Authority of Santander, Francisco Martín, has visited the site of the new...
Natural gas consolidates its position as a fuel for ships operating in the Port of Barcelona
In 2021, the Port of Barcelona carried out 236 operations to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to ships, totalling 65,050 m³. Despite the fact that many of...
Port Authority of Seville welcomes delegation from Portugal’s Sines port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – A delegation from the Portuguese port of Sines has visited Seville to discuss strategy and future...
Ports of Las Palmas traffic exceeds 2019
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – The ports of Las Palmas (APLP – Las Palmas, Arrecife, Puerto del Rosario,...
Noatum increases its fleet of mobile cranes in three of its terminals in Spain
Noatum, through its subsidiary Noatum Terminals, dedicated to the management of port concessions and infrastructures and after obtaining the approval of the...