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.
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Jul 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-July 2024. TEUs...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Jul 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – In January-July 2024, Spanish general interest ports handled a total of 330,322,598 tons, an increase of...
Cargo traffic in Spanish ports grew by 3% in Jan-Jul 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – In January-July 2024, Spanish general interest ports handled a total of 330,322,598 tons, an increase of...
Port of Ceuta awards transformer maintenance contract
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) August 26, 2024 – Electrosur Montajes e Instalaciones Industriales has won the contract to maintain the transformation centre...
Europol seizes around 70 kg of narcotics bound for Malaga
The Hague, Netherlands (Ports Europe) August 26, 2024 – Europol has cooperated with the Spanish (Policía Nacional) and Colombian Police (Policía...
211 kg of cocaine arriving via Portugal’s Setubal port seized in Spain
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2024 – Spanish police, in collaboration with Portuguese Portuguese Judiciary Police, seized 211 kg of cocaine in...
Port of Algeciras handled cargo traffic of 61.5 mln tonnes up to July
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2024 – The Port of Algeciras handled total traffic of 61.5 million tonnes of goods up to July 2024, growth of...
Port of Valencia sees cargo and containers up in July 2024
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2024 – The Port of Valencia handled 461,121 containers in July, up 5.64% on the same month last year. In terms...
Three bulk carriers deliver grain to Port of Marin, Spain
Marín, Spain (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – Three bulk carriers loaded with grain are currently in the port to unload more than 75,000 tonnes of...
Port of Santander starts importing Chinese BYD electric cars
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) August 20, 2024 – The Port of Santander has started importing Chinese BYD electric cars. The ship “Explorer...
Port of Tarragona extends Ership concession
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2024 – The Port of Tarragona has announced the extension of the term of the management concession granted to...
GAC Spain opens office in Port of Huelva
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2024 – GAC Spain, a provider of shipping and logistics services, has opened a new office at the Port of Huelva,...
Port of Valencia increases salt exports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, Valencia exported 18,729 tons of salt. The United States alone imported 8,384...
‘Cruisezillas’: How much bigger can cruise ships get? – T & E
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe)- August 13, 2024 – Clean energy advocate Transport & Environment has published a report asking how big cruise ships...
Authorities seizes 1,700 kilos of cocaine in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 12, 2024 – On July 30, the Civil Guard has seized 1,700 kilos of cocaine among sacks of sugar in the Port of...
Cocaine valued at €23 million seized in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) August 12, 2024 – The Guardia Civil and the Customs Surveillance Service of the Spanish Tax Agency have...
Port of Barcelona publishes Annual Corporate Report for 2023
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2024 – The Port Authority of Barcelona has published its Annual Corporate Report for 2023. It includes traffic...
Malaga, fastest-growing cargo port in Spain in H1 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – The Port of Malaga handled 2.2 million tons of cargo during the first half of 2024, up nearly...
Port of Valencia exports over 1 million tons of wine in six months
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – In the last six months, 1,032,959 tons of wine have been handled from Valenciaport (APV) destined for...
New ordinance on railways at the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – The port has approved the new ordinance on railway operations and use of tracks in the railway terminals...