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 Barcelona and local government to promote international business
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 28, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona, the Catalan Government’s Department of External Action and Open...
Port of Bilbao promotes TECNALIA development centre
Since 2018, Basque companies have had the use of a platform-laboratory to test materials and solutions in a real offshore environment. This infrastructure was...
Port of Alcúdia ends coal transport
Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – After years of decline, coal is no longer a category of traffic handled by the port of Alcúdia on...
Port of Alicante to host Cybersecurity event
Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – On October 1, the Port Authority of Alicante will host the sixth edition of the Logistics-Port...
Siport21 develops LNG bunkering operations simulator
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – Maritime consultancy Siport21 is to develop SiBunker, a liquified natural gas (LNG) bunkering...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – August 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – In the month of August Spanish state ports handled 48.53 million tons of cargo, up +0.7% on August...
Spanish ports see August cargo traffic exceed pre-Covid levels
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – In the month of August Spanish state ports handled 48.53 million tons of cargo, up +0.7% on August...
Siemens inaugurates the Center of Excellence for the Naval Sector in Ferrol
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2021 – German company Siemens has inaugurated its new Centre of Excellence of the Naval Sector (Cesena) in the...
Cobasa finalises the construction of new fertilizer terminal in the Port of Santander
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2021 – Cobasa Grupo Logístico, part of the GOF holding company, is finalizing the construction of its...
Repsol to build Spain’s first advanced biofuels plant in the Port of Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2021 – The Port Authority of Cartagena has approved a proposal to expand Repsol Petróleo’s...
Repsol start to build Bilbao port LNG terminal
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2021 – Spanish energy and petrochemical company Repsol SA has started building an liquified natural gas (LNG)...
Gandia reinforces its commitment to the sea with the success of the II Artisanal Fishing, Tourism and Territorial Exhibition
Valencia, September 20, 2021 – Last weekend, hundreds of people the Mostra de Pesca Artesanal, Turisme i Territori de la Mediterrània de Gandia...
Valenciaport awards Analistas Financieros Internacionales & Prometia economic impact study
The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has awarded the consortium of Analistas Financieros Internacionales, AFI Consultores de las Administraciones Públicas...
Port of Barcelona appoints representative in its main markets in the Iberian Peninsula: Aragon, Navarre and La Rioja
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has apppointed Luis Puzo as its new representative in its main markets in the...
South Korean delegation visits Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2021 – Delegations from South Korea and the Port of Barcelona have met to discuss the forthcoming Port...
Israel’s ambassador to Spain visits Port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2021 – The Israeli ambassador to Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, has been visiting Spain’s Basque region,...
Valenciaport see eight-month cargo traffic up nearly 10%
València, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2021 – In the first eight months of 2021 the Port of Valencia handled 56,697,175 tonnes of cargo, up 9.98%...
Valenciaport handled 3,000 export containers a day in August 2021
València, September 19, 2021.- Valenciaport operated during the month of August 3,000 full containers of cargo (export) per day to reach a total of 89,745...
Valenciaport promotes fishing tourism and marine litter recycling in Gandia
Valencia, September 16, 2021.- The Artisanal Fishing Show, Tourism i Territori de la Mediterrània de Gandia, begins this Saturday with a program of events...
The railway already takes more than 160,000 lorries off the road in the València-Madrid corridor
València, September 16th, 2021.- The railway already takes out of the race 160,000 lorries a year with containers (calculated in TEUs, or units equivalent to...