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.
Container rail traffic at the Port of Barcelona grows by 46% in the first half of the year
Container rail traffic at the Port of Barcelona has grown by 46% in the first six months of 2021, totalling 161,735 TEUs, compared to 111,132 TEUs in the same...
Valenciaport already manages 40% of Spanish imports and exports by sea
Valencia, September 2, 2021 – During the first seven months of the year, Valenciaport managed a total of 1,434,840 import and export containers. This...
APM Terminals Barcelona looks to 5G investment
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 2, 2021 – APM Terminals Barcelona is set to play a key role in the 5G Barcelona project. The project will use...
Yilport Holding’s 2021 half year business results confirm strong growth
Yilport Holding’s 22 owned terminals across the world handled 2.506.000 TEU containers in the first half of 2021, recording 18% growth compared to H1 2020...
Valencia Port Authority discusses the new terminal and the environment with the European Parliament
València, September 1, 2021 – The president of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Aurelio Martínez, today discussed before the Petitions Committee of...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – June 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in July 2021 of 45.99...
Spanish port traffic grew by 8.8% in July
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – The state port system handled 45.99 million tons in July 2021, up 8.8% compared to the same month of...
Port of Bilbao and Geoalcali sign logistics agreement
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – The Port Authority of Bilbao (APB) and Geoalcali, an operator in potash mining, have signed an agreement...
Yilport Holding sees strong growth in first half
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – In January-June 2021, terminals owned by Yilport Holdings handled 2.5 million TEU containers, up 18%...
Port of Tarragona registers the largest alfalfa export operation in its history
The Port of Tarragona has carried out the largest export load of agri-food products made to date. The Castella Oest dock, specialized in operations for this...
COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals throughput – July 2021
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) August 27, 2021 – In July 2021, COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited registered global container throughput of 8.9 million TEU,...
Port of Tarragona continues the upward trend in traffic for the month of July
The Port of Tarragona continues on the road to recovering the traffic figure, consolidating a new period of upward movements, placing data similar to those of...
The Port of València opens the doors of the world to Spanish wine
València, August 25, 2021 – We are no longer surprised to be sitting in a restaurant in New York and tasting a good Utiel-Requena wine, a Monastrell red...
Valenciaport’s activity mobilizes more than 1.6 million telematic transactions per week
Procedures, figures, references … around 230,000 messages are shared simultaneously in a single day by the more than a thousand companies connected to...
Port of Algeciras reports July 2021 cargo traffic up over 7%
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) August 23, 2021 – In the month of July 2021, the port of Algeciras handled cargo of 9.31 million tons, up 7.73% on the...
Valenciaport comments in UNCTAD’s port liner shipping connectivity index
The Port of València consolidates its position among the top 20 of the best connected ports in the world according to the Port liner shipping connectivity...
Valenciaport handles more than 3.2 million containers up to July and grows by 10%
València, August 20, 2021 – 3,287,476 containers and more than 49.5 million tonnes of goods have been moved through Valenciaport’s docks in the...
Port of Tarragona awards the installation of 578 solar panels
The Port of Tarragona has awarded the company SOLCAM ENERGIA, SL, the installation of solar panels in the mode of zero injection on the roof of the building of...
Port of Barcelona sees July 2020 cargo traffic up over 15%
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 19, 2021 – In the month of July 2021, the port of Barcelona handled 5.66 million tons of cargo, up 15.2% on 4.91...
Valenciaport starts work on the new passenger terminal project
València, August 17, 2021 – The new public passenger terminal begins to take its first steps with the start of the awarding procedure for the works for...