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.
New port district of Seville will be “inclusive, sustainable, innovative, structuring and will have its own identity”
In the framework of the 34th RETE meeting, the president of the Seville Port Authority, Rafael Carmona, today advanced the main proposals for the new...
Port Authority of Málaga approves annual accounts for 2020
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2021 – The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Málaga has approved the annual accounts for the 2020...
CMA CGM acquires Spanish rail operator Continental Rail
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 2, 2021 – The global shipping and logistics group CMA CGM has acquired Spain’s Continental Rail, via CCIS, its...
Port of Algeciras tenders Juan Carlos I Pier development
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) July 1, 2021 – The Bay of Algeciras Port Authority (APBA) has tendered a project to redevelop the docking and defense...
Spanish ports see cargo traffic up 3.18% in May 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 1, 2021 – In May 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports (Puertos del Estado) handled cargo traffic of 45.34 million...
Puertos del Estado reports reduced financials in 2020
The Governing Council of State Ports has approved the 2020 annual accounts of Puertos del Estado. As Toledo explained to the Council: “It has been a...
Spain’s Ports 4.0 Fund is extended for four years
The Distribution Committee of the Interport Compensation Fund has approved to extend for four more years the contribution of 1% of the result of the exercise...
Alliance MD2 service returns to APM Terminals Barcelona
The Alliance, a shipping alliance between Hapag Lloyd, Ocean Network Express (ONE), Yang Ming and HMM, has once again entrusted APM Terminals Barcelona with...
Port of Barcelona container traffic exceeds 2019 figures
The Port of Barcelona’s traffic continues to reflect the recovery of its hinterland economy and maintains the upward trend that began at the end of last...
The conditioning works of the ZAL of the Port of València will begin in July
València, June 29, 2021 – The works for the conditioning of the ZAL of the Port of València will begin next July and will last 10 months. The...
Valenciaport to invest €240 million in railway improvements in València and Sagunto
València, June 29th, 2021 – The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has its eyes set on the railway. The port managers are thinking in train mode. It is...
The Port of Barcelona will see a safe, staggered and sustainable resumption of cruise ship activity
The Port of Barcelona has worked with the shipping companies and the rest of the agents in the cruise sector to have a staggered, sustainable and, above all,...
The Port of Santander approves its annual accounts with a turnover of €19.1 million
The Port of Santander approves its annual accounts with a turnover of 19.1 million euros; cargo traffic increases – June 25, 2021 The Board of Directors...
Minister Reyes Maroto inaugurates the works of the PortTarragona Terminal Guadalajara – Marchamalo
Puerta Centro – Ciudad del Transporte has been the scene of the official inauguration of the works of the PortTarragona Terminal Guadalajara –...
Port of Tarragona reports positive May cargo numbers
The Port of Tarragona closed the month of May with 2,509,397 million tonnes moved, 37.6% higher than the same month last year. In total, the increase is 14.8%...
UNCTAD international course on pandemic management in ports developed by Fundación Valenciaport kicks off
Valencia – 28.06.21. Today, a course “Building Port Resilience against pandemics” begins, coordinated by Fundación Valenciaport, with the...
Ranking: The Port of Algeciras, the most efficient in Europe
The most efficient in Europe. This is how the Port of Algeciras has just been classified by the World Bank and the consulting firm IHS Markit after the...
The Port of Barcelona’s Railport Management Centre celebrates its tenth anniversary
On 23 June 2011, the Port of Barcelona’s Rail Port Management Centre came into service. It is responsible for managing all the Port’s railway...
Mein Schiff 2 restarts cruise activity in the Port of València
València, June 27, 2021 – Early in the morning at the North entrance of the Port of València it made its entrance, escorted and received by arcs of...
Concession for APM Terminals Algeciras extended until 2032
The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Algeciras (APBA) has approved the extension of the concession term of APM Terminals Algeciras at Muelle de Juan...