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.
Four firms join the A Coruña Green Port plan to promote Langosteira
Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) April 28, 2021 – Repsol and the logistics companies Grupo Nogar, Pérez Torres and TMGA are to join the A Coruña Green...
Newly built green ship stops in Ferrol port to stock up on LNG on its way to Norway
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) April 28, 2021 – The port of Ferrol has hosted its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply operation to a large live fish...
Port of Cartagena expects June return of cruise ships
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) April 28, 2021 – The Mediterranean port of Cartagena is preparing for the June return of cruise ship activity with...
Port of Algeciras sees container traffic down over 13% in first quarter of 2021
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2021 – In the first three months of 2021, the Port of Algeciras handled 694,973 containers, down 13.98% on the...
Port of Barcelona hosts Escola Europea meeting
The Escola Europea – Intermodal Transport has set a clear objective for this year: to intensify digitalisation with the aim of enriching its training...
Valenciaport, a strategic port for the agri-food industry that increases its exports by 40% in the first quarter of the year
The Port of València handled more than two million tons of agri-food products during the first three months of the year. Exports registered an increase of...
Spain: Total seaport cargo traffic by port authority – Q1 2921
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2021 – The 46 state-managed ports of general interest handled 46,378,257 tons during March, growth of 4.6%...
Spanish port traffic grew by 4.6% in March
The 46 state-managed ports of general interest handled 46,378,257 tons during March, growth of 4.6% compared to the 44,333,047 tons moved in the same month of...
Port traffic grows in the Bay of Cádiz by 4% in the first quarter of 2021
General total port traffic of goods in the Bay of Cádiz grew by 4 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year, with...
Port Authority of Valencia will reduce the energy consumption of its buildings by 23%
The PAV has put out to tender the project to improve the energy efficiency of the air conditioning plant at the offices of the Port of Valencia – April...
Barcelona starts process to move container traffic away from the city
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2021 – The Port Authority of Barcelona has issued a tender which is the first step in relocating the APM...
Hydrogen Reach Stacker within the framework of the H2PORTS project is in full development at Hyster
Valencia – 23.04.21. The hydrogen Reach Stacker is in development at Hyster as part of the H2PORTS project for the Port of Valencia. This Reach Stacker,...
Port of Barcelona to intensify work in the social sphere of sustainability
The Port of Barcelona will establish strategic priorities in sustainability to balance the relevance of its different dimensions: environmental, economic and...
Island Global Yachting and Ocean Capital Partners close agreement for megayacht marina in Málaga
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2021 – Island Global Yachting (IGY) and Ocean Capital Partners (OCP) have signed an agreement to construct and...
Port of Vilagarcía reports 21.7% growth in first quarter
Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) April 23, 2021 – The port of Vilagarcía has just closed the best first quarter of the year in its history, adding a...
Valenciaport consolidates its position as the best-connected Spanish port and the fourth in Europe
The Port of València, among the 20 port enclosures with the best connections, according to the index drawn up by the United Nations Conference on Trade and...
Port of Cadiz: FEMP grants awarded to the 2020 call
Aid for Investments that improve the infrastructure of fishing ports, landing sites, fish markets and anchors (Art. 43.1 and 43.3) File 149AND00073:...
Six ideas, supported by Bilbao PortLab, will be financed in the first call by Puertos del Estado
Bilbao Portlab, the initiative of the Port Authority to position the Port of Bilbao in an innovative ecosystem, has supported or facilitated 6 of the 33...
Freight traffic has increased by 14.7% in the Port of Malaga during the first quarter of 2021
The significant increase in freight activity that marked the start of the new year in the Port of Malaga maintains this trend during the first quarter of 2021....
Brittany Ferries continues its tests in the Port of Bilbao for the docking of the Salamanca ship with LNG fuel
The new ferry that will serve the service with the United Kingdom will be more efficient and ecological, will save 46% of CO2 per passenger, improve passenger...