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 Huelva will invest €11 million in extending the Huelva-Seville railway line
Francisco Toledo and Pilar Miranda, presidents of Puertos del Estado and the Huelva Port Authority, respectively, have signed the addendum and extension to the...
Port of Tarragona presents the Lilla tunnel project
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2021 – Josep Maria Cruset, President of the Port of Tarragona has presented the project, “The impacts of...
Port of Tarragona closed April with traffic 2.2% higher
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 21, 2021 – The Port of Tarragona closed the month of April with 2.42 million tonnes moved, 2.2% higher than the same...
Decarbonisation and the fight against climate change, milestones and priorities for Valenciaport
Decarbonisation and the fight against climate change, milestones and priorities in the Valenciaport strategy – May 20, 2021 The supply of electricity to...
Spanish ports ready to resume cruise traffic with full safety guarantees
Spain’s public port system, made up of 46 ports managed by 28 Port Authorities and coordinated by Puertos del Estado, is represented at the International...
PortCastelló grows 3.8% in the first four months of the year
The port of Castellón moved a total of 6,448,720 tons of goods in the first four months of the year, which is 3.8% more than the same period of the previous...
Port Authority of Seville and the container terminal sign an environment agreement
The president of the Seville Port Authority (APS), Rafael Carmona, and the director of Terminal Marítima del Guadalquivir (TMG), José Antonio Gascó, have...
Consortium to pay €30 million in compensation to the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 20, 2021 – The Barcelona Provincial Court has ruled on irregularities detected during the development of the works to...
Valenciaport installs third air quality and control cabin in the Port of Sagunto
València, May 19, 2021 The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has installed in the Port of Sagunto what is now its third cabin for environmental control and...
Port of Tarragona joins hydrogen initiative
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 19, 2021 – The Port of Tarragona has joined a local hydrogen project – Vall de l’Hidrogen Verd de...
Port of Barcelona prepares to resume cruise ship activity
The Port of Barcelona will intensify work with cruise companies in the coming days to resume activity in the coming weeks, once Procicat has approved the...
Port of Malaga will develop specific initiatives to meet the sustainable goals of the 2030 agenda
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) May 18, 2021 – Autoridad Portuaria de Málaga (APM – Port Authority of Málaga) will develop specific initiatives for...
Port of Cartagena and Hamilton y Compañía sign agreement
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) May 18, 2021 – Cartagena Port Authority and the logistics operator Hamilton y Compañía have today signed a commercial...
Port Authority of Castellón publishes rail tender
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) May 18, 2021 – The Port Authority of Castellón has published tender details for a project to develop the railway...
Green and digital transformation will focus the debate at the annual conference of European ports
València, May 18, 2021 After a year 2020 complicated by the impact of the health crisis generated by COVID-19 and its effect on the world economy, Europe...
Port of Barcelona consolidates its growth and exceeds pre-pandemic figures
The Port of Barcelona continues to show clear signs of commercial recovery, with many traffic categories between January and April of this year reaching...
Port of València moves 479,171 containers in April and sets new records
València, May 16, 2021 Data on goods movements and container traffic from Valenciaport for April show that the port facilities managed by the Port Authority...
Baleària presents the fast ferry Eleanor Roosevelt, a symbol of eco-efficiency and innovation
Baleària’s pioneering fast ferry Eleanor Roosevelt was officially unveiled this week in the ports of Palma, Ibiza and Dénia, where this sustainable and...
The port community renews its self-environmental requirements of the ECOPORT II project
Valencia, May 12, 2021 Valenciaport has a clear objective: 2030 zero emissions. It is the commitment made by the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), a plan...
Manuel Guerra highlights that “The Special Plan for the South Zone of the Port of Valencia will enhance the social life of Nazaret”
València, May 12, 2021.- The deputy deputy director of Valenciaport, Manuel Guerra, presented the city-port integration model at the conference organized...