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 Authority advances in the power supply project for cruise ships in the Cadiz dock
News Release – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) – 19 February 2021 The Bay of Cádiz Port...
Baleària presents plans to Port Authority of Almería
Almeria, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2021 – The general director of Baleària Operations, César Rodríguez, has met with the president of...
Vigo port traffic rises in January 2021
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2021 – The Galician port of Vigo has reported January 2021 cargo traffic increased by 9.47%. Noteworthy was a...
Strength of exports consolidates Valenciaport’s leadership in containers, motorway traffic and vehicles
Export container traffic has been on the rise for six consecutive months, with an average growth of 11% – February 19, 2021 In January 2021, the increase...
Morocco Cruises Line considers Motril port service
Motril, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2021 – Representative of the Morocco Cruises Line shipping company, Mohamed Laiazic El-kadiri, has met with...
Algeciras port issues tender for sand removal
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2021 – A €711,000 tender has been issued for work to remove sand from Playa de El Rinconcillo (beach), a...
COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals Throughput – January 2021
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – In the first month of 2021, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd has reported container traffic of over 8.6...
COSCO Shipping Ports sees January 2021 container traffic up +2.7%
Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) February 18, 2021 – In the first month of 2021, COSCO Shipping Ports Ltd has reported container traffic of over 8.6...
Port of València puts out to tender the construction management of the new electrical substation
The new electrical substation will allow the engines of the ships to be connected to shore power while they are docked in the Port of València The project...
Valenciaport joins the working groups of the 12 ports most committed against climate change
Aurelio Martínez participates in the meeting of the heads of the 12 most important ports in the world that participate in the World Ports Climate Action...
PortCastelló closes the best month of January in solid bulk
Freight traffic in the port of Castellón grew 3.7% this January with respect to the same month of the previous year and accounted for 1,721,840 tons –...
Port Authority of Castellon profit down 32% in 2020
PortCastelló closes 2020 with a profit before tax of €6.7 million, which represents a decrease of 32% compared to the previous year – February 17,...
Port of Tarragona starts final construction phase of the Moll de Balears
The works have entered the last phases with the completion of the dredging and the placement of the material with land means – February 15, 2021 The pier...
Málaga port: Freight traffic is close to 3 million tons in a key year to guarantee the supply chain
The president of the Port Authority, Carlos Rubio and the director of the Port Authority, José Moyano presented the closing data for the 2020 financial year,...
Competition for the construction and management of the nautical sports area in San Andrés, Málaga, to be declared void
The Port Authority will propose at its next Board of Directors that the tender for the construction and management of the nautical sports area of San...
Malaga port sees improved January traffic
Málaga, Spain (Ports Europe) February 16, 2021 – Port of Málaga has reported January 2021 total traffic of 377,511 tons, an increase of 58.1% compared...
Valenciaport starts the year positive thanks to the export dynamism of companies
In January 2021, 6,712,048 tons of cargo were handled, 8.36% more than the same month of the previous year. The number of containers rose to 467,103,...
APM Terminals Valencia expands VGM service with three new container weighbridges
This is the first phase of a project that will be completed with 11 devices to increase simultaneous weighing Valencia, Spain – APM Terminals Valencia has...
The Port of Barcelona to improve waste management thanks to the CLEVER-volume project
The CLEVER-volume project, a solution from the startup 3D Modelling Studio, will allow the Port of Barcelona to optimise the management of solid waste (Annex V...
Port of Cartagena is consolidating the export of scrap metal
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) February 12, 2021 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) has reported that last...