Bilbao
Bilbao is a port in the Basque country of Northeast Spain. The port is an important transport and logistics centre in the European Atlantic Arc. It operates cargo, container, cruise and ferry facilities. It is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao). It is also one of the ports administered by state agency Puertos del Estado.
Port Logistics Services to invest in its Bilbao port
Port Logistics Services (SLP) plans to invest €1.5 million in its concession in the AZ-2 dock in the port of Bilbao – January 25, 2021 The investment...
Contract with Greenland’s Royal Greenland company for fourth factory ship from Bilbao port shipyard
The shipyard Murueta, part of Astilleros de Murueta S.A., has signed a contract with the shipowner Qaleralik (a part of Greenland’s Royal Greenland publicly...
Brexit, better with an agreement
Uniport Bibao – January 26, 2021 On December 24, Ursula Von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the...
New container service connecting Port of Immingham with Bilbao
ABP Humber and W.E.C Lines are proud to announce a new service connecting the UK to Bilbao that will start on 16th January 2021 – January 14, 2021 The...
Bilbao port sets up CSR programme
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 20, 2021 – In keeping with its commitment to driving corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities among the port...
Bilbao port exports wind turbine parts to Chile
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 20, 2021 – Repsol and Grupo Ibereólica Renovables are developing a joint wind farm in Chile, planned to operate with...
Tecsa-Amenabar joint venture awarded Bilbao port road contract
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2021 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) has awarded the works for the new...
Two meetings scheduled to negotiate end to Bilbao port stevedore strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 11, 2021 – The negotiation of the stowage of the port of Bilbao begins in a week with two scheduled meetings, the...
Sibport to manage Bilbao railway terminal in Arasur logistics platform
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2021 -The Bilbao Port Authority Board of Directors has awarded Servicios Intermodales Bilbaoport (Sibport) the contract...
Bilbao port says ready for any kind of Brexit
Various port stakeholders and logistics services have detailed the measures they have taken to address Brexit in a seminar on short sea shipping –...
Bilbao port to host Brexit event
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2020 – SPC Spain is hold an event called Shortsea Bilbao: Preparing for Brexit in the port on December 16, 2020....
Unions at Bilbao port agree to suspend strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2020 – The unions representing longshoremen in the port of Bilbao have agreed to suspend the strike that they...
Spain will invest €1,001 million in ports in 2021
The president of Puertos del Estado (PdE), Francisco Toledo, has presented the budgets of the state-owned port system which will amount to €1,001 million in...
Bilboestiba accepts negotiation to end Bilbao port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 4, 2020 – Bilboestiba-CPE and the works council have agreed to a government proposal to start negotiations with a...
BERGÉ and ECL intensify regular line service between Spain and the Caribbean to boost business activity
Vertraco Shipping and BERGÉ, as its representative agent in Spain, will intensify commercial activity between our country and the Caribbean and the northern...
Further pressure to end Bilbao port strike
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2020 – The Asturian Federation of Entrepreneurs (Fade) has written to state administration Puertos del Estado...
APM Terminals Gijon responds to doubling of container volumes
Since October, APM Terminals Gijon has been receiving significantly higher volumes than usual and exceeding its capacity. This is mainly due to the stevedoring...
Puertos del Estado reports October fall in ports’ cargo traffic
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 25, 2020 – The 46 ports of general interest of the State, coordinated by Puertos del Estado (PdE), moved 45.9...
The strike continues as Bilbao port loses business
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2020 – There have been nearly 50 days of strikes at Bilbao port and neither side is giving ground as they seek...
Sibport set to be awarded Arasur logistics platform contract in Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2020 – The Arasur (Araba LogÃstica, S.A) logistics platform began 2020 with the inauguration of the largest...