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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.

Bilbao is the first port in the world to obtain the Environmental Product Declaration

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – Bilbao has become the first port in the world to obtain the Environmental Product Declaration, based on an...

Vasco Shipping Services plans to sell new Cosco Shipping Lines services from Gijón port area

Gijón, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Vasco Shipping Services is to start selling new Cosco Shipping Lines services from Gijón port on June 12....

Bilbao becomes first port globally to obtain Environmental Product Declaration

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – Bilbao has become the first port in the world to obtain an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for...

Bilbao port to take part in Breakbulk Europe

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Bilbao port plans to participate at the Breakbulk Europe fair, which takes place in Bremen from May 21 to 23,...

Marmedsa Noatum Maritime Bilbao appoints Alberto Hernández as director

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2019 – Marmedsa Noatum Maritime Bilbao has appointed Alberto Hernández as director. He has more than 20 years of...

Trade union CCOO, Bilbao port join forces in railway project

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Spanish trade union (CCOO), Teruel Existe and la Plataforma del Ferrocarril de Teruel have met with Bilbao port...

Bilbao port to launch own innovation centre

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) is preparing to establish its own innovation...

Spanish stevedoring committee approves modification of Bilbao port’s collective labour agreement

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – Spanish stevedoring sector joint committee has approved the agreement to modify Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB...

Bilbao port approves modification of port spaces use plan

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) has approved the modification of the...

Bilbao port expects about 50 cruise calls this year

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 12, 2019 – The Hamburg cruise ship of the German company Phoenix Reisen opens on April 14 the cruise season...

Spain’s Tradebe to recycle fuel extracted from Bay of Biscay leak

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – The tugboat ‘Ría de Vigo’ has unloaded in the port of Bilbao 333 tonnes of fuel collected in...

Puertos del Estado reports February 2019 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Noatum Ports rebranded Cosco Shipping Ports (Spain)

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Following its acquisition by Cosco Shipping Ports Limited in June 2017, Noatum Ports SLU has been...

Bilbao port achieves most targets in strategic plan

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – The Port Authority of Bilbao has progressed in the 56 lines of action established in its Strategic Plan for...

COSCO Shipping Ports announces FY2018 financial results

Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, a leading global leading ports operator, has announced full year results...

Bilbao port reaches 2020 traffic target ahead of schedule

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Bilbao port has already reached the traffic forecast for 2020, after closing 2018 with 35.6 million tonnes, but...

Bilbao port president asks for transfer of harbour’s management to Basque Country

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 –  Bilbao port’s president Ricardo Barkala has asked for the transfer the port’s management to the...

Kalmar to supply Servicios Logisticos Portuarios SLP in Bilbao port with forklift trucks

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has an agreement to supply Servicios Logisticos Portuarios SLP, a leading...

Bilbao port seeks to become hub for handling special cargo

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Bilbao is seeking to consolidate itself as a hub for special pieces and needs to carry out expansion...

Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

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