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.
Puertos del Estado reports Jan-Jun 2019 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports June 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Repsol increases LNG service to Brittany Ferries
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – Repsol, the Spanish energy company, has signed an agreement with Brittany Ferries to supply its vessels in...
CSP Iberian Bilbao & Valencia Terminals handled 1.9 million containers in the first half of the year
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – In June this year, COSCO Shipping Ports Spain Bilbao and Valencia terminals increased their number of...
Bilbao port sees slight cargo fall in first half 2019
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 26, 2019 – Between January and June, the Port of Bilbao handled 17.6 million tons, a decrease of 1% compared to the same...
Bilbao Port Lab inaugurated – a port hub for innovation and research
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) has inaugurated Bilbao Port Lab, its own...
Bilbao port completes container terminal expansion project
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2019 – Bilbao port has completed a project for the expansion of its container terminal, which has involved an...
Bilbao port’s container terminal complies with EU Customs Code
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2019 – The container terminal of Bilbao port has become the first terminal in Spain to comply with the new Customs Code...
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 ‘RÃa 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...