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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 port ship agents association names president

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2018 – Asociación de Consignatarios de Buques y Estibadores del Puerto de Bilbao (ACBE – The Association of Ship...

Bilbao port, Mercabilbao hold meetings to attract more agrifood traffic

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) and wholesale market operator Mercabilbao held meetings...

Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao adapts services to meet ISO standards

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao has adapted its quality management and environmental management certificates...

More businesses join Uniport Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Four businesses have joined Uniport Bilbao, the association that represents the cluster of the port of...

CaixaBank organizes “Port to the Outside” meeting in Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – In June 2018, CaixaBank organized in Bilbao the “Port to the Outside” meeting addressed to the...

The infrastructure of Bilbao port’s Arasur faces its final stretch

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – The works on the Arasur goods sidings have been completed and development works will commence next week. The...

Bilbao port launches new service for forwarding agents

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) announced the launch of its new booking and...

Spain’s SLP cargo handling at Bilbao port increases in H1 2018

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – Servicios Logísticos Portuarios, SA (SLP), a stevedoring company, consignee and regular line agent based in the...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – May 2018 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports MONTH 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Sibport awarded contract operate Júndiz railway freight terminal near Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 3, 2018 – Spanish company Servicios Intermodales Bilbaoport SL (Sibport) will start operating during the next four years,...

Finnlines, Toro y Betolaza launch new terminal at Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – The alliance between the shipping company Finnlines and Consignaciones Toro y Betolaza SA has reached a new...

Spanish government advances in studies of transfer of Pasaia port management to Basque Country

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – The management of Pasaia port is one of the three subjects whose study is most advanced in the negotiation...

Volans Logistics increases capacity on Condor service between Bilbao port and South America

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – Volans Logistics has increased capacity on its monthly service between Bilbao and South America with the...

Auxema Stemmann starting exports to Indonesia 

Mungia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – Spanish company Auxema Stemmann Española SL has set foot on the Asian market through a contract for the exports...

Brittany Ferries to give Spanish names to its two newest ships

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Galicia and Salamanca will be the names of the two new ships that Brittany Ferries will incorporate into its...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – April 2018 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports April 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Noatum launches railway services unit

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Noatum Logistics, the logistics unit of Noatum Maritime, has launched a new division specialising in offering...

Haizea Wind launches wind towers plant in Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2018 – Spanish company Haizea Wind has launched the operation of its plant in Bilbao port, where it manufactures wind...

Astilleros Zamakona launches fuel supply ship of Grupo Suardiaz

Santurtzi, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Zamakona SA celebrated at its facilities in Santurtzi the launch of a new fuel...

Spain’s ASK Chemicals applies for Bilbao port concession extension 

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2018 – Spanish company ASK Chemicals España has requested the extension of its current concession in the industrial...

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