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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.

Cosco to launch new weekly service at Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2018 – Cosco Shipping Lines plans to start a new weekly service to the Caribbean and South America’s Pacific on...

Valencia port to take part in transport fair in China

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will participate in the ‘Transport Logistic...

Bilbao port promotes its services in Brussels, Birmingham

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – Bilbao port continues with its policy of promoting its facilities and logistical means in the main international...

Bilbao port completes construction of ro-ro ramp

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 11, 2018 – Bilbao port authority has said it completed the construction of a ro-ro ramp number 8 at the harbour.  The works...

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

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

Bilbao port extends concession of Abra-Getxo to 2040

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) May 4, 2018 – Bilbao port has granted the public company Puerto Deportivo el Abra-Getxo S.A., on February 15, 2018, the extension...

Bilbao port leads maritime trade between Spain and UK

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) April 30, 2018 – Bilbao port leads maritime trade of Spain with the United Kingdom with 35% of the total maritime traffic with...

Bilbao port cargo traffic rises in Q1 2018

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – Bilbao port handled between January and March a total of 8.6 million tonnes, 22% more than in the same period of...

Bilbao port works to attract cruise passengers from USA

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) is working to attract cruise passengers from the United...

Bilbao port’s Getxo cruise terminal handles 34 large leisure vessels in one year

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – With the berthing of the cruise ship Queen Victoria, the Getxo cruise terminal of Bilbao port handled a total...

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

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 15, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Bergé transports large sculptures of Eduardo Chillida to Spain

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – Bergé was the company in charge of carrying out the maritime transport from the United States to Bilbao of...

Bilbao port for first time handles LNG arriving from Siberia

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – An ice-breaking methane tanker arrived to in the port of Bilbao with gas from one of the largest deposits in the...

CMA CGM carries out oversized cargo operation at Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – French company CMA CGM, one of the world leaders in maritime transport, has recently demonstrated its ability...

Spain’s Bikote Solar completes construction of PV plant at Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – Spanish company Bikote Solar has recently launched a 100 kW photovoltaic plant for refrigerated storage...

Bilbao opens port center

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) has opened the new Port Center, designed as an...

Puertos del Estado reports figures for fish landed at Spanish ports in January 2018

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – The state-owned authority for ports, Puertos del Estado, has reported fish landed by Spanish ports in...

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

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

Bilbao port, a meeting point between China and Atlantic Europe

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 21, 2018 – China is one of the 12 main markets in total traffic of the port of Bilbao and the second in containerised...

South European ports head for Intermodal South America logistics exhibition

São Paulo, Brazil (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 25th edition of Intermodal South America, an international exhibition for logistics, cargo...

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