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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 port closes record-breaking cruise season

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2017 – Bilbao port closes today, with the arrival of two ships, a “record” cruise season with 61...

High speed Basque railway line gets EIB €600M boost

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2017 – The European Investment bank (EIB) has signed a €600m loan with Adif AV to finance the “Y Vasca”...

Bilbao cruise terminal used to promote port

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2017 – On Sunday October 22, the Port of Bilbao Terminal at Getxo will become a free amusement park where...

Spain’s Adif to overhaul railway link to Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Adif plans to carry out works to improve the railway infrastructure in...

Bilbao port attends UK offshore Europe fair

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (Port Authority of Bilbao) and Foro Marítimo Vasco (The Basque Maritime...

Kukla España launches wine export service from Spain

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Kukla España, the Spanish subsidiary of German multimodal logistic operator Robert Kukla GmbH, has taken...

Bilbao port tenders dock construction project

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has called a tender for the design of a dock at the...

Valencia port needs good links with Bilbao, Cantabrian coast

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martínez said that the port...

Bilbao port awards €2.74 million ro-ro ramp construction contract to Astilleros Zamakona

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has awarded a €2.74 million ($3.22 million) contract...

Event: PEMA Annual General Meeting – Bilbao, January 30 – February 1, 2018

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2017 – The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) has announced that the next Annual General Meeting...

Basque Country insists on receiving ownership of Bilbao, Pasaia ports

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The government of the Basque Country plans to keep requesting the transfer of the ownership of Bilbao and...

Spain’s Coordinadora completes project cargo operation at Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – Spanish company Coordinadora Internacional de Cargas, a member of the Project Cargo Network alliance, has...

Basque government not to privatise ports

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – The Basque Government has no plans to privatise the ports under its management, an official of the...

Bilbao port okays Progeco concession amendment

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has given the green light to the modification of the...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – July 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Bilbao port prepares for autonomous vessels era

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 7, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, has announced that the...

MACS adds Charleston port to service from Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – MACS Maritime Carrier GmbH & Co, based in Hamburg (Germany), has added the US port of Charleston to...

European Parliament to host conference on new technologies in maritime transport sector

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 5, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, will participate in a...

Bilbao port handles export of turbine pieces for offshore wind farm

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – The “CC Biscay” pontoon left the port of Bilbao on August 31 carrying on its deck two large...

Spain’s Saisa Port applies for concession at Bilbao harbour

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Saisa Port S.L. has applied for a concession to occupy 3,347 sq m at the AZ-1 dock of...

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