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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.

Spanish ports to attend Seatrade Europe Hamburg Fair

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Around 30 companies, including port authorities and service and product providers, will unite at...

Spain: 3.6 million cruise passengers in the first six months of 2017

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Cruise passenger traffic through Spanish ports has once again set a new historic record in the first...

Bilbao province firefighters to service port for four more years

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) and the provincial council of Biscay have renewed for...

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

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports June 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Bilbao port faces shortage of dockworkers

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 9, 2017 – Bilbao port is experiencing a situation that some operators call “catastrophic”. The lack...

Unloading of 1,524 t of longfin tuna in Basque ports shows a positive trend

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – The capture of longfin tuna in the northern Basque ports since the beginning of the campaign in early July has...

China investment in Mediterranean ports

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – The Italian financial daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has published an article looking at Chinese state...

Bilbao port presents horticultural trade to Costa Rican delegation

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Mercabilbao and Bilbao port received a visit of a delegation of government officials from Costa Rica which...

Bilbao port calls tender for construction of ro-ro ramp

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has announced a tender for the construction and...

Haizea Wind starts construction of factory near Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Offshore wind energy is going through a good moment on a global scale. Haizea Wind has announced the start of...

Bilbao Port Authority invests €24.1 million in first quarter

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 18, 2017 – Turnover on 30 June 2017 stood at €33.2 million  ($38.26 million) compared with €32.1 million ($36.99...

Bilbao port reports increased traffic in first half of 2016

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Key points: Traffic rises 4.4% in first half of year due to liquid bulks recovery, especially gas and...

Germany’s Jungheinrich extends facilities in Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Germany’s Jungheinrich AG, one of the leading international companies in the material handling equipment,...

Bilbao port to be able to sell Olabarri building

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Bilbao City Council has begun the process to change the status of the Olabarri mansion so that its current owner,...

GPF Capital invests in Grupo Vicarli

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – GPF Capital, an independent private equity vehicle created with the aim of investing in small and medium-sized...

Baleària presents LNG commitment to IMO

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. presented last week its commitment to liquefied...

UniportBilbao to invest €100 million this year

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – The companies members of UniportBilbao, the association promoting the development of Bilbao port, plan to invest...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado takes part in conference on future of ports

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, was the guest at the recent...

Bilbao port to profit from Variante Sur railway project

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca has said that the construction...

Algeria’s CNAN Nord to increase frequency of service to Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Algerian shipping company CNAN Nord is considering a potential increase of the frequency of its regular...

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