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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.

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...

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...

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