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.
Puertos del Estado – Spanish ports offer solutions for all types of goods
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 30, 2017 – Too big, too heavy, too complicated? 62,743 linear metres for bulk cargo, 17,272 metres dedicated to ro-ro...
Spain’s Toro y Betolaza applies for land plot at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Spanish company Grupo Toro y Betolaza is fully immersed in the project of transferring its current facilities...
Valencia region, Basque country demand improvement of Valencia-Bilbao ports railway
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Valencia regional government president Ximo Puig said he will hold a working meeting with Basque counterpart...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado aims to attract traffic at BreakBulk Europe 2017 Fair
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado and the main Spanish ports will participate in the BreakBulk...
Bilbao port community to participate in BreakBulk Europe fair
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – A broad representation of companies from the Bilbao port community will be taking part in an additional edition...
Puertos del Estado – February 2017 cargo traffic by port
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
MacAndrews starts door-to-door service connecting Bilbao, Poole ports
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – MacAndrews, a specialist in multimodal transport, has announced the launch of a door-to-door product through a...
Bilbao port receives health certification of Aenor
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has obtained the Healthy Company certificate granted by...
Bilbao port to take part in Multimodal fair in Birmingham
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) will again take part in Multimodal, the largest...
Bilbao port launches cruise passenger station
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 30, 2017 – Bilbao port hit a historical landmark in its role as an economic engine with the inauguration of the new...
Puertos del Estado – January 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports January 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Spanish cruise ports aim to hit 9.5 million passenger mark by 2020
Malaga, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2017 – Spain’s cruise ports welcomed a record 8.7 million passengers in 2016, a 0.6% rise from 2015. Ports in...
Bilbao port calls tender for construction of warehouse at AZ-2 dock
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 24, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has called a tender for the construction of the...
Increased rail traffic at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) march 23, 2017 – Last year, 1,615 tanker trucks loaded approximately 40,000 tons of LNG at the Bahía Bizkaia Gas facilities...
Navacel loads floating wind towers
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – Navacel has started shipping five towers that will be part of the structures of the wind turbines of...
Bilbao maritime cruise station set to open
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – On 29 March, concurrently with the call of P&O’s Brittania, the new Bilbao maritime cruise station...
Bilbao port handles largest container ship ever
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – The “Cezanne” vessel of Danish shipping group Maersk became the largest container ship ever to...
Bilbao’s Paceco signs Guadeloupe contract
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2017 – Paceco España brings its know-how in tailor-made solutions for terminals in the Caribbean with the recent...
Bilbao port to handle 58 cruise ships this season
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2017 – Bilbao port expects 58 cruise ships to be docked at its Getxo cruise terminal this season, which starts...
Basque government, Public Works Ministry approve deal to improve Bilbao port railway
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 – Basque Country government and the Spanish Ministry of Public Works signed an agreement on the construction...