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 – 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...
Bilbao port to officially open cruise passenger station by end-March
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) said it plans to officially open its new cruise...
Gamesa Eolica applies for concession of land plot at Bilbao port
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2017 – Gamesa Eolica, the wind power subsidiary of Spanish renewable energy group Gamesa, has applied for the...
Bilbao port says stowage work operating normally
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 10, 2017 – The president of Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao), Asier Atutxa, said that the...
Spain’s Petronor completes scheduled stop at Bilbao port refinery
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2017 – Spanish company Petronor, which generates more than 40% of the total cargo traffic of Bilbao port, has completed...
Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises present 2017 offer in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2017 – Norwegian Cruise Line and Oceania Cruises chose Valencia to launch itineraries, current promotions and new...
Private investment in Bilbao port reached €55.8 million in 2016
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – In 2016, the private sector finalised or announced investments worth approximately €55.8 million ($59.1...
Itsas Gas acquires vessel for Bay of Biscay LNG operations
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – Itsas Gas Bunker Supply S.L. has acquired the vessel Monte Arucas to handle LNG. The adapted vessel will be...
Bilbao port association visits Mexico to improve commercial ties
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Bilbao port association Uniport plans to carry out a trade mission to Mexico in the period between...
Bilbao port awards railway terminal concession
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has awarded a 15-year concession for the operation...
Bilbao port approves project for construction of wind towers plant
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) has approved the project for the construction of a...