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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 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...

Bilbao port expects 2% rise in cargo traffic in 2017

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Bilbao port expects to close 2017 with a 2% increase in cargo traffic compared to 2016, a year in which...

Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao presents project for access door automation

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Bilbao port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao) and Noatum Container Terminal Bilbao jointly...

Bilbao port presents services at Aragon conference

Bibao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – Bilbao port authority has participated as exhibitor at the 7th edition of the Arex conference, a...

Port Authority of Bilbao president visits port of Valencia

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Aurelio Martínez, president of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), has received this morning the...

Bilbao port cargo traffic declines by 1.39% Y/Y in 2016

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Bilbao port handled a total of 31.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2016, a figure very similar to the one...

EU supports Finnlines service Between Bilbao And Antwerp

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 28, 2017 – The Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA), which manages infrastructures and research projects...

Port of Bilbao sees slight reduction in 2016 cargo traffic

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – In 2016, the Port of Bilbao handled 31.9 million tonnes of traffic, 1.39% down on the previous year,...

INEA representatives inspect investments at Bilbao port

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Representatives of the Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) of the European Union (EU) visited...

Chipolbrok starts service to Far, Middle East

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – US-based shipping company Chipolbrok, which operates its Spanish hub at the port of Bilbao, has started a...

Spanish northern ports presidents meet to discuss cooperation, intermodality

Gijon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Competition and collaboration, competitiveness and efficiency, coordination and planning, are some of the...

UniportBilbao names president

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The board of directors of UniportBilbao, the association supporting the promotion and competitive...

Bilbao to host international maritime industry conference in March

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 12, 2017 – Bilbao will become the centre of international attention for the naval, port, fishing and energy sectors...

Petronor to reduce activity of Bilbao port refinery for six weeks

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 11, 2017 – The Petronor (Petróleos del Norte S.A.) refinery, whose activity generates more than 40% of the total...

TecnoAranda to build wind towers production plant in Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 6, 2017 – Spanish company TecnoAranda plans to set up a plant for the production of wind towers at Bilbao port which...

Bilbao port expects rise in 2017 cargo traffic

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 3, 2017 – In the absence of the final port traffic data for the month of December, the final balance for the 2016...

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