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.
The “Basque Net Zero Industrial Super Cluster” is born, to accelerate the reduction of emissions in the Industrial sector
The Basque Government, in collaboration with Repsol-Petronor and Iberdrola, and with the support of industrial clusters, today presented the “Basque Net...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – September 2021
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2021 – In the month of September Spanish state ports handled 45.03 million tons of cargo, up +3.9% on September...
Vasco Shipping Services has started new services for COSCO Shipping to West Africa and USA
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2021 – Vasco Shipping Services, a company belonging to the VASCO group, has started the commercialization of a...
Port Authority of Bilbao to attend logistics event in UK
The Port Authority of Bilbao and Uniport will exhibit at Multimodal 2021, the main freight transport, logistics and supply chain management event in the...
COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited sees slight fall in Q3 2021 container traffic
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 17, 2021 – In the third quarter of 2021, the container terminals of COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited handled 27.6...
Port of Bilbao starts work on extension of the AZ-1 Dock
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) October 8, 2021 – Dredging marks the start of work on the extension of the AZ-1 Dock of the Port of Bilbao. The Port...
Cruise activity in the Basque Country boosted with the arrival of cruise liners
Two cruise ships will coincide in the terminal of the port of Bilbao in Getxo this Thursday – September 30, 2021 This week, the cruise liner terminal of...
Port of Bilbao promotes TECNALIA development centre
Since 2018, Basque companies have had the use of a platform-laboratory to test materials and solutions in a real offshore environment. This infrastructure was...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – August 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – In the month of August Spanish state ports handled 48.53 million tons of cargo, up +0.7% on August...
Repsol start to build Bilbao port LNG terminal
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2021 – Spanish energy and petrochemical company Repsol SA has started building an liquified natural gas (LNG)...
Israel’s ambassador to Spain visits Port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2021 – The Israeli ambassador to Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, has been visiting Spain’s Basque region,...
Bilbao port works council to protest against changes at the Getxo Cruise Terminal
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – The Works Council of Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) and the...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – June 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in July 2021 of 45.99...
Port of Bilbao and Geoalcali sign logistics agreement
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – The Port Authority of Bilbao (APB) and Geoalcali, an operator in potash mining, have signed an agreement...
Port of Bilbao reports positive cargo traffic for June
Traffic of the Port of Bilbao presented positive results in the month of June, with an increase of close to 15%, which means recovering practically 350,000...
Brittany Ferries’ Cap Finistère returns to service on the Portsmouth to Bilbao route
Portsmouth, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) July 19, 2021 – Brittany Ferries’ ro-pax ferry Cap Finistère has resumed service on the Portsmouth to Bilbao...
Intertransportes Saavedra joins Uniport Bilbao
Intertransportes Saavedra, part of the Saavedra Group, is a new member of Uniport Bilbao – July 15, 2021 Intertransportes Saavedra specialises in the...
Port of Bilbao: Good prospects despite Covid
Although the shadow of Covid is still looming over us, 2021 is looking like it is going to be a good year regarding the number and size of announced...
Bilbao Portlab organizes a conference on article 64 bis of the regional corporate tax regulation
Bilbao Portlab has held a conference on article 64 Bis of the Regional Corporate Tax Regulation for companies in the port community, in which representatives...
COSCO Shipping representatives visit the port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2021 – Management representatives of COSCO Shipping Lines Spain and its agent VASCO have visited the Bilbao Port...