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.
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – November 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – In the month of November 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 45.75 million tons of cargo, compared...
Port of Bilbao reports over 15% cargo traffic rise in first 11 months
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – In January-November 2021, the Port of Bilbao handled 28.6 million tons, up +2.36% compared to the same...
Port of Bilbao provides land for further expansion
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) December 2, 2021 – The Port of Bilbao has prepared a space of 203,000 m² available for private logistics and industrial...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – October 2021
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 26, 2021 – In the month of October 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 47.26 million tons of cargo, compared...
Bilbao PortLab to take part in the events organised by the International Association of Port Cities
The Port Authority of Bilbao will be taking part in the General Assembly and in other events organised by the AIVP – the International Association of...
UK ambassador to Spain visits the port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) November 19, 2021 – The United Kingdom’s ambassador to Spain, Hugh Elliott, has visited the Northern Spanish port of...
Port Authority of Bilbao revamps its vehicle fleet with a focus on greater sustainability
The Port Authority of Bilbao has replaced the vehicles that make up its fleet, 71% of which are now powered by alternative fuels – November 16, 2021 The...
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...