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Huelva

Huelva is a port in Southwest Spain near the Gulf of Cádiz, facing the Atlantic Ocean. It is integrated into the European Union’s Trans-European Transport Network as a Core Port and is ranked among the top seven ports in the Spanish system in terms of goods movement and 2nd in Andalusia. It is managed by state-owned Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva. State ports are managed by Puertos del Estado which executes port policy of the government; made up of 28 port authorities that manage the 46 ports.

Huelva port awards €40 million contract to Spain’s Ferrovial

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2019 – Huelva port authority has awarded a €40 million ($45.2 million) contract to Spanish civil engineering...

Huelva port completes first truck to ship bunkering operation

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) June 17, 2019 – The first operation of bunkering of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from truck to ship in the port of...

Grupo Control wins port security services contract for ports in Andalusia

Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 – The Ministry of Development, Infrastructure and Land Planning, via Agencia Pública de Puertos de Andalucía...

Huelva port presents project cargo offer at Breakbulk Europe fair

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2019 – Huelva port has attended the Breakbulk Europe fair, which takes place in Bremen (Germany) between May 21 and...

Huelva port renews Kosher Halal certification

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Huelva port has renewed the Kosher certificate and has passed the follow-up audit for the Halal certificate,...

Huelva port establishes conditions for shipyards concession tender

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 20, 2019 – Huelva port has published the list of conditions of the tender for the granting of an administrative concession...

Huelva port, Extremadura government advance alliance to create joint logistics network

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2019 – Huelva port and the Extremadura regional government have advanced their alliance to create a joint logistics...

Huelva port, Enagás to launch Cold Logistics Hub in 2021

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 30, 2019 – Huelva port authority and Enagás have announced that they have in place the necessary investments so that the...

Huelva port renews PERS certification

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva (APH – Port Authority of Huelva) has renewed its Port Environmental Review...

Huelva port launches weekly container train service to Madrid

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Huelva port has launched a new weekly container train service between Madrid and its South Pier, joining the...

Puertos del Estado reports February 2019 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Huelva port’s cargo traffic rises 14% y/y in Q1

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Huelva port closed the first quarter of 2019 with a total traffic of 8.9 million tonnes, up 14% on the...

Huelva port to call tender for temperature-controlled storage complex

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2019 – Huelva port has approved the list of requirements of the tender of one or several administrative concessions...

Huelva port participates in European Atlantic Corridor working group meeting

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Huelva port participated this week as a new member in the Working Group of Ports and Multimodal...

Huelva port asks government for more animal health inspections

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Huelva port plans to ask the government for a greater number of inspectors of external and animal...

Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Andalusia government names presidents of local ports

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2019 – Andalusia’s regional government has approved the appointment of the former mayor of Cádiz, Teófila...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – 2018 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...

Spain’s state ports see cargo rise by 3.3% in 2018

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Provisional data shows that the 46 state-owned ports handled 563,475,196 tons of cargo in 2018, up 3.3%...

Huelva port opens fish market building

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – Huelva port has opened the doors of the new fish market building, which after an investment of €6.9...

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