Las Palmas
Las Palmas is a seaport on Northeast Gran Canaria, in the central Canary Islands, a part of Spain. It is Port of Las Palmas is port for fishing, commercial, passenger and sports boats in the city of Las Palmas. The port is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas (APP – Port Authority of Las Palmas). 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.
Spanish company applies for construction of LNG storage facility at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2018 – Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) will be on the table of the first board meeting of Las Palmas port...
Puertos Canarios joins Medcruise association
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Puertos Canarios has joined the Medcruise organisation. MedCruise is the Association...
Las Palmas port awards 30 contracts in 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) awarded a total of 30 contracts for works...
Event: Mediterranean ports to attend Fruit Logistica in Berlin – February 7-9, 2017
Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The annual Fruit Logistica show covers all sectors of the fresh produce business and provides a complete...
Portos Canarios handles 1,377 digital services requests in only three months
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Portos Canarios, the institution in charge of the management of regional ports in the Canary Islands,...
Las Palmas port leads for fourth consecutive years the Canary cruise sector ranking
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – For a long period of time, the ports of Tenerife and Arrecife were located above Las Palmas in the cruise...
Spain’s Hermes LogÃstica gets IFS certificate for warehouses in Las Palmas, Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – Hermes LogÃstica, S.A., a subsidiary of Trasmediterránea S.A., has received the IFS LogÃstica...
Las Palmas port cruise traffic rises 6.6% in Jan-Nov 2017
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2018 – Las Palmas port handled 985,662 cruise passengers in the eleven months through November, up 6.6% on the...
Las Palmas port posts largest cruise traffic growth in Spain
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) recorded a 12% increase in cruise traffic...
Puertos Canarios analyses improvement of harbour accessibility
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Puertos Canarios, the operator of regionally-owned ports at the Canary Islands, has carried out a study to...
Canary Islands government pays €2.4 million compensation to Naviera Armas
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2017 – Canary Islands government has approved the payment of €2.4 million ($2.8 million) to Spanish shipping...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Las Palmas port calls tender for road construction at Reina SofÃa dock
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has called a tender for the construction of...
Brazil considers Las Palmas port to be competitive export platform
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2017 – Brazil considers Spain’s Las Palmas port to be a flexible and competitive platform for the export of...
Las Palmas port container traffic rises in October
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – Las Palmas port handled 115,478 containers in October, a figure that greatly exceeds the 86,046...
Astican opens new facilities at Las Palmas port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 21, 2017 – Spanish shipbuilder and ship repair company Astilleros Canarios S.A. (Astican) has officially opened its...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – September 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – August 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 10, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Seven Sea Trading reinforces Canarian subsidiary
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Seven Sea Trading, the Dubai-based ship services company, has reinforced this week the control over...
Naviera Armas applies for operation of terminal at Arrecife port
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Spanish shipping company Naviera Armas, S.A. has requested from Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad...