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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.

Spain’s Boluda profit rises 35% in 2016

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Spanish shipping group Boluda Corporación Marítima closed fiscal 2016 with a significant improvement in its...

Spanish government to subsidise transport of cargo between Canaries, mainland Spain

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The agreement signed by the Spanish government with centre-left Canarian nationalist political party Nueva...

Las Palmas port completes trade mission in Brazil

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) president Luis Ibarra has completed his...

Las Palmas port analyses extension of Santa Catalina dock

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to extend the dock of Santa Catalina. One...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – March 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 18, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports March 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Las Palmas port aims to recover fresh fishing traffic

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 –  Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) plans to work to recover the throughput of...

Las Palmas port cargo traffic rises 32% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2017 – Las Palmas port cargo traffic increased by 32% during the first four months of 2017, due to the favourable...

Boluda Terminales Marítimas names director of port terminals in Spain

Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2017 – Boluda Terminales Marítimas, a subsidiary of Boluda Lines, has appointed Francisco Montes as the new director...

Spanish port cargo traffic grows disproportionately in Q1 2017

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2017 – The first quarter of 2017 in Spanish port cargo traffic was characterised with a great disparity in the...

Event – Transport Logistics – Munich, May 9-12, 2017

Munich, Germany (PortSEurope) May 3,2017 – “transport logistics” is the world’s leading trade fair for logistics, mobility, IT and...

Puertos del Estado – Spanish ports offer solutions for all types of goods

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) April 30, 2017 – Too big, too heavy, too complicated? 62,743 linear metres for bulk cargo, 17,272 metres dedicated to ro-ro...

Repair at La Esfinge dock of Las Palmas port to last for four months

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – The president of Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas), Luis Ibarra, said the...

Las Palmas port to reduce fees in 2018

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) president Luis Ibarra said the harbour plans...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado aims to attract traffic at BreakBulk Europe 2017 Fair

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado and the main Spanish ports will participate in the BreakBulk...

Naviera Armas collides with La Esfinge dock of Las Palmas port

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – The Tamasite Volcano ferry of Spanish group Naviera Armas collided on April 21 against the shoulder of La...

Spain’s La Luz Market applies for concession at Las Palmas port

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 21, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring company La Luz Market S.L. has filed an application with Las Palmas port authority...

Lanzarote mayor asks Las Palmas port to guarantee Arrecife cruise dock construction

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – Lanzarote mayor has asked the president of the Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las...

Las Palmas port awards permit for use of land to Fred Olsen

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – The board of directors of Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) awarded to Fred...

Rodritol wins Las Palmas port yachts workshop tender

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) made official the result of the competition...

Puertos del Estado – February 2017 cargo traffic by port

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

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