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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.

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...

Las Palmas port transit cargo traffic rises 51% y/y in Q1 2017

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Freight traffic in transit increased by 51% in all types of ports managed by Las Palmas port authority...

Puertos del Estado modifies Las Palmas port authority business plan

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – The unilateral decision of Spanish port agency Puertos del Estado to modify the Business Plan Las Palmas...

Positive container traffic trend continues at Las Palmas port

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Container traffic continues its upward trend in Las Palmas port for the eighth consecutive month. The port...

Canary Islands cruise traffic declines 6% in Jan-Feb 2017

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – The cruise traffic to the ports of the Canary Islands stood at 452,519 passengers in the first two months of...

Event – Intermodal South America – April 4-6, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ports Europe) April 5, 2017 – Intermodal South America is considered by executives of the industry as a strategic platform to do...

Puertos del Estado – January 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports January 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

EU Tender – Spain – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: quay construction work

Spain-Las Palmas de Gran Canaria: Quay construction work 2017/S 060-113160 Contract award notice – utilities Directive 2004/17/EC Section I: Contracting...

Huelva port completes trade mission to Canary Islands

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 24, 2017 – The commercial mission of the Association for the Commercial Promotion of the Port of Huelva, HuelvaPort, and...

Huelva port to carry out presentation of connections with Canary Islands

Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) March 17, 2017 – The Association for the Commercial Promotion of the Port of Huelva, HuelvaPort, and the port authority...

Las Palmas port delegation visits Argentine harbour

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – A Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) delegation has visited the Argentine...

Canadian miner Kinross to set up logistics hub at Las Palmas port

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Las Palmas port will become a global logistics hub of the Canadian-based gold and mining company...

Las Palmas port signs framework agreement with Brazilian fruit exporters

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) February 10, 2017 – Las Palmas port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Las Palmas) has signed a framework agreement with...

Las Palmas port to start dredging of Puerto del Rosario

Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Rhoden Nielsen A/S will start the dredging project at Puerto del Rosario port this weekend. The work...

Cadiz port delegation visits Canary Islands to promote shipping line

Cadiz, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – A delegation from the port community of Cadiz headed by the president of the port authority, Jose Luis...

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