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Pasaia

The Basque Port of Pasaia occupies a strategic location in Atlantic Europe, close to the French-Spanish border, and boasts direct connections with all trans-European transport routes. Specialising in cars, it has Europe’s only silo with direct access to vessels. Planned extension work will allow the port to provide services for traffic from its highly industrialised hinterland. The port is operated by Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia (APP – Port Authority of Pasaia). 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.

Pasaia port still unable to overcome the economic crisis of 2013

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Pasaia port has not left behind the crisis. Quite the opposite. The movement of cargo in 2017 was at the...

A Coruña port posts largest rise of fresh fish cargo in Jan-Nov 2017

A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) January 3, 2018 – A Coruña port posted the highest growth of fresh fish handled in the first eleven months of 2017 among the...

Pasaia port to handle 3 million tonnes of cargo in Jan-Nov 2017

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – Pasaia port expects its cargo traffic in 2017 to stand at 3 million tonnes, or around half of its total...

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...

Pasaia port joins Cruise Europe association

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Pasaia port has become a member of association Cruise Europe, which brings together some 100 ports in the...

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...

Pasaia port cargo traffic declines 3.3% y/y in October

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Pasaia port registered a lower decrease in its activity in October. In the tenth month of the year, Pasaia...

Pasaia port approves €5 million investment in urbanisation of San Pedro fish market 

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – The board of directors of Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Poruaria de Pasaia) approved a €5 million...

Pasaia port orders trade union to remove Catalan flag from its office

Pasaia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Spanish trade union LAB has accused Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia) of denying the...

Pasaia port’s cargo traffic keeps declining

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Pasaia port cargo traffic returned to negative figures at the end of August, with losses of 21.9% compared...

Basque Country insists on receiving ownership of Bilbao, Pasaia ports

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – The government of the Basque Country plans to keep requesting the transfer of the ownership of Bilbao and...

Basque government not to privatise ports

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2017 – The Basque Government has no plans to privatise the ports under its management, an official of the...

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

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Pasaia port cargo traffic declines 22.6% y/y in Jan-July 2017

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 6, 2017 – Pasaia port handled a total of 1.6 million tonnes of cargo in the first seven months of 2017, down by...

Pasaia port acquires seven electric cars

Pasaia, Spain (PortS Europe) August 29, 2017 – Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia) has acquired a fleet of seven plug-in electric cars to...

Pasaia port to focus on traffic diversification

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Last year was a transition period for the port of Pasaia, where the effects of the latest restructuring...

Spanish ports to attend Seatrade Europe Hamburg Fair

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Around 30 companies, including port authorities and service and product providers, will unite at...

Pasaia port to invest €2.7 million in paving works

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Pasaia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Pasaia) plans to invest some €2.7 million ($3.2 million)...

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

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports June 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

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