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The Basque Port of Santander is a natural harbour without man-made protection and has direct access to Cantabria’s motorways, the plateau region and the national rail network. It has state-of-the-art terminals for dry and agri-food bulk, these being the types of cargo the Port of Santander has traditionally handled. The port has weekly services to England and Ireland, as well as regular services to Germany, Belgium, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Russia, Portugal, other English ports, the Americas, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, China and Korea. The port is operated by Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS – Port Authority of Santander). 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: Total cargo handled by port authority – February 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in February 2021 of 40.43...

Port of Santander to use EU funds to improve rail access

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2021 – The Port of Santander has obtained €7.1 million ($8.3 million) from...

Port of Santander has handled over 8 million cars

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2021 – At an event in the Port of Santander, president of the Port Authority, Francisco Martín, said that the...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – January 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in January 2021 of...

Port of Santander plans to revive transport of goods by rail

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 24, 2021 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS – Port Authority of Santander),...

Santander port improves railway infrastructure

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) February 3, 2021 – The port of Santander has started renovation work on the railway tracks, located on quay 8 of Raos East...

Spanish ports see total cargo traffic down 8.6% in 2020

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The Spanish port system ended the 2020 financial year with 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, a decrease of...

Jaime González López resigns as president of Santander Port Authority

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2021 – Jaime González López has resigned his role as president of Autoridad Portuaria de Santander (APS...

Spanish ports traffic down over 9% Jan-Nov year-on-year

The 46 state-owned ports, coordinated by Puertos del Estado, moved 43.5 million tons during the month of November, registering a slight variation of -0.4%...

Noatum set to expand operations at Santander port

Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2020 – The Port Authority of Santander (APS) is set to modify the concession currently held by Noatum to...

Spain will invest €1,001 million in ports in 2021

The president of Puertos del Estado (PdE), Francisco Toledo, has presented the budgets of the state-owned port system which will amount to €1,001 million in...

BERGÉ and ECL intensify regular line service between Spain and the Caribbean to boost business activity

Vertraco Shipping and BERGÉ, as its representative agent in Spain, will intensify commercial activity between our country and the Caribbean and the northern...

Puertos del Estado reports October fall in ports’ cargo traffic

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 25, 2020 – The 46 ports of general interest of the State, coordinated by Puertos del Estado (PdE), moved 45.9...

ANFAC values ​​very positively the proactivity of Spanish ports

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 7, 2020 – The President of Puertos del Estado, Francisco Toledo, attended the online presentation of the 2019 edition...

Puertos del Estado reports July 2020 cargo traffic statistics by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Puertos del Estado reports June 2020 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 30, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports June 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Puertos del Estado reports May 2020 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports May 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports April 2020 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports April 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Spain: Total port traffic Q1 2020 by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 6, 2020 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has published port authority cargo numbers for January-March 2020, showing that total...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports February 2020 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports February 2020 cargo figures by port authority.  The state-owned Puertos del...

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