Tenerife
The Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife manages the Canary islands’ Port of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, with its dock in Granadilla, and the Port of Los Cristianos, both in Tenerife, as well as the Port of Santa Cruz de La Palma (La Palma), the Port of San Sebastián de La Gomera (La Gomera) and the Port of Estaca (El Hierro). The gateway to West Africa and a key port for international maritime traffic, it offers allowances for various strategic traffic. The dock at Granadilla, which began operating at the end of 2017, and its adjoining industrial park spanning six million m2, form an efficient logistics and goods redistribution hub. This, combined with the various tax and social incentives on offer, make it an attractive option. The port is operated by Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife. State ports are managed by Puertos del Estado which executes port policy of the government.
Tenerife port applies for change of status of land plot
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Tenerife port has applied with the Tenerife City Council for the change of the usage of a land plot it owns in...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – April 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports April 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Tenerife port completes largest container transhipment operation in its history
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Tenerife port hosted last weekend the largest operation of container transhipment in its history with more than...
Spain’s Cepsa adds new ship to fleet at Tenerife port
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – Spanish company Cepsa has said it added a new vessel for the supply of marine fuels to its fleet in Tenerife...
Tenerife port’s container traffic rises 68.5% y/y in Jan-Apr 2018
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 23, 2018 – Tenerife port’s container traffic rose by 61.8% on the year in April and by 68.5% in the first four months...
Tenerife port president to keep his position
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2018 – The Councilor for Public Works and Transport of the Canary Islands Government, Pablo Rodríguez, has said that...
Tenerife port records growth in 2017-2018 cruise season
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2018 – Tenerife port received a total of 310 cruise ships, with 670,000 visitors on board, in the 2017-2018 season, 57...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – March 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 5, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports Marc 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Tenerife port to dismiss board member
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – Tenerife port (Autoridad Portuaria de Santa Cruz de Tenerife) plans to dismiss José Rafael Díaz as a board...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – February 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 15, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Tenerife ports’ container traffic rises 66% y/y in Jan-Feb 2018
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – Container traffic in the ports of the Port Authority of Santa Cruz de Tenerife increased by 66% on the year...
Spanish ports’ cruise traffic rises in Jan 2018
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – Spanish ports recorded an annual increase of 45.3% in cruise traffic in January to 529,486 passengers, and...
Puertos del Estado reports figures for fish landed at Spanish ports in January 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – The state-owned authority for ports, Puertos del Estado, has reported fish landed by Spanish ports in...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – January 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports January 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Tenerife port has possibilities for development of bunkering activities
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 22, 2018 – Tenerife is a dynamic port with potential for the development of the bunkering market, the general director...
South European ports head for Intermodal South America logistics exhibition
São Paulo, Brazil (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 25th edition of Intermodal South America, an international exhibition for logistics, cargo...
Spain’s Boluda Lines resumes calls at Santa Cruz de La Palma port
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – Boluda Lines, the shipping company of Boluda Corporación Marítima, has resumed the calls at the port of...
Rajoy announces a 10% drop in port fees at the inauguration of Granadilla port
Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The President of the Government, Mariano Rajoy, accompanied by the Minister of...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – December 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Tenerife port boosts container transhipment activity
Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2018 – In September, Danish shipping group Maersk included Tenerife port in its list of transhipment harbours,...