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Puertos del Estado

Puertos del Estado is a Spanish, state-owned organisation responsible for the management of state-owned ports. The company executes the port policy of the government and coordinates and controls the efficiency of the port system, made up of 28 port authorities that manage the 46 ports of general interest. Puertos del Estado is answerable to the Ministry of Public Works that is responsible for implementing the government’s port policy.

Spain: State ports handle 46.6 million tons of cargo in January 2022, +9.8%

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 24, 2022 – In the first month of 2022, Spain’s state-owned ports handle a total of 46.67 million tons (mt) of...

President of Puertos del Estado visits Port of Cartagena

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2022 – The President of Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, visited the Port of Cartagena today...

President of Puertos del Estado visits the port of Gijón

Gijón, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2022 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, has visited the port of Gijón and has...

President of Puertos del Estado visits the port of Pasaia and meets with the port community

Representatives of Puertos del Estado have visited the facilities of the port of Pasaia and have held working meetings with the management team of the Port...

Puertos del Estado president visits Basque ports of Bilbao and Pasaia

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2022 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, visited the Basque ports of Bilbao and...

Puertos del Estado and CLIA commit to cruise ship industry sustainability

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 21, 2022 – At a presentation held during the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) in Madrid, the president of Puertos...

The President of Puertos del Estado visits the Port of Valencia and meets with the Port Community

The president of Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, visited the Port of Valencia today and met with the directors of the Port Authority of Valencia...

President of Puertos del Estado has visited the Port of Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – The President of state agency Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, visited the Port of...

President of Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena visits the Port of Valencia

València, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2022 – The president of state agency Puertos del Estado, Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena, has visited the Port of...

Puertos del Estado approves three projects in Castellón for the Ports 4.0 program

Castellón, Spain (PortSEurope) December 10, 2021 – State agency Puertos del Estado has approved three projects in Castellón out of a total of 19...

Spanish government presents the second call for the “Ports 4.0” Fund

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2021 – The Distribution Committee of the Interport Compensation Fund has presented the second call for the...

Puertos del Estado will invest €961.4 million in 2022

The president of Puertos del Estado, Francisco Toledo, has concluded the round of meetings with the representatives of the 28 Port Authorities in order to set...

265 million tons moved in the first half of the year by Spanish state ports

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has reported that the 46 ports of general interest of the State moved 264,995,587...

Puertos del Estado hires SATEC to help with digital transformation

State-owned Puertos del Estado has contracted Spanish technology company SATEC to complete its digital transformation, offering strategic, technological and...

Puertos del Estado reports reduced financials in 2020

The Governing Council of State Ports has approved the 2020 annual accounts of Puertos del Estado. As Toledo explained to the Council: “It has been a...

Spain’s Ports 4.0 Fund is extended for four years

The Distribution Committee of the Interport Compensation Fund has approved to extend for four more years the contribution of 1% of the result of the exercise...

Nine commercial projects will receive €4 million Ports grants the Fund 4.0 – Spain

The Distribution Committee of the Compensation Fund has met electronically and unanimously approved the provisional resolution of subsidies for 9...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – April 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in April 2021 of 45.45...

Spanish ports ready to resume cruise traffic with full safety guarantees

Spain’s public port system, made up of 46 ports managed by 28 Port Authorities and coordinated by Puertos del Estado, is represented at the International...

11 of the 15 initiatives supported by the Malaga Port Authority have been admitted to the Ports 4.0 Funds

A total of 15 initiatives have participated in the first edition of Ports 4.0, with the support of the Port Authority, of which 11 have been provisionally...

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