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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.

Spanish port cargo traffic in February almost recovers to levels of 2020

Cargo traffic through the 46 ports of general interest of the State, managed by 28 Port Authorities and coordinated by Puertos del Estado, exceeded 40.4...

President of Puertos del Estado has visited the Port of Cádiz

Cádiz, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2021 – The President of Puertos del Estado, Francisco Toledo, has visited the facilities of the Port of Cádiz...

The Spanish port system closes 2020 with a result of €104 million

Spain’s state-owned port system, made up of 46 ports managed by 28 Port Authorities and coordinated by Puertos del Estado, closed the 2020 financial year...

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...

Spanish port system records 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, down 8.95% 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...

Puertos del Estado announces management appointments

Puertos del Estado has announced the appointments of Pilar Parra Serrano and Mar Chao López as the new Corporate and Operations Directors, respectively...

Spanish port traffic drops 5.5% in October

Puertos del Estado – November 24, 2020 Goods in transit continue to recover ground, growing by 12.5%. 9 of the 28 Port Authorities (Alicante, Almería,...

Port of Seville will invest €40 million between 2020 and 2024

Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) November 11, 2020 – The president of Puertos del Estado, the state-owned organisation responsible for the management of...

Algeciras is Spain’s top cargo handling port in July 2020

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

Traffic in Spanish ports falls by 13.2% in July

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – Traffic in Spanish ports fell by 13.2% in July, confirming the recovery trend following the Covid-19...

Ábalos reaffirms government target to electricify all ports by 2030

News – Puertos del Estado – Electrification of Ports – July 14, 2020 Today in the Senate the Minister of Transportation, Mobility and Urban...

Puertos del Estado and Cartagena Port Authority analyze a three-year €200 million investment plan

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) July 14, 2020 – The President of Puertos del Estado, Francisco Toledo, and the President of Autoridad Portuaria de...

Top 10 Spanish ports see cargo down in May, after April fall

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports September 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

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 announces reorganisation

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 5, 2020 – The Governing Council of the Public Authority Puertos del Estado (PdE), meeting for the first time under the...

Spanish state ports moved 174.8 million tons in first four months of the year

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 5, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the organisation responsible for the management of 46 state-owned ports, has reported...

Spain’s leading ports suffer reduced traffic in April 2020

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 3, 2020 – State-owned Puertos del Estado has reported April 2020 cargo statistics for ports, which shows that the...

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...

Puertos del Estado publishes guidelines for pilotage, stevedoring and port community

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2020 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has produced four documents because of the global emergence of COVID-19 to support...

Valenciaport begins distribution of masks among the port staff

Valenciaport has received 85,500 masks from the consignment coordinated by Puertos del Estado for all Spanish port authorities. Valenciaport also plans to...

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