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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.

Puertos del Estado distributes second batch of masks to maritime sector

The shipment of 840,000 units completes the allocation of 1.1 million decreed in Order TMA / 263/2020, of March 20, of MITMA. Port authorities, SASEMAR and the...

Algeciras port sees positive January 2020 traffic

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-owned organisation responsible for the management of state-owned ports, has...

Valenciaport bets on the use of alternative fuels to reduce its emissions

Francesc Sánchez, general director of the APV, explained the actions that Valenciaport is developing to promote this type of fuel during the opening of the...

Puertos del Estado meets Accenture to discuss 5G

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 15, 2019 – President of Puertos del  Estado, Salvador de la Encina and head of the Cabinet, Ana María García,...

Puertos del Estado reports September 2019 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 6, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports September 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...

Spain’s state-owned ports handled 428 million tons Jan-Sept 2019

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 6, 2019 – In the first nine months of 2019, the 46 state-owned ports handled 428,124,835 tons, up 2.2% over the...

Seville and Puertos del Estado agree 2020 Business Plan for port

Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (APS – Port Authority of Seville) and the state port management...

Huelva port agrees port business plan for 2020 with Puertos del Estado

Huelva, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Huelva (APH – Port Authority of Huelva) and Puertos del Estado, the state...

Puertos del Estado look to support Canary islands port authorities

Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2019 – Puertos del Estado (PdE) has met with the new presidents of the Canary Islands port...

Green light for the 2020 Business Plan of the Port Authority of Valencia

The document has been agreed with Puertos del Estado and contemplates the most important strategic investment, personnel and sustainability decisions for next...

Representatives of Spanish ports debate cybersecurity in Valenciaport

Víctor Giner, head of information technology at the APV has been in charge of opening the conference held today and tomorrow in the Clock Building of the port...

Puertos del Estado reports August 2019 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 14, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Puertos del Estado agrees to A Coruña port Company Plan for 2020

Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) October 7, 2019 – The state-owned Puertos del Estado and the Port Authority of A Coruña have agreed the Company Plan of...

Spanish ports start submitting business plans

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 2, 2019 – The president of Autoritat Portuària de Barcelona (APB – Port Authority of Barcelona), ​​Mercé...

Puertos del Estado advances the drafting of the Strategic Framework

The first phase concludes with the sharing of sectoral surveys of employers and unions – September 25, 2019 Puertos del Estado has presented the result...

Puertos del Estado discusses Melilla port circumstances

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 19, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has met with the recently appointed...

Spain’s state-run ports increase half year traffic by 2.05%

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) August 6, 2019 – The 46 ports of the state-owned authority Puertos del Estado handled 284.546 tons of cargo in the first six...

Puertos del Estado reports Jan-Jun 2019 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) August 2, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports June 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Puertos del Estado says that 14 port offices of the “Ports 4.0 Fund” will be operational in September

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 30, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has announced that as of October the deadline for...

Puertos del Estado meets with Fenaport officials

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 26, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has assured representatives of the carriers of...

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