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.
Valenciaport welcomes Ports 4.0 Fund
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Valenciaport has welcomed the presentation of the Ports 4.0 Fund, a new inter-port compensation fund aimed...
Spain receives 10.1 million cruise passengers in 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Spain’s state-owned ports received 10,178,169 cruise ship passengers in 2018, an annual...
Innsomnia, KPMG to establish startup incubator in Spanish port system
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – A consortium of Valencia-based company Innsomnia and consultancy KPMG has been awarded a contract to...
Salvador de la Encina appointed president of Puertos del Estado
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – The Council of Ministers has approved the proposal of the Minister of Development, José Luis Ábalos, for...
Puertos del Estado president resigns
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – Ornella Chacón, president of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado, is leaving the position for...
Barcelona port proposes a new technical office to develop road and rail access
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – The Port of Barcelona has proposed to the Ministry of Development to create a technical office in...
Puertos del Estado to support greenhouse gas emissions reduction
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Spain’s national ports agency Puertos del Estado has signed a cooperation contract for the reduction...
Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
A Coruña port to soon tender €150 million railway project
A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2019 – A Coruña port will soon tender a €150 million ($169.4 million) project for the construction of a rail...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado completes analysis of national ports strategy
Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2019 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has completed an analysis the new...
Spain to maintain protectionist towing rules
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – Spain’s national ports agency Puertos del Estado has drafted a regulation maintaining the...
South European port authorities attend Berlin Fruit Logistica fair
Berlin, Germany (Ports Europe) January 25, 2019 – A number of southern European port authorities will be attending the 2019 Fruit Logistica fair, taking...
Spanish ports exceed 10 million cruise passengers in 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The ports of Spain exceeded the objective: the cruise industry contributed 10 million passengers during...
Puertos del Estado represents Spain at Boot Düsseldorf event
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 22, 2019 – A Spanish delegation, led by Puertos del Estado, will be present at the biggest European event...
Puertos del Estado presents trade fair calendar
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 13, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the organisation that manages state-owned ports, has agreed with Spanish port...
Cartagena port studying alternatives to El Gorguel project
Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) January 15, 2019 – Spain’s Public Works Ministry, together with Puertos del Estado and...
Tarragona port presents strategic projects to president of Puertos del Estado
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – The President of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, has visited the Port of Tarragona accompanied by...
Puertos del Estado president visits Tenerife port
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón has visited the port...
Spanish port agency maintains dialogue with European Commission to reach solution to tax exemption
Madrid, January 9, 2019 – Puertos del Estado maintains dialogue with European Commission to reach solution to tax exemption Puertos del Estado (PE) was...
Spanish state ports to receive another €68.2 million of EU aid
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – Puertos del Estado has negotiated, as an intermediary body for European aid, with the Spanish Ministry of...