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 ports to receive €68.2 million of EU funding
Las Palmas, Spain (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 – Twelve Spanish port authorities will distribute more than €68.2 million ($77.6 million) of...
Puertos del Estado promotes collaboration between port authorities
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – The state port administration Puertos del Estado has set up the Permanent Observatory of the Port...
First pilot test of LNG transport by road, rail and sea successfully carried out in Europe
Press release – CORE LNGas Hive – First pilot test of LNG transport by road, rail and sea successfully carried out in Europe – December 10,...
Tenerife port joins SAMOA 2 project
Tenerife, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Tenerife port has joined SAMOA 2, the second phase of the Meteorological and Oceanographic Support System...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...
Melilla port, a victim of Spain-Morocco’s trade blockade
Melilla, Spain (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – The hardening of the commercial rows between Morocco and Spain has sunk the activity of the port of Melilla....
Future Strategic Framework will be oriented to the new port reality – Puertos del Estado
Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, accompanied by Salvador...
Spain’s Interportuario Compensation Fund will distribute €52.5 million among 28 port authorities in 2019
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – The distribution committee of the Interportuarial Compensation Fund (Fondo de Compensación...
PIPE association meets in Valencia port to discuss the port model
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – PIPE (Plataforma de Inversores en Puertos Españoles/Platform of Investors in Spanish Ports),...
Port Authority of Cadiz Bay hosted the XII Communications Conference for state-run ports
Cádiz, Spain (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Cádiz (APBC – Port Authority of Cadiz) has hosted the...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – September 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 11, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports September 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...
Puertos del Estado invites contributions from ports for new Strategic Framework
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, has contacted the presidents of the 28...
Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado shows interest in VIIA’s offer
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has expressed interest in the railway connection projects...
A Coruña port to invest €35 million in 2019
A Coruña, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de A Coruña (APC – A Coruña Port Authority) and Spain’s ports agency...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – August 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Port of Tarragona and Bergé receive delegation from Port Training Institute of Morocco
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) has welcomed a...
The XXIII Ibero-American Course on Port Management begins in Madrid
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2018 – The 23rd edition of the Ibero-American Port Management Course will be held during the next four weeks...
Spain to suspend port fee reductions
Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) September 25, 2018 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, has dismissed the...
5.3 million cruise passengers passed through Spanish ports first 7 months of 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 – President Ornella Chacón of Puertos del Estado, the state agency for ports, is heading the...
Spanish government initiates meetings with all port authorities to review business plans
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – The state ports authority Puertos del Estado is starting the process to design a new long-term...