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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 ports’ cargo traffic with China rises 3.9% in 2017

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – Cargo traffic in Spanish ports with origin or destination in China reached 18.7 million tonnes in 2017, 3.9%...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – March 2018 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 5, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports Marc 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – February 2018 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 15, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

President of Puertos del Estado receives the president of the Port Authority of Cartagena

Cartagena, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 – The president of Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has held the first institutional meeting, as managing...

Melilla port president expects environmental impact assessment to be ready in Q3 2018

Melilla, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2018 – Melilla port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Melilla) president Miguel Marín has said that the file for...

Spain’s government, Adif sign deal to co-finance rail line to Punta Langosteira

A Coruña, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – Spain’s prime minister Mariano Rajoy has said that Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado and...

Puertos del Estado reports figures for fish landed at Spanish ports in January 2018

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – The state-owned authority for ports, Puertos del Estado, has reported fish landed by Spanish ports in...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – January 2018 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports January 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

South European ports head for Intermodal South America logistics exhibition

São Paulo, Brazil (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 25th edition of Intermodal South America, an international exhibition for logistics, cargo...

Puertos del Estado to promote Vilagarcía as cruise destination at Seatrade fair Cruise Global

Vilagarcía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – The promotion of the Vilagarcía port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vilagarcía) as a cruise...

Palma de Mallorca port’s cruise traffic to reach record-high in 2018

Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – This year the port of Palma de Mallorca will register a record-high number of cruise ships, as their...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – December 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Puertos del Estado appeals against sentence of National Court

Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 12, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado plans to appeal against the sentence of the National Court...

Puertos del Estado’s president advises Pasaia port to diversify traffic

Pasaia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca, has expressed confidence in...

Spain handles 9 million cruise passengers in 2017

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, emphasized with its presence in the Fitur fair in Madrid...

Puertos del Estado chairs meeting of the Plenary Session of the Permanent Observatory of the Port Services Market

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – On December 1, 2017, the president of Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, chaired the eleventh meeting of...

Spanish Minister of Public Works highlighted the ports’ contribution to territorial cohesion

Madrid, Spain, December 1, 2017 01-12-2017 (Ministry of Public Works). Iñigo de la Serna, Minister of Public Works, accompanied by José Llorca, President of...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – September 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 20, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – August 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 10, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports August cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Valencia Port Authority presents the study “Economic impact of the port of Sagunto in 2015”

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Autoritat Portuària de València (APV – Valencia Port Authority) has presented the results of...

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