Bilbao
Bilbao is a port in the Basque country of Northeast Spain. The port is an important transport and logistics centre in the European Atlantic Arc. It operates cargo, container, cruise and ferry facilities. It is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao). It is also one of the ports administered by state agency Puertos del Estado.
Private companies invest €71 million in Bilbao port in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – The Port of Bilbao has reached an occupancy rate of nearly 83% in 2017 and private enterprise is...
Bilbao port invests €61.5 million in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – In 2017, the Port Authority of Bilbao invested €61.5 million ($75.87 million), with the sum set to...
Bilbao port starts 2018 cruise season
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – This coming Sunday, 25 February, the cruise vessel Saga Sapphire, belonging to Saga Cruises, and...
Bilbao increase cargo traffic 7% on 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) february 27, 2018 – The Port of Bilbao ended 2017 with a 7% traffic growth, a 2.2 million-tonne increase over 2016. This is...
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...
Bahía de Bizkaia Gas increases LNG handled in 2017
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Bahía de Bizkaia Gas (BBG), 50% owned by Enegas and the Basque Energy Agency (EVE), increased...
Santander port analyses competition of Bilbao, Gijón harbours
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The strategy of Santander port to keep its competitiveness at the service of the economy of Cantabria...
Algeciras port hosts meeting of Mediterranean, Atlantic corridors workgroup
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Algeciras port hosted the first meeting of the year of the working group of ports and intermodal...
Bilbao port promotes transshipment of fruits, vegetables to Europe
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Bilbao port repeats its presence in Fruit Logistica fair, this time from the stand of Puertos del Estado,...
Spain’s Noatum focuses on cars, multipurpose terminals after asset sale to COSCO
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Spanish group Noatum’s business has been reduced to car and multipurpose terminals as well as sea...
Bilbao port aspires to gain leadership in Spain’s Atlantic as Pasaia struggles
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Bilbao port aspires to be the most important harbour for the traffic in the Spanish Atlantic region, as...
Algeciras port presents bunkering, innovation activities in Rotterdam
Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Algeciras port authority (Autoridad Portuaria Bahía de Algeciras) has participated in the Seminar on...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – November 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Bilbao port carries out first ship-to-ship LNG operation in Spain
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Bilbao port has carried out the first operation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuelling from one ship to...
Event: 1st Spanish Ports Seminar – Rotterdam, February 1, 2018
Rotterdam, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – Atlantico Business Development is holding the first edition of its Spanish Ports Seminar, February...
Vigo port takes part in Atlantic Ports of Spain Seminar in Rotterdam
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 1, 2018 – A delegation of Vigo port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Vigo), led by its director, Beatriz Colunga, will...
Event: Mediterranean ports to attend Fruit Logistica in Berlin – February 7-9, 2017
Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The annual Fruit Logistica show covers all sectors of the fresh produce business and provides a complete...