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.
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – August 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – In the month of August Spanish state ports handled 48.53 million tons of cargo, up +0.7% on August...
Repsol start to build Bilbao port LNG terminal
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2021 – Spanish energy and petrochemical company Repsol SA has started building an liquified natural gas (LNG)...
Israel’s ambassador to Spain visits Port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2021 – The Israeli ambassador to Spain, Rodica Radian-Gordon, has been visiting Spain’s Basque region,...
Bilbao port works council to protest against changes at the Getxo Cruise Terminal
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 13, 2021 – The Works Council of Autoridad Portuaria de Bilbao (APB – Port Authority of Bilbao) and the...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – June 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in July 2021 of 45.99...
Port of Bilbao and Geoalcali sign logistics agreement
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – The Port Authority of Bilbao (APB) and Geoalcali, an operator in potash mining, have signed an agreement...
Cargo traffic in Bilbao shows positive results in June
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2021 – Traffic through Bilbao showed positive results in the month of June, with an increase of close to 15%...
Telefónica develops program for real-time recognition of vehicle plates
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2021 – At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) held in Barcelona, Telefónica showcased how deploying edge computing...
Finnlines to ship two Talgo trains from Bilbao to St. Petersburg
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2021 – Finnlines, part of Naples-based Grimaldi Group, will ship two Talgo trains from Bilbao to St. Petersburg....
Brittany Ferries’ Cap Finistère returns to service on the Portsmouth to Bilbao route
Portsmouth, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) July 19, 2021 – Brittany Ferries’ ro-pax ferry Cap Finistère has resumed service on the Portsmouth to Bilbao...
Intertransportes Saavedra joins Uniport Bilbao
Intertransportes Saavedra, part of the Saavedra Group, is a new member of Uniport Bilbao – July 15, 2021 Intertransportes Saavedra specialises in the...
Port of Bilbao: Good prospects despite Covid
Although the shadow of Covid is still looming over us, 2021 is looking like it is going to be a good year regarding the number and size of announced...
Bilbao Portlab organizes a conference on article 64 bis of the regional corporate tax regulation
Bilbao Portlab has held a conference on article 64 Bis of the Regional Corporate Tax Regulation for companies in the port community, in which representatives...
COSCO Shipping representatives visit the port of Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2021 – Management representatives of COSCO Shipping Lines Spain and its agent VASCO have visited the Bilbao Port...
Spanish ports see cargo traffic up 3.18% in May 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 1, 2021 – In May 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports (Puertos del Estado) handled cargo traffic of 45.34 million...
Port of Bilbao has hosted the third meeting of the Bilbao PortLab advisory committee
The Port of Bilbao has hosted the third meeting of the Bilbao PortLab advisory committee, where the six ideas supported by the Port of Bilbao that have been...
Containerships Borealis has become the first LNG-powered ship to dock in the Port of Bilbao
The container ship Containerships Borealis, one of the newest and largest ships in the Containerships fleet, has become the first LNG-powered ship to dock in...