Voice Command Integration a “game changer for container terminals”
NewsIn Spain, 1MillionBot Marítimo, an advanced AI platform for intelligent Avi virtual assistance, has been integrated with the Paceco Poseido...
Ports 4.0 funding for Bilbao projects
NewsFour new projects from Bilbao PortLab, the innovation hub of the Port of Bilbao, have been approved for funding under the second call for pr...
Call for Spanish port reforms to be speeded up
NewsBarcelona port president Mercè Conesa says the Spanish ports industry urgently needs "a new governance model that will allow us to have the...
Puertos del Estado gets first female President
NewsIn Spain, the government has nominated Ornella Chacón as president of the publicly owned National Ports Agency, Puertos del Estado. She wil...
Port reforms in Spain stall
NewsSpain’s recent elections returned a new Socialist government headed by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, who appointed José Luis Ábalos as ...
APV investment plan…
NewsSpain’s Valencia Port Authority (APV) is set to invest €55.19M in its three ports (Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia) this year, and is looki...
Spain on the rebound
NewsSpain’s public ports are finally showing signs of recovery. According to the national ports agency, Puertos del Estado, in H1 2015 a recor...
Ports feel pain in Spain
NewsJosé Llorca, president of Spain’s national ports agency, Puertos del Estado, has acknowledged to a committee of MPs in Madrid that the re...
Spanish stevedoring reforms
NewsJosé Llorca, president of Spain’s national ports agency (Puertos del Estado), has stated that while changes will have to be made in the w...
Spanish woes continue
NewsAgainst a backdrop of the possible withdrawal of EU financial support for the Port of Gijón (WorldCargo News, October 2014, p35), Belén Fe...
Spain entices investors
NewsSpain’s Economic Development Ministry is proposing extending port concessions from 35 to 50 years in return for either a 20% cut in tariff...
Spain sets new port budget
NewsSpain’s Economic Development Ministry is to invest €861M in port and security development in 2014, of which €766M has been allocated t...
Dipping into the pot of recovery in Spain
NewsConfidence is slowly returning, but there remains pressure on fees and charges at a time when capacity is still being increased....
Merger on the cards for Bilbao/Pasajes?
NewsAlthough Puertos del Estado, Spain’s national ports agency in Madrid, has stated on a number of occasions in the past few years that there...
Tough times for Spain’s container ports
NewsExternal and internal competition and the effects of the economic downturn pose challenges for what has been among the country’s most dyna...