ACS sells Dragados-SPL to JP Morgan
NewsSpanish construction and services group ACS has sold its Dragados-Servicios Portuarios y Logísticos subsidiary to the infrastructure fund o...
José Mestre on drugs charges
NewsThe managing director of Spanish port operator Tercat was detained by the police at the end of June for alleged drug smuggling offences. Spe...
Cartagena launches El Gorguel
NewsSpain’s Port of Cartagena has set out its stall to construct a superpost-Panamax container terminal on a greenfield site known as El Gorgu...
Tercat double blow
NewsBarcelona terminal operator Terminal de Catalunya (Tercat), part of Hutchison Port Holdings, has been hit by two customer defections...
Málaga labour deal
NewsMaersk has agreed a throughput of 27,000 TEU/month at Terminales del Sudeste in exchange for a reduction in direct labour costs...
TAIM Weser reports new business
NewsTAIM Weser SA (formerly TAIMTFG SA) has been awarded a contract to install conveyor belts and a ship loader for phosphate at the future Bay...
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...
Spain container traffic at standstill in 1Q/2008
NewsContainer traffic through Spanish container ports in the first quarter of 2008 increased by just 0.05% compared to the same period of 2007....
Ports add capacity to cater for continuing growth
NewsGrowth rates have slackened but given the high traffic base they remain significant....
Hanjin only runner in Algeciras race
NewsSouth Korea’s Hanjin Shipping has submitted the only bid for a tender to operate a new container terminal at the Isla Verde Exterior expan...
Galicia goes into overdrive
NewsThe ports in Spain’s north western corner have ambitious ongoing development plans....
Run to keep up with the pace setters
NewsContainer traffic has continued to grow at a fast rate in Spanish ports, prompting sustained investment programmes....
Prat Wharf under investigation
NewsA somewhat embarassed Barcelona Port Authority (APB) has launched an international tender to contract an engineering company to discover wha...
More ports opt for the box
NewsBarcelona’s Prat Dock is probably the most high profile, container terminal project in Spain, but others are springing up throughout the c...
Port investments gathering pace
NewsMuelle Fangos, Prat Dock and other major schemes follow hard on the heels of the recently announced expansion programmes at Algeciras....