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Cádiz port authority has issued a tender for the first phase construction of new container terminal. The reference price is €90m ($123m) and work must be completed within 46 months. It is…

Malagas port labour company, SEMA, is to introduce short time working, which will affect 72 of its 180 stevedores. This is the result of a decision by Maersk to substantially reduce the…

Three professors of law in Portugal believe that it would be unconstitutional if the concession extension given to Lisbon container terminal operator Liscont were declared null and void.

Las Palmas Port Authority has given the go-ahead for the port labour company, SESTIBA, to be privatised. The process, which is expected to cost €15m ($20.5m), was included as part of the…

JP Morgan, the new owner of Dragados-SPL, has brought in an external consultant to look at the operational procedures of its Valencia terminal, Maritima Valenciana, to see whether these can be improved.…

Forth Ports PLC has added the Carbon Trust Standard to its environmental credentials after significantly reducing carbon emissions across the Group by over 4%.

The freight division of Spanish National Railways (RENFE) has begun trials with 730-metre block trains between Valencia and the inland container terminal at Coslada near Madrid. Initial services were composed of 50…