Tag: Spain

On 22th Monday, Spanish Police arrested a stowaway with 200 Kilos of Cocaine at the port of Gijon. The cocaine was in the possession of a stowaway, a 58-year-old Colombian national who had boarded the ship during a previous port call.

International media reported on Tuesday that Spanish authorities detained the Maltese-flagged oil tanker Lagertha following discharge of hydrocarbons that caused a spill in the waters near the northeastern port city of Tarragona, as detected by aircraft sensors and satellite radar on Feb. 11. However, the next day, its Turkish manager denied these allegations, clarifying that the vessel did not cause any pollution.

Cepsa has added a diesel-electric hybrid barge to its fleet of marine fuel supply vessels. The vessel, which is already operating in the Bay of Algeciras, is the first of its kind to supply fuels to ships in Europe.

December 2022 saw the classification of the 5,000-m3 LNG bunker vessel Haugesund Knutsen. A first of its kind, the vessel will bunker LNG in Spanish ports to gas fuel ships for Shell.

The Spanish coastguard rescued three migrants that were stowed away on the rudder of a ship that arrived in the Canary Islands from Nigeria.

The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has awarded the company Electromur the contract for the installation and maintenance of the solar energy plant to be located in shed 4 of the Port of Gandia.

Maersk and the Spanish Government have signed a General Protocol for Collaboration to explore the opportunities for large-scale green fuels production in Spain.

The Port Authority of La Palmas in the Canary Islands is responding to a small dredger that ran aground on the coast of La Isleta, on August 16.

Spain won support from Europe's top court in its mutlimillion euros damage claim against The London Steam-Ship Owners Mutual Insurance Association for a massive oil spill on its northwestern coast two decades ago.

CMA CGM conducted out its first LNG bunkering operation in Spain together with energy companies Enagás and Repsol.