By Jeannette Neumann (Bloomberg) — Spanish shipbuilder Navantia is stepping up its bet on offshore wind energy, a venture that stands to benefit from the European Union’s fiscal response to...

by Inti Landauro (Reuters) – Sailing enthusiasts are going to need a bigger boat if they want to sail off Spain’s northwestern tip after killer whales damaged yachts. Several incidents...

Interview by Paul González-Morgan (Marine Strategy) – Jose Luis Garcia Lena is Director of Spain’s Salvage and Maritime Safety Society (SASEMAR), known as “Salvamento Maritimo” (SM), mainly dedicated to the protection...

LONDON/MADRID, Feb 18 (Reuters) – Authorities in Madrid and Gibraltar gave differing versions on Monday of an incident in which a Spanish warship told commercial ships to leave anchorages near...

LONDON, Feb 18 (Reuters) – A Spanish warship tried to order commercial shipping to leave anchorages in British waters near Gibraltar but was challenged by the British navy and sailed...

By Rodrigo de Miguel (Reuters) – Spain’s new socialist government promised on Friday it would restore free healthcare for undocumented migrants, a right removed by the former administration as part...

The fertilizer cargo on board a UK-flagged cargo ship has finally stopped smoldering more than two weeks after its crew was forced to abandon ship due to toxic smoke, the...

MADRID, June 29 (Reuters) – Spanish dock workers unions have reached an accord with business associations on labour conditions and called off planned strikes after the government passed a sector...

MADRID, June 5 (Reuters) – Some of Spain’s biggest port terminals came to a standstill on Monday as shipping companies redirected cargos to avoid a dockers’ strike. After months of...

MADRID, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Spanish dock workers have called nine days of strikes to protest government plans to allow ports to hire non-unionised labour, El Pais newspaper reported on...

By Joseph Ax NEW YORK, Jan 22 (Reuters) – Two Colombians ran a major heroin and cocaine smuggling operation to New York aboard the Royal Spanish Navy’s official training ship,...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Europe’s second-highest court gave clearance on Thursday to a Spanish tax lease scheme in the shipbuilding industry, annulling a decision by...

Spain’s sea search and rescue organization, Salvamento Marítimo, says the debunkering of the Russian trawler Oleg Naydenov that sunk in April has been completed and all leaks sealed. The ship,...

  Cleanup is underway off Spain after a Maersk containership spilled fuel oil during bunkering operations Tuesday night. Spain’s maritime emergency agency Salvamento Maritimo reports that it was informed by...

  DUBAI, Sept 7 (Reuters) – Iran hopes to bring its gas to the European Union by shipping liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Spain, Iran’s oil minister was quoted as...

A 300-meter containership that lost power off Spain on Thursday drifted to within just miles of land before a tug was able to gain control of the vessel and tow...

  Newly formed marine services company Ardent and a salvage and diving firm from Spain have been contracted to remove oil from a sunken fishing trawler which sank off the coast...

The fire-scorched ferry is finally headed for Segunto, Spain more than a week after the ship burst into flames while crossing the Mediterranean Sea. The fire broke out in the...

A Russian fishing trawler that caught fire Saturday has sunk off the Canary Islands. Spain’s Salvamento Maritimo reports that the trawler Oleg Naydenov sank late Tuesday night 15 miles south of Punta...

Update (April 15, 2015): Russian Trawler Oleg Naydenov Sinks After Fire Spanish authorities are working to save a Russian fishing trawler 4 days after it was hit by a fire...