https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed More than 850 cows that were stranded aboard a ship in the Mediterranean for months are not fit for transport, a confidential report by Spanish government veterinarians said, according to Reuters. https://www.thelocal.es/20210227/cattle-on-stranded-ship-should-be-killed-spanish-vet-report-says Sat, 27 Feb 2021 14:34:56 +0100 cattle-on-stranded-ship-should-be-killed-spanish-vet-report-says The 25 survivors of the sinking of a Spanish ship off the Argentine coast reached the mainland Sunday aboard two ships that had picked them up in storm-tossed seas, a Uruguayan navy spokesman said. https://www.thelocal.es/20180716/25-survivors-of-spanish-sinking-ship-reach-ports-in-south-america Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:19:30 +0200 25-survivors-of-spanish-sinking-ship-reach-ports-in-south-america The operation began on Wednesday to tow a stricken South Korean cargo ship into the northern Spanish port of Bilbao, days after it was prevented from crashing into France's picturesque Atlantic coast. https://www.thelocal.es/20160203/stricken-ship-arrives-safely-in-spanish-port-bilbao-modern-express Wed, 03 Feb 2016 13:02:14 +0100 stricken-ship-arrives-safely-in-spanish-port-bilbao-modern-express A silver and bronze plaque commemorating the launch of the ultimately doomed ocean liner had been presumed to be lost for 100 years, before reemerging a few days ago in Granada. https://www.thelocal.es/20150710/lost-100-yr-old-titanic-relic-reappears-in-spain Fri, 10 Jul 2015 13:05:55 +0200 lost-100-yr-old-titanic-relic-reappears-in-spain An exquisite gold chalice, an emerald-encrusted crucifix and a gold bar go on auction in New York next month, recovered from a Spanish ship that sank off the coast of Florida in 1622. https://www.thelocal.es/20150707/17th-century-spanish-treasure-on-sale-in-new-york Tue, 07 Jul 2015 10:46:55 +0200 17th-century-spanish-treasure-on-sale-in-new-york Three people have died and two are missing after a fishing boat collided with a larger cargo ship in northern Spain early on Tuesday morning. https://www.thelocal.es/20140401/three-die-in-as-cargo-ship-crashes-into-fishing-boat-2 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 13:08:00 +0200 three-die-in-as-cargo-ship-crashes-into-fishing-boat-2 Two people have died and six are still missing after a Portuguese fishing ship sunk off the coast of Spain on Monday morning, Spanish press are reporting. https://www.thelocal.es/20140310/shipwreck-claims-two-lives-in-spain Mon, 10 Mar 2014 11:02:00 +0100 shipwreck-claims-two-lives-in-spain Teams from a salvage company and a French coast guard anti-pollution squad are to start pumping fuel out of a Spanish cargo ship which has broken into three sections after a spectacular shipwreck in bad weather. https://www.thelocal.es/20140207/french-rescuers-pump-stricken-spanish-ship Fri, 07 Feb 2014 10:51:00 +0100 french-rescuers-pump-stricken-spanish-ship The 361.5-metre Royal Caribbean International cruise liner 'Allure of the Seas' will move its home base to Barcelona from 2015 onwards, bringing an estimated €27 million ($36.5 million) economic boost to the Catalan port. https://www.thelocal.es/20140205/worlds-biggest-cruise-ship-gets-barcelona-base Wed, 05 Feb 2014 15:13:00 +0100 worlds-biggest-cruise-ship-gets-barcelona-base A Spanish court will on Wednesday deliver a verdict on one of Europe's worst oil spills, 11 years after the tanker Prestige spilled 50,000 tonnes of fuel off the Spanish coast. https://www.thelocal.es/20131113/spain-awaits-verdict-on-prestige-oil-disaster Wed, 13 Nov 2013 10:23:00 +0100 spain-awaits-verdict-on-prestige-oil-disaster Hundreds of shipyard workers protested in northern Spain on Thursday against a possible European Union ruling forcing the industry to return state aid. https://www.thelocal.es/20130712/shipbuilders-strike-over-subsidy-payback-fears Fri, 12 Jul 2013 11:34:00 +0200 shipbuilders-strike-over-subsidy-payback-fears