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Valencia is a Mediterranean Sea port on Spain’s southeastern coast and the country’s leading Mediterranean port in terms of commercial traffic, mostly containerised cargo; the port is managed by Autoridad Portuaria de València (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) which includes the ports of València, Gandia and Sagunto. State ports are managed by Puertos del Estado which executes port policy of the government; made up of 28 port authorities that manage the 46 ports..

Spanish ports see August cargo traffic exceed pre-Covid levels

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 27, 2021 – In the month of August Spanish state ports handled 48.53 million tons of cargo, up +0.7% on August...

Valenciaport to present online at the China International Logistics & Supply Chain Fair

València, Spain (Ports Europe) September 23, 2021 – Valenciaport will have an online presence at the China International Logistics and Supply Chain Fair...

Valenciaport awards Analistas Financieros Internacionales & Prometia economic impact study

The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has awarded the consortium of Analistas Financieros Internacionales, AFI Consultores de las Administraciones Públicas...

Valenciaport handled 3,000 export containers a day in August 2021

València, September 19, 2021.- Valenciaport operated during the month of August 3,000 full containers of cargo (export) per day to reach a total of 89,745...

Valenciaport promotes fishing tourism and marine litter recycling in Gandia

Valencia, September 16, 2021.- The Artisanal Fishing Show, Tourism i Territori de la Mediterrània de Gandia, begins this Saturday with a program of events...

The railway already takes more than 160,000 lorries off the road in the València-Madrid corridor

València, September 16th, 2021.- The railway already takes out of the race 160,000 lorries a year with containers (calculated in TEUs, or units equivalent to...

Adif, Valenciaport & Tramesa agree new Madrid-Valencia rail link

València, Spain (Ports Europe) September 16, 2021 – Rail operator Adif, Valenciaport and Transportes Mixtos Especiales (Tramesa) have signed an...

Valenciaport brings together experts from international transport and logistics in a forum to promote investment in the Mediterranean

València, September 12, 2021 – Maritime transport and logistics are playing a fundamental role in the recovery of economic activity worldwide and will...

Portuguese ambassador visits the Port of València

The Portuguese ambassador to Spain, João Mira, has led the visit of a delegation from the Lusitanian country to the facilities of the Port of València to...

Fundación Valenciaport launches a new advisory service on pandemic management in ports

Valencia – 09.09.2021. Keeping ports functioning during a pandemic is vitally important. Ports ensure that medical supplies, food, fuel, raw materials...

Delegation from the Port of Kribi, Cameroon, visits Valenciaport

Know first-hand the daily operation of one of the most important ports in Europe and one of the benchmarks in container traffic, its commitment to digital...

Valanciaport: The VCFI index reflects that freight rates continue to rise and grow 2.51% in August

València, September 3, 2021 – The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) for August has grown again, although more timidly than the previous...

Valenciaport already manages 40% of Spanish imports and exports by sea

Valencia, September 2, 2021 – During the first seven months of the year, Valenciaport managed a total of 1,434,840 import and export containers. This...

Valencia Port Authority discusses the new terminal and the environment with the European Parliament

València, September 1, 2021 – The president of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Aurelio Martínez, today discussed before the Petitions Committee of...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – June 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in July 2021 of 45.99...

COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals throughput – July 2021

Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) August 27, 2021 – In July 2021, COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited registered global container throughput of 8.9 million TEU,...

The Port of València opens the doors of the world to Spanish wine

València, August 25, 2021 – We are no longer surprised to be sitting in a restaurant in New York and tasting a good Utiel-Requena wine, a Monastrell red...

Valenciaport’s activity mobilizes more than 1.6 million telematic transactions per week

Procedures, figures, references … around 230,000 messages are shared simultaneously in a single day by the more than a thousand companies connected to...

Valenciaport comments in UNCTAD’s port liner shipping connectivity index

The Port of València consolidates its position among the top 20 of the best connected ports in the world according to the Port liner shipping connectivity...

Valenciaport handles more than 3.2 million containers up to July and grows by 10%

València, August 20, 2021 – 3,287,476 containers and more than 49.5 million tonnes of goods have been moved through Valenciaport’s docks in the...

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