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Valencia

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..

Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci begins the connection between Valencia with Palma de Mallorca and Ibiza

The Valencia Port Authority (APV) has delivered the «Socarrat», the traditional Valencian terracotta tile designed with maritime motifs, to the GNV Sealand...

Valenciaport Foundation will teach the Master in Logistics and Port Management also in Mexico

The Valenciaport Foundation has just launched the 1st edition of the “Master in Port Logistics and Management” in Mexico, a degree from the...

Spanish ports see cargo traffic up 3.18% in May 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 1, 2021 – In May 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports (Puertos del Estado) handled cargo traffic of 45.34 million...

Puertos del Estado reports reduced financials in 2020

The Governing Council of State Ports has approved the 2020 annual accounts of Puertos del Estado. As Toledo explained to the Council: “It has been a...

Spain’s Ports 4.0 Fund is extended for four years

The Distribution Committee of the Interport Compensation Fund has approved to extend for four more years the contribution of 1% of the result of the exercise...

The conditioning works of the ZAL of the Port of València will begin in July

València, June 29, 2021 – The works for the conditioning of the ZAL of the Port of València will begin next July and will last 10 months. The...

Valenciaport to invest €240 million in railway improvements in València and Sagunto

València, June 29th, 2021 – The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has its eyes set on the railway. The port managers are thinking in train mode. It is...

UNCTAD international course on pandemic management in ports developed by Fundación Valenciaport kicks off

Valencia – 28.06.21. Today, a course “Building Port Resilience against pandemics” begins, coordinated by Fundación Valenciaport, with the...

Mein Schiff 2 restarts cruise activity in the Port of València

València, June 27, 2021 – Early in the morning at the North entrance of the Port of València it made its entrance, escorted and received by arcs of...

Spanish port traffic for May up by 19%

Traffic of goods through the 46 ports of general interest of Spain coordinated reached 45,344,757 tons during the month of May, which has meant an increase...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – May 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) June 22, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in May 2021 of 45.34...

Aurelio Martínez: “Ports and their logistics chains are key to face extreme situations”

Valencia, June 22, 2021 – The president of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Aurelio Martínez, has assured that the crisis generated by COVID-19 has...

Port of València will eliminate one million plastic bottles

València, June 21, 2021 – The container terminals of the Port of València have developed a pilot project to supply water to port workers, eliminating...

The CSP Spain terminal already operates trains connecting the Port of València with Zaragoza

València, June 18, 2021 – The new railway service launched by CSP Iberian Rail Services that connects the Port of València with Zaragoza is now...

Generalitat and Valenciaport promote Dual FP in the logistics-port field

València, June 18, 2021 – The Generalitat Valenciana, the Valenciaport Foundation and the Valencia Port Authority (APV), with the support of the...

GENERALI insures the health of Valenciaport employees

GENERALI has been awarded the collective health insurance for the 450 employees of Valenciaport, the Valencia Port Authority. The agreement has a duration of...

COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas Terminals throughput – May 2021

Piraeus Container Terminal S.A. COSCO SHIPPING Ports (Spain) Terminals S.L.U. CSP Zeebrugge Terminal NV Suez Canal Container Terminal S.A.E. Kumport Liman...

Valenciaport already moves more than 100,000 export containers in May

València, June 15, 2021 – More than 100,000 containers dedicated to exports left Valenciaport’s docks in May, a figure that represents an...

Nine commercial projects will receive €4 million Ports grants the Fund 4.0 – Spain

The Distribution Committee of the Compensation Fund has met electronically and unanimously approved the provisional resolution of subsidies for 9...

Aurelio Martínez highlights the importance of ports and cruises for communication between countries and cultures

València, June 11, 2021 – Valenciaport has received this morning the award for the best strategy in social networks granted by the Association of...

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