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..
Valencia Containerised Freight Index: Freight starts the year with an increase of 10.41%
The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) stands at 1,571.29 points, the highest figure since the start of the series in January 2018 – February 5,...
Valenciaport exceeds 5.4 million containers and 80 million tonnes managed in 2020
These figures are similar to those of the previous year and highlight the activity carried out by the port and logistics community during the Covid-19 pandemic...
Spanish ports see total cargo traffic down 8.6% in 2020
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The Spanish port system ended the 2020 financial year with 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, a decrease of...
Valenciaport and the Gandia city council agree on the future transfer of certain spaces to the city
Today the Advisory Committee of the Port of Gandia for the port / city relationship has met online. The content has been defined for the ideas competition...
Noatum terminal for solid bulks in the port of Sagunto will have 22,000 m2
València, Spain (PortSEurope) January 26, 2021 – The Official State Gazette (BOE) has reported on a decision resolution by Autoridad Portuaria de...
Valenciaport is at the forefront of Spain in natural gas supply operations
Last year Baleària made 291 LNG supplies in the Port of València with the multitruck-to-ship method, which facilitates faster and more efficient operations...
Fundación Valenciaport participates in LASTING project with aim of increasing participation of maritime transport sector in European R&D&I activities
The LASTING project is a coordination support action, led by both INEA (Innovation and Networks Executive Agency) and the European Commission, with a budget of...
Most South European ports are already late with the Onshore Power Supply via the EALING project
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 20, 2020 – Over 20 European ports are participating in the Global EALING project (European flagship Action for cold...
COSCO Shipping Ports Limited – Overseas terminals see quarterly increase in 2020
Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) January 19, 2021 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited’ overseas terminals reported a Q4 2020 increase in container...
Valencia: FVET joins CEV Executive Committee
The Valencian Federation of Transport and Logistics Employers (FVET – Federación Valenciana de Empresarios del Transporte y la Logística) has joined...
Dynamism of the Asian market and the rise in fuel prices increase freight rates in Valenciaport
Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) grows by 4.19% in December The Index reaches a record high of 1,423.2 points, up 42.33% from the start of the...
Valenciaport joins the club of the 12 largest ports in the world that lead the decarbonization and reduction of emissions
Valenciaport is making its debut in 2021 by joining the club of the 12 ports of the world that have the most investments committed to decarbonisation and...
Spanish ports traffic down over 9% Jan-Nov year-on-year
The 46 state-owned ports, coordinated by Puertos del Estado, moved 43.5 million tons during the month of November, registering a slight variation of -0.4%...
Valenciaport receives new recognition for its environmental work
It has obtained the award granted by EnerTIC for the Green C Ports project – December 29, 2020 Aurelio Martínez: “This award is an international...
Valenciaport bets in its 2020-2024 Business Plan for the railway, the environment and accessibility
The Plan of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), agreed with Puertos del Estado, represents an investment of more than €552 million in new projects to which...
The circular economy is proposed as the best short-term solution to boost the sustainability of European ports
The LOOP-Ports circular economy project, coordinated by Fundación Valenciaport and co-financed by EIT Climate-KIC, held its final conference yesterday in...
Increase in exports and imports raises Valenciaport’s traffic by 20.5% in November
More than 7 million tonnes of goods were moved in November, 14% more than in the same month last year – December 17, 2020 With just a few weeks to go...
SEAPort Solutions will carry out the first implementation of a PortCDM system in Latin America
The Spanish start-up SEAPort Solutions has signed an collaboration agreement with the Valenciaport Foundation to provide technical assistance in the...
Valencia port registers new historical milestone in movement of containers from a ship in a single stop
MSC GULSUN ship moves 9,718 containers (TEUs) on the scale carried out between 8 and 10 December in Valencia, almost a thousand containers more than the...
Spain will invest €1,001 million in ports in 2021
The president of Puertos del Estado (PdE), Francisco Toledo, has presented the budgets of the state-owned port system which will amount to €1,001 million in...