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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..

COSCO Shipping Ports – overseas terminals – Jan-Oct 2020 TEU throughput

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) December 9, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has published TEU container throughput for October 2020. Below are the...

Valencia Port Authority manager named honorary member of Association for Collaboration between Ports and Cities (RETE)

The general deputy director of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Manuel Guerra, has been named honorary member of the Association for Collaboration between...

The air quality of the Port of València is “excellent”

The results have been obtained from the control booth installed in the Poniente Pier that is connected to the Surveillance network of the Generalitat...

The resumption of international trade increases the VCFI by 2.18% in November

The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) reached its all-time high, standing at 1,366.03 points – December 4, 2020 The recovery of freight...

Valencian port sector increases its investment in Social Responsibility

The Assembly of Aportem-Puerto Solidario Valencia approved the budget for 2021 – December 3, 2020 In the last campaign to start the school year, almost...

Estonian ambassador visits the Port of València

The representative of the Baltic country in Spain, Mariin Ratnik has toured the facilities accompanied by the deputy director general of the APV, Manuel Guerra...

Valenciaport takes part in the International Cruise Summit 2020

The ICS 2020 Madrid is one of the most important strategic cruise events in Europe, bringing together professionals from all sectors of the industry –...

LOOP-Ports circular economy project to report results

The LOOP-Ports circular economy project, coordinated by Fundación Valenciaport and co-financed by EIT Climate-KIC, will celebrate its final conference, in an...

Puertos del Estado awards contract to develop SIMPLE project

Puertos del Estado has awarded the development of the SIMPLE project (SIMplification of Processes for a Logistic Enhancement) to a consortium of Indra, Minsait...

The “Book a Slot” project wins the first prize at the Valenciaport Hackathon

The second prizes went to the “AlRates Technologies” and “ChainGO Freight” solutions – November 30, 2020 This international event...

Aurelio Martínez: “In 2030 the Port of València will be at maximum capacity”

According to estimates of container traffic growth, when the new North terminal is operational, the Port of València will be handling 7.5 million containers...

Aurelio Martínez: “Valenciaport is acting as a platform for the export of the Spanish productive fabric”

The president of APV points out that “Valenciaport’s leadership is thanks to the success of our exporting companies” – November 25,...

Puertos del Estado reports October fall in ports’ cargo traffic

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 25, 2020 – The 46 ports of general interest of the State, coordinated by Puertos del Estado (PdE), moved 45.9...

Spanish port traffic drops 5.5% in October

Puertos del Estado – November 24, 2020 Goods in transit continue to recover ground, growing by 12.5%. 9 of the 28 Port Authorities (Alicante, Almería,...

Pedro Sánchez highlights the H2Ports project in Valenciaport as a benchmark within the framework of the “Hydrogen Roadmap”

The President of the Government has valued this initiative, coordinated by the ValenciaPort Foundation, “because it will make the Port of València the...

The “ECO Valencia” vessel arrives in Valencia

The ship is the first unit of the Grimaldi shipping company of the Green 5th Generation class, a hybrid vessel that guarantees zero emissions in port –...

United Nations highlights Valenciaport’s role in managing logistics activity to deal with COVID-19

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in its latest report discusses the experience of Valenciaport (APV) during the pandemic It...

Valenciaport sets a new historical record: 508,177 containers in October

This month, the half million containers managed were exceeded for the second time (in August, 503,482 TEUs were reached) – November 16, 2020  It is the...

Global Ports Holding – Valencia Cruise Port agreement

València, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2020 – Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), a global independent cruise port operator, has issued a press release...

Port Authority of València selects Baleària’s offer to build the new passenger terminal

The proposal complies with the “selection” phase and achieves a score of 93 out of 100 – November 13, 2020 The Board of Directors of the Port...

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