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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..

Port Authority of València will build a new jetty in the port of Sagunto

An independent engineering study nullifies any possibility of intervention on the old structure, which was heavily damaged between the DANA of December 2019...

Valenciaport warns of the danger of not having double track for Valencia-Castellón and Sagunto-Zaragoza trains

The ports of Sagunto and València are strategic intermodal platforms to facilitate connectivity with the Mediterranean corridor – November 11, 2020...

Baleària starts the refit of the ‘Martín i Soler’ to operate on natural gas

València, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2020 – The Baleària shipping company has started the refit of the ‘Martín i Soler’ ferry, which...

Fundación Valenciaport and S2 Grupo launch a new cybersecurity analysis and diagnosis service

The Valenciaport Foundation and S2 Grupo, within the framework of their strategy to support innovation and digital transformation of ports, have combined their...

Valenciaport promotes its wide connectivity and strategic location for Europe-Asia maritime traffic in Shanghai

COVID-19 does not prevent Valenciaport from participating in person with a stand in the China International Import Export (CIIE) contest – November 9,...

Customs tariffs, fall of the pound sterling and changes in export procedures, main effects of Brexit

València, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2020 – Cámara Valencia has held a webinar on the future of Valencian foreign trade after Brexit. The United...

VCFI rises 5.35% in October due to the upward trend of maritime transport

The  Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) for October grew for the third consecutive month, reaching 1,336.95 points – November 9, 2020 The...

Valencia port strike called off

València, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2020 – Labour unions representing stevedores have decided to call off the strike that was scheduled for...

Spain’s state-owned port system will invest €1,001 million in 2021

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 6, 2020 – The president of Puertos del Estado, the state-owned organisation responsible for the management of...

Valencian port faces labour strikes next week

València, Spain (PortSEurope) November 4, 2020 – The works council of Centro Portuario de Empleo de Valencia is calling for strike action at the port of...

Port of València is consolidated as the Spanish port with the best connectivity

Valenciaport is the fourth with the best connections in Europe, according to the index produced by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development...

COSCO Shipping Ports – Overseas terminals – Q1,Q2,Q3 2020 TEU throughput

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) October 29, 2020 – Below is the container (TEU) throughput of COSCO Shipping Ports’ overseas terminals for the first...

Fundación Valenciaport launches its first port Hackathon

The Valenciaport Hackathon will provide solutions for a smart, green and resilient port. This international event proposes four challenges that have been set...

Valenciaport: Immediate arrival of EU structural funds key to economic recovery

Aurelio Martínez: “The aid from Europe has to arrive now. They must serve to save the sick, not to resuscitate corpses ” – October 29, 2020 He...

Spanish ports see improved September traffic numbers

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2020 – The 46 ports of general interest of the State, coordinated by Puertos del Estado, moved 43.4 million tons...

Spanish government shows the H2Ports project in Valenciaport as a model for the “Hydrogen Roadmap”

H2Ports, coordinated by the Valenciaport Foundation, incorporates hydrogen into port logistics operations with the aim of reducing its environmental impact...

Valenciaport exhibits its latest generation sustainable terminal model in Brussels

Valenciaport has been invited to the panel “Sustainable infrastructures for Europe” of the 18th edition of the European Week of Regions and Cities...

International experts recognize Valenciaport as a benchmark in data management

Francesco de Candia (Grimaldi): “The ports of València and Sagunto represent 60% of Grimaldi’s business in Spain” – October 22, 2020...

ESPO highlights “the impressive work of Valenciaport with the environment”

The European Organization of Maritime Ports (ESPO) congratulates Valenciaport for the sixth PERS environmental management certification, a European recognition...

Cargo traffic in Valenciaport registers best ever September ever

Valenciaport continues the upward trend that began in August – where for the first time a Spanish port exceeded half a million TEUs in one month –...

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