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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..

Valenciaport, the first Spanish port to exceed 500,000 containers managed in a single month

Traffic with India, Italy, Morocco, Saudi Arabia or Turkey in the month of August offset the drops in the US and China to achieve the historical record of...

Valenciaport manages 503,482 containers in August and records its best month ever

This is the first time that the figure of 500,000 TEUs has been exceeded in a single month. A record that reaffirms the recovery of traffic after the worst of...

New Valencia port passenger terminal will be reference point for cruise sector

Mar Chao, Commercial and Business Development Director, Port Authority of Valencia, participated in the presentation of the Environmental Practices and...

FVET distributes 17,000 masks to transport companies for professional drivers, Valencia

FVET distributes 17.000 masks to transport companies for professional drivers. It has also distributed more than 4,000 hydro-alcoholic gels to guarantee the...

Historical record of container loading and unloading movements on a single scale in València port

The MSC SIXIN ship moves 8,701 containers (TEUs) on a single scale. It was held between August 27 and 30 in the Port of Valencia – September 9, 2020 It...

Algeciras is Spain’s top cargo handling port in July 2020

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Puertos del Estado reports July 2020 cargo traffic statistics by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Traffic in Spanish ports falls by 13.2% in July

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – Traffic in Spanish ports fell by 13.2% in July, confirming the recovery trend following the Covid-19...

VCFI index and the maritime market already reflect an improvement in economic activity

Container traffic shows positive behaviour in August The shipping companies have adapted their capacity in the large container routes, reactivating services...

Ports of Gandía and Sagunto to have their own strategic plan

The announcement of the development of these plans was announced today in the visit that the president of the PAV, Aurelio Martínez, has made together with...

Valenciaport has invested over €360 million to consolidate the port of Sagunto

Until 2019, the investments of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV) in the port of Sagunto have made it possible to gain in service and competitiveness with...

From Valenciaport to the most hidden corner of the world map with a single container a year

From Valencia, hundreds of thousands of containers are exchanged a year with China and the United States; but from the Port of València you can also reach...

Valenciaport registers an 11.5% drop in container traffic in July, confirms worst month of the crisis was May

Valenciaport records an 11.5% drop in container traffic in July and confirms that the worst month of the crisis was May – August 20, 2020 Between 1...

Southern access ends the noise of trucks in el Grau de Gandia

This new infrastructure has made it possible to free the residents of the historic centre of Grau de Gandía from the traffic of more than 100 trucks a day...

COSCO Shipping Ports – July 2020 container throughout

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) August 18, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported July 2020 container throughout for its terminals together with...

La Universitat Politécnica de València to evaluate port carbon footprint

In recent years, the Port has reduced its Carbon Footprint by 17%, while traffic has grown by 24% – August 14, 2020 Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV...

VCFI contracts in July with a decrease of 2.51% in freight levels

A reactivation of demand and supply is perceived, which is reflected in the reduction of the idle fleet, which represents 6.6%, reaching 1.56 million TEUs...

Valencia port to increase emissions monitoring

Technicians from the Center for Environmental Studies of the Mediterranean (CEAM) have visited the facilities of the Port of Valencia to select the location of...

Puertos del Estado reports June 2020 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 30, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports June 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

More than 30 companies present their offers for Valencia port ZAL work

The Port Authority of Valencia describes the call for success and shows the great interest of the companies in the ZAL project – July 29, 2020 The tender...

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