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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..

Valencia: Mediterranean freight returns to the price level of a year ago

Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) – January 10, 2020 The Valencia Container Freight Index (VCFI) was...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado reports November 2019 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – Puertos del Estado reports November 2019 cargo figures by port authority. Port Authority November  ...

Valencia port: “No plastic” campaign is about the elimination of one million bottles a year

The “No plastic” campaign is about the elimination of one million bottles a year. The Valencian port sector has among its purposes for 2020 to completely...

Baleària shipping company sets up high-efficiency natural gas supply in Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 7, 2020 – The Baleària shipping company has set up a high-efficiency natural gas supply in Valencia port using...

Valenciaport exceeds 5 million containers in November and continues growth

Accumulated traffic January-November of Valenciaport records 5,018 million TEUs (up 5.86%) and 74.78 million tons (6.49% more). Number of passengers exceeds...

Fundación Valenciaport and Dominican Port Authority sign collaboration agreement

Fundación Valenciaport (Valenciaport Foundation) – November 28, 2019 Yesterday afternoon saw the signing of the collaboration agreement between the...

Valencia port plans new passenger terminal

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) December 16, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) plans to...

Valenciaport presents new seal management service to shipping companies

Mar Chao, commercial and business development director of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), has presented the new seal management service enabled on the...

Court rejects appeal against Valencia port ZAL

The Superior Court of Justice of the Valencian Community rules against the appeal filed by the association “Per l’Horta”, dismisses the...

Board of Trustees of Fundación Valenciaport approves Strategic Plan 2025

Fundación Valenciaport has promoted, during 2019, €48 million of budget for the development of European projects, 45 of them as direct financing for the...

European ECCLIPSE project to help ports in SUDOE region to minimise the effects of climate change

Valencia – 05.12.19. The European project ECCLIPSE – Assessment of climate change in ports in Southwestern Europe, led by the Fundación...

Valencia port: Maritime transport assumes a freight increase of 9.75% due to adoption of less polluting fuels and tariff tensions

The Valencia Container Freight Index (VCFI) indicator experiences its greatest historical growth and accumulates a rise of 14.37 points in 2019, Autoridad...

Co-Evolve4BG project will promote the sustainable development of tourism activities in coastal areas

Fundación Valenciaport (Valenciaport Foundation) – November 29, 2019 The Valenciaport Foundation has started working on the project Co-Evolve4BG...

Valencia port commits to transparency via CSR group

Valencia, December 5, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia), as a member of the Social...

Chinese company registers interest in Valencia port wind project

Second global wind turbine production firm is interested in the future Valenciaport wind farm – December 3, 2019 The Chinese company Xinjiang Golwind...

European Investment Bank to provide €270 million in financing to Valencia Region

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) December 2, 2019 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide €270 million in financing to the Valencia Region pf...

Valencia port joins transport conference of Waterborne technology platform

Valenciaport – November 29, 2019 Today, Juan Manuel Díez, Corporate Planning & Control Manager of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...

COSCO Shipping Ports’ overseas terminals see 12.1% rise in October 2019 traffic

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) November 29, 2019 – In October 2019, the overseas terminals of China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited saw container...

Valenciaport hosts meeting of ECG, the European employers’ association of car transporters and logistics operators

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) November 28, 2019 – Valenciaport has hosted a meeting of the “Maritime and Ports” group of the ECG (Association of...

Europe should consider introducing a compensatory tax on goods from countries that do not comply with strict environmental rules – Valenciaport

The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia), Aurelio Martínez, has put the northern access as an...

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