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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..

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...

Valenciaport advances implementation of digitalization of processes

Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia – November 27, 2019 Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has held a...

Valenciaport becomes most transparent port with its time-scale tracking tool

This tool is key for shipping companies to improve their competitiveness. The study allows to know the operating time and idle time of the vessels in the...

CMA CGM to reorganize SIRIUS service connecting Mediterranean with East Coast of South America

November 21, 2019 CMA CGM has announced the reorganization of its SIRIUS service connecting the Mediterranean with the East Coast of South America, effective...

Spanish dockers call off the strike scheduled for November 25

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 25, 2019 – Spanish dock workers, represented by Anesco, have decided to call off the strike scheduled for today,...

TransCont asks Valenciaport to combat unfair competition

The president of the Port Authority of Valencia, Aurelio Martínez and the representatives of the autonomous transporters of Transcont, Víctor González and...

Valenciaport bets on the use of alternative fuels to reduce its emissions

Francesc Sánchez, general director of the APV, explained the actions that Valenciaport is developing to promote this type of fuel during the opening of the...

Valenciaport container traffic grows 7.34% in Jan-Oct 2019

The port channels more than 4.6 million containers at the end of the tenth month of 2019; the import-export of full containers maintains its positive trend;...

Valencia port meets Cosco in Shanghai

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) November 16, 2019 – The president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of...

Valencia port: five cruise ships trigger tourism

The simultaneous arrival of five cruise ships to Valenciaport has activated the entire tourist offer in the province of Valencia. The ships, from the cruise...

Valenciaport presents project in Bilbao to become the first European port to use hydrogen energy in its terminals

Currently, work is being carried out on the design of hydrogen-powered port machinery, as well as the hydrogenera necessary for the supply of this fuel –...

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