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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..

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 –...

Puertos del Estado reports September 2019 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 6, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports September 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...

Spain’s state-owned ports handled 428 million tons Jan-Sept 2019

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) November 6, 2019 – In the first nine months of 2019, the 46 state-owned ports handled 428,124,835 tons, up 2.2% over the...

3rd LOOP-Ports internal meeting is held in the Port Authority of Ravenna

More than 20 different agents from Port Authorities and other stakeholders from several countries, have been interviewed to identify which system drivers...

Valencia Container Freight Index indicator decreased in October by 3.32%

The Valencia Container Freight Index (VCFI) indicator decreased in October by 3.32% – November 4, 2019 Export freight costs calculated by the Valencia...

Valenciaport reaffirms itself as port with best connectivity in Spain in first half of 2019

The port of Valencia gets 100.76 points ahead of Algeciras (92.14), and Barcelona (84.88). The index, which has a semi-annual periodicity, is jointly developed...

COSCO Shipping Ports announces 2019 third quarter results – profits down

Hong Kong, China – 29 October 2019 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, the has announced third quarter results of the company and its subsidiaries for the...

Valencia port’s CLIMATHON of the brings innovative ideas in CO2 capture

The CLIMATHON held last Friday in the port of Valencia and organized by the Valenciaport Foundation and the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), with the support...

COSCO Shipping Lines participates in new short sea shipping service that includes Valencia and Algeciras ports

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2019 – COSCO Shipping and CMA CGM have inaugurated the new Black Sea Marmara Morocco Service (BSM) at Valencia...

Israeli Ministry of Transport sends students to visit Valenciaport

The meeting has also had the presence of students of the Master in Engineering of Organization and Logistics of the Campus of Alcoy of Universitat Politècnica...

Valenciaport Cluster Innovation Committee active through working groups

Fundación Valenciaport (Valenciaport Foundation) – October 24, 2019 This week the meetings of two of the three working groups created within the...

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