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..
Valencia port climbs one spot in Europe’s container ports ranking
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Valencia port has climbed one place in the European ranking of container ports and, according to...
Spanish court dismisses claim by Noatum against Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – The Spanish Administrative Court has dismissed a claim by Noatum Maritime for the payment of a €14 million...
Ford exports from Valencia port after fire accident on Grimaldi Grande Europa ship
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – The fire of the car carrier Grimaldi Grande Europa has affected the embarking of cars of the U.S. automobile...
Spain’s Moldtrans launches weekly service linking Spanish ports to Dubai
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2019 – Spanish freight transport operator Grupo Moldtrans has launched a new...
Spanish port traffic exceeds 140 million tons in first quarter of 2019
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – The traffic of goods through state ports handled 140,494,899 tons in the first three months of 2019, an...
Bergé leads port digitalisation project of Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – Bergé is leading a project for the digitalisation of Spanish ports through its port operations business unit,...
China’s Cosco brings Valencia port’s expansion project to court
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – Two years’ ago, Chinese group Cosco Shipping Ports Limited, the third largest container shipping company...
Noatum Logistics expands warehouse network in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – Noatum Logistics has opened a largest logistics warehouse in Ribarroja, Valencia, expanding the company’s...
MSC places sole bid in tender for Valencia port’s northern expansion
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has submitted an offer for the construction and operation...
Blockchain to become crucial factor for port management
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Maritime transport plays a transcendental role in the global world. Currently, about 80% of world trade is...
MSC becomes majority shareholding in Spain’s Laumar
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the second largest shipping company for container traffic in the world...
ExxonMobil chooses Valencia port to distribute its products in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East and India
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 7, 2019 – The international connectivity offered by the port of Valencia has been decisive for the multinational oil...
Spain’s CCOO calls off ports strike scheduled for April 26
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Spanish trade union CCOO (Confederacion Sindical de Comisiones Obreras) has called off the strike...
Puertos del Estado reaches agreement on collective labour contract
Huelva, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has said that an agreement has been reached with trade unions...
Valencia port’s traffic with Italy rises 39% y/y in Q1
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 24, 2019 – Valencia port has recorded a 39% rise in cargo traffic from Italy in the first quarter of 2019. Traffic with...
Spain’s competition watchdog launches study on national port network
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Spain’s competition watchdog Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has launched a...
Valencia port incorporates two sub-indices to VCFI
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2019 – Valencia port authority has incorporated two additional sub-indices this month to the Valencia Containerized...
Boluda family establishes subsidiary for mergers and acquisitions
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – The Boluda family is preparing to purchase new companies under the umbrella of Grupo Boluda...
Spain’s government to approve participation in Valencia port logistics project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Spain’s central government plans to approve its participation in the construction of the Intermodal and...
Trade unions call off strike at Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2019 – Spanish trade unions CCOO, UGT and CIG have called off the 24-hour port strike scheduled for April 17, 2019,...