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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..

Valencia port promotes shortsea shipping services to Navarre businessmen

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 12, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has promoted the short...

Spanish trade union CCOO calls port workers strike on April 17

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – Spanish trade union CC OO union has called a strike of 21 hours of port workers on April 17. The reason is...

Puertos del Estado reports February 2019 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2019 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Valenciaport welcomes Ports 4.0 Fund

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Valenciaport has welcomed the presentation of the Ports 4.0 Fund, a new inter-port compensation fund aimed...

Spain receives 10.1 million cruise passengers in 2018

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Spain’s state-owned ports received 10,178,169 cruise ship passengers in 2018, an annual...

MSC, Grimaldi to use hydrogen-powered loading machines at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The MSC and Grimaldi Group terminals of Valencia port will use two hydrogen-powered machines to load and...

Companies in the community of Valenciaport comply with environmental commitments of ECOPORT II

València, April 3, 2019 – The Ecoport II project, promoted by Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) to...

Entrepreneurs from China’s Fujian province visit Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – Xinzhao Chen, president of the Association of Chinese Entrepreneurs of Fujian Province in Spain, has held a...

Moroccan ports delegation visits Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Valencia port has been visited by a delegation from Agence Nationale des Ports (ANP – National Ports...

Spain’s Anesco, Puertos del Estado ask for support for reform of stowage sector

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Spanish stevedoring companies association Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (Anesco) and national...

Valencia port to take part in Seatrade Cruise Global

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Valencia port will be present at the Seatrade Cruise Global, the main cruise event in the world, which will be...

Valenciaport presents ICP, an indicator to measure connectivity and competitiveness of Spanish ports

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) and the...

Valencia ZAL publishes terms for logistics area development

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Valencia Intermodal Platform and Logistics (VPI) has published the specifications for the award and...

Innsomnia, KPMG to establish startup incubator in Spanish port system

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – A consortium of Valencia-based company Innsomnia and consultancy KPMG has been awarded a contract to...

Noatum Ports rebranded Cosco Shipping Ports (Spain)

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Following its acquisition by Cosco Shipping Ports Limited in June 2017, Noatum Ports SLU has been...

Spanish State Gazette publishes law reforming stevedoring sector

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – The Official State Gazette (BOE) has published the royal decree law approved by the government that completes...

Spain approves aid to longshoremen including in downsizing schemes

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2019 – Spain’s government has approved the Royal Decree-Law which develops the reform of the stowage sector...

COSCO Shipping Ports announces FY2018 financial results

Hong Kong, China (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, a leading global leading ports operator, has announced full year results...

Valencia port to strengthen management transparency in 2019

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – Valencia port authority has committed itself to strengthen in 2019 its actions in terms of transparency,...

Spain to adopt EU Ports regulation

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2019 – On March 24, 2020, EU Regulation 2017/352 will come into force by which a framework for the provision of...

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