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 to soon become Europe’s 4th largest container port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – For the first time in history, Valencia port surpassed that of Bremen for three months of the previous year...
ANESCO calls for reduction of port fees in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Spain’s Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of...
Valenciaport Foundation trains ports managers from Brazil and Angola
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – Valenciaport Foundation has trained 22 Brazilian and Angolan managers of ports and private companies...
The European INTER-IoT project ends successfully with the pilot of Valencia
Valencia, Spain, March 4, 2019 – The final meeting of the “INTER-IoT – Interoperability of Heterogeneous Platforms with Internet of...
Gandía port’s new access works to be completed in April
Gandía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – The works of the southern access to the port of Gandía are expected to be completed in the...
ValenciaportPCS will connect in real time to the Noatum Valencia terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – As of March 4, the electronic platform of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), ValenciaportPCS, will...
Sagunto City Council, Valencia port sign cooperation agreement
Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Sagunto City Council has signed a cooperation agreement with Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...
Valencia port’s financing may be insufficient for Sagunto dock’s revamp
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – Valencia port’s €5 million ($5.7 million) financing for the revamp of Sagunto port’s dock...
Levante UD may build sports complex on Valencia port land
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Valencia port has said that the offer presented by sports club Levante UD is the only bid that has arrived...
Valencia port launches first freight operation using electronic CMR
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Spain launched the first intermodal freight transport from Valencia port that uses an electronic...
Puertos del Estado to support greenhouse gas emissions reduction
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Spain’s national ports agency Puertos del Estado has signed a cooperation contract for the reduction...
Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
COSCO’s European terminals reports increased TEU traffic in January 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Piraeus Container Terminal SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...
Valencia port approves investments of €28 million
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of...
Valencia port records best January container traffic ever
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) closed the first...
Grupo Moldtrans starts a shipping service linking Mexico with Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Moldtrans Group has launched a maritime transport service between Spain and Mexico in collaboration...
Grimaldi joins H2PORTS project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2019 – Grimaldi Group and its sister company Valencia Terminal Europa (VTE) have joined the European project...
Valenciaport Foundation participates in port event in Peru
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2019 – The Director of Port Development of the Valenciaport Foundation, Arturo Monfort, has attended the port...
Spain reiterates need to impose protectionist towing rules
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – Spain’s Public Works Ministry has informed the European Commission that it considers necessary...
Valencia port handles one of every three containers that move through Spain
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2019 – A total of 30.12% of the containers that are loaded and unloaded in the 46 state-owned ports in Spain...