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 reviews investment activities
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The president of the Generalitat, Ximo Puig, and the president of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV...
Valencia port shows interest in Vicálvaro dry port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Valencia port has announced its intention to participate in the construction of the dry port of railway...
Analysis – China on port shopping spree in Europe and globally
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – Since the start of the 21st century, Chinese companies have acquired stakes in some 15 ports in Europe,...
Valencia port to build €400 million tunnel under the sea
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 23, 2019 – Valencia’s regional government, Spain’s Public Works Ministry and Autoridad Portuaria de...
VPI Logística awards Tempe the plot Z1 of Parc Sagunt property of Port Authority of Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2019 – The Board of Directors of Valencia Intermodal Platform and Logistics (VPI Logística) has agreed,...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – November 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 13, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Spain’s government opposes European Commission, defends port tax exemptions
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – The warning of the European Commission for Spain to put an end to exemptions to the payment of corporate...
Spain’s cruise market continues to expand
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2019 – Spain continues to gain market share in the world cruise industry, with Barcelona as a reference in the...
Valenciaport closes 2018 with the best month of December in container traffic
News – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia – January 9, 2018 Valenciaport closed the year 2018 with the best month of December in its history in...
Valenciaport Foundation develops the Innovation Plan of the logistics community of the Port of Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – The Valenciaport Foundation has undertaken the development and implementation of an R + D + i Plan of the...
EU Commission adopts two decisions recommending taxation of ports in Italy and Spain
EU Commission Press Release – State aid: Commission adopts two decisions recommending taxation of ports in Italy and Spain Brussels, 8 January 2019 The...
Noatum Port Holdings – November 2018 container terminal statistics
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported November 2018...
Valencia port to introduce hydrogen-fuelled cargo handling operations
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Valencia may become the first port in Europe to incorporate hydrogen energy to reduce the environmental...
Valencia port reduces “carbon footprint” by 17% in eight years
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – The fight against climate change and the reduction of emissions of CO 2 and other pollutant particles...
Valenciaport Foundation co-ordinates blockchain development
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 1, 2019 – A consortium of entities, coordinated by Valenciaport Foundation, will develop a proof of concept to...
ExxonMobil to use Valencia port as main base in Mediterranean
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – US oil company ExxonMobil plans to make Valencia port one of its bases in the Mediterranean in the first...
Valenciaport see improved overall traffic in November 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) handled...
Puertos del Estado promotes collaboration between port authorities
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – The state port administration Puertos del Estado has set up the Permanent Observatory of the Port...
Spain’s Inditex bidding for purchase of land plot from Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Spanish textile giant Inditex is bidding for the purchase of a 280,000 m² land plot at the Parc...
MSC carries out pilot IoT project at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has started a pilot project to improve the efficiency of its...