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..
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...
Valencia port finds buyer for Parc Sagunt plot
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2018 – Valencia port has received an offer for the sale of its 280,000 m² land plot at the Parc Sagunt logistics...
MSC launches Almería-Valencia container line
Almería, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has signed an agreement with Spanish company Cosentino Group...
Valenciaport Foundation plans 2019 investment of over €5 million
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – The board of directors of Valenciaport Foundation held an ordinary meeting for the month of December...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2018 fish landed by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October 2018 fish landed (tonnes) statistics by...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – October 2018 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics...
MSC takes full control of container depot operator VCD Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has became the sole shareholder of Valencia Container Depot...
Spanish ports plan investments to challenge Rotterdam
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – Spain carried out its great port works 20 years ago. The ports spent billions of euros, but the crisis came...
Support of Spanish ports to Valenciaport projects
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 1, 2018 – In the framework of the annual meeting of El Fondo de Compensación Interportuario (Interport...
Spain’s Boluda Lines attracts interest during International Fair of Cape Verde (FIC)
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2018 – Boluda Lines, the shipping division of Boluda Corporación Marítima, has expressed its satisfaction with...
Board of Directors of the Valencia port authority approves the specifications of new container terminal
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 25, 2018 – The Board of Directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority...