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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..

Valenciaport Foundation attends “Infrastructure for the integration of Latin America” ​​event

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 21, 2018 – The general director of the Valenciaport Foundation and Chairman of the Group of Corridors, Hubs and...

Spain’s competition watchdog keeps sanctions of ANV, ATEIA OLTRA

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2018 – Spain’s National Commission of the Markets and the Competition (CNMC) has published a new resolution on...

Valencia port one step closer to container traffic of 5 million TEUs

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 20, 2018 – The harbours under the management of the Valencia port authority are one step closer to reaching the historic...

TBS-SDS container depot in Valencia port grows above forecasts

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – The container base of TBS (TransBase Soler) and SDS (Spanish Depot Service SA) in the northern extension of...

First direct freight train linking Spain to China departs from tmZ maritime terminal

Zaragoza, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – The first export train to China has departed from Spain’s Maritime Terminal of Zaragoza (tmZ),...

Valencia port, Dutch consultancy MTBS finishing northern expansion project design

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Valencia port authority and Dutch consultancy MTBS (Maritime & Transport Business Solutions BV) are...

Noatum Port Holdings – June 2018 container terminal statistics

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported June 2018 container...

Sagunto local authorities approve urbanisation of port’s northern area

Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) July 17, 2018 – Sagunto local authorities have approved unanimously the agreement of Valencia port authority for the urban...

Valencia port tech support to Spanish Customs

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The cooperation between public agencies, Customs and Valencia port authority, makes international trade faster...

Valencia port to launch container price index

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – Valencia port plans to create an indicator that shows the evolution of the freight prices of its containers,...

Puertos del Estado new president unformally enters office

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – The new president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, named on Friday by the...

Puertos del Estado new president informally enters office

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – The new president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, Ornella Chacón, named on Friday by the...

Konecranes Spain receives Port Service Award 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – The Spanish subsidiary of Finnish company Konecranes, based in Valencia, has received the Port Service Award...

Spain names president of Puertos del Estado

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Spanish Council of Ministers approved the appointment of María Ornella Chacón as the new president of national...

Valencia port to open new cruise terminal in 2020

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 9, 2018 – Valencia port plans to open a new cruise terminal in 2020 in the space occupied by Unión Naval de Levante,...

MEP Ayala accuses Ferrmed of favouring Barcelona port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – The Member of European Parliament, Inés Ayala, has accused the Ferrmed business lobby of favouring in the...

Spain’s government dismisses national ports agency’s president José Llorca

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – Spain’s government has announced a decision to dismiss the president of national ports agency Puertos del...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – May 2018 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports MONTH 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

Valencia business organisations highlight port and logistics infrastructure needs

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – Cámara de Comercio de Valencia (Chamber of Commerce of Valencia) and Confederación Empresarial de la...

MEPs Inés Ayala and Inmaculada Rodríguez Piñero visit the port of Valencia

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – Valenciaport has received a visit of the MEPs Inés Ayala and Inmaculada Rodríguez-Piñero, also MEP and...

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