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..
GEFCO Spain opens logistics centre in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – GEFCO Spain is opening a new logistics centre in Valencia, with an area of 3,500 m² and capacity for 4,500...
Valencia port attends Valladolid smart ports event
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2018 – Mar Chao, commercial and business development director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...
Valencia port awards paving works contract to Pavasal
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has awarded a contract...
Valencia Intermodal Platform and Logistics announces Parc Sagunt plot tender
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 25, 2018 – Valencia Plataforma Intermodal y Logística SA (VPI – Valencia Intermodal Platform and Logistics)...
Valenciaport Foundation presents its projects to its board of trustees
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – This morning the ordinary meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Valenciaport Foundation took place, in...
MSC inaugurates new Spanish headquarters in Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – On June 5, the shipping company MSC inaugurated the company’s new Spanish headquarters in Valencia....
US Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx visits Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – US Secretary of Transportation, Anthony Foxx, has visited to the port of Valencia. He was accompanied on...
Valencia port awards contract for overhaul of Sagunto harbour access roads
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2018 – Valencia port has awarded a €204,306 ($236,147) contract to Spanish construction company Grupo Bertolín for...
Transfesa holds market share of up to 30% in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – With a total of 1.13 million tonnes of cargo handled in 2017, Spanish logistics operator Transfesa (Transportes...
Maritime transport services prices in Spain fall 3.8% y/y in Q1 2018
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2018 – Spain’s National Institute of Statistics (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) published the prices of the...
Valenciaport reports increased traffic in the first five months of 2018
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) handled 2,065,808...
Noatum Port Holdings – May 2018 container terminal statistics
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported May 2018 container...
Valencia port’s stowage company president to resign
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Román Ceballos, a former senior official of the Economy Council of Valencia’s regional government, has...
Valencia port aims to increase intermodal traffic
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Valencia port aims to increase the integration of cargo traffic between ships and trains, although there is...
Baleària LNG ferry start operations at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – The Abel Matutes ferry belonging to Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas SA, which uses liquified natural gas a...
Chinese port of Ningbo invites Valenciaport to International Forum of the Maritime Silk Road
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – Mar Chao, commercial and business development director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...
Grimaldi starts shortsea service linking Sagunto to Cagliari, Salerno
Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2018 – Sagunto port has taken a new step forward in its strategy of diversification with the start of the “Short...
Spain’s Transfesa agrees payroll increase in 2018, 2019
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – Spanish logistics and freight transport company Transfesa (Transportes Ferroviarios Especiales SA) and trade...
Valencia port seeks to strengthen position on Chinese market
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – Valencia port continues to strengthen its presence in the Chinese market and its participation in the New...
Kalmar Crane to repair crane at Noatum Container Terminal Valencia
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2018 – Kalmar, a provider of cargo handling equipment, will carry out specialised repair work on a ship-to-shore...