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..
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...
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...