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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..

Noatum opens office of maritime services unit in Houston

Houston, USA (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – Noatum Maritime Services, the maritime services division of Noatum SA, has opened through its subsidiary Marmedsa...

Valencia port consolidates offer to keep ro-ro traffic leadership in Spain

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – Valencia and Sagunto ports, both managed by the Valencia port authority, have developed in recent years a series...

European Parliament proposes further limit of cabotage operations

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2018 – The Employment Committee of the European Parliament (EP) has proposed to further limit the maximum period of two...

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

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

Noatum Maritime Services opens new Marmedsa Oil & Gas offices in Houston (US)

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 5, 2018 – Noatum Maritime Services, the maritime services division of Noatum Maritime, has opened new offices in...

Valencia Consular Corps visits port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 1, 2018 – The Consular Corps of Valencia has held a meeting with the Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...

COSCO Shipping Ports Announces 1Q 2018 Results (European operations)

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) April 29, 2018 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, one of the world’s leading ports operator, has announced first quarter...

Valencia port to join Samoa 2 project

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2018 – Valencia port has approved an agreement to participate in the Samoa 2 project, which aims to improve the...

APM Terminals names commercial director for Spain

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 26, 2018 – Barbara Fleischer has been appointed as the new commercial director of APM Terminals for the Barcelona,...

Galp maintains commitment to Valencia port’s Ecoport II Project

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2018 – Portuguese energy group Galp maintains its commitment to the Ecoport II Project, an initiative launched by...

Valencia port authority to present business opportunities to Aragón entrepreneurs

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will present today in Zaragoza the potential of its...

Valencia port aims to build multipurpose passenger terminal

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 23, 2018 – The new configuration of the future North Extension of the port of Valencia, which provides a terminal with a...

Valenciaport Foundation gives a seminar on port management in Uruguay

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation is giving a seminar this week in the port of Montevideo on the “Key...

Valencia port breaks record of cruise traffic for single day

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – Valencia port handled the simultaneous call of four cruises on April 19, breaking its historical record of...

Valencia port’s container traffic rises in Q1 2018

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 20, 2018 – Valencia port closed the first quarter of 2018 with a container traffic of 1,183,187 TEUs, a figure that...

Cosco eyes investments in Valencia port’s logistics zone

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 19, 2018 – The official visit of Valencia regional government to China, led by president Ximo Puig, held a working...

Debora Serracchiani calls for protection of Italian port system from EU tax demand

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2018 – Deputy of the Democratic Party, Debora Serracchiani, has called for the government to protect the...

Spain’s Pullmantur expands in Latin America

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2018 – Spanish company Pullmantur, a leader in the country’s cruise market, registered in 2017 an increase of...

Valencia port gets six offers for dredging project

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 17, 2018 – Valencia port will have to choose between six offers of large construction companies specialising in maritime...

Valenciaport Foundation develops training programme on fishing-tourism for the fishing sector of Valencian community

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 16, 2018 – Valenciaport Foundation is developing a training programme on fishing-tourism for the fishing sector of...

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