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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..

South European ports head for Intermodal South America logistics exhibition

São Paulo, Brazil (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 25th edition of Intermodal South America, an international exhibition for logistics, cargo...

2M alliance strengthens Mediterranean services 

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – The 2M alliance has announced the strengthening of its services in connections from Asia to Europe and the...

Castellón port joins Valencia region employers confederation

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – Castellón port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Castellón) has joined the Valencia region employers...

Valencia port calls tender for ship acquisition

Gandía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has called a tender for the supply of a vessel, for...

Valencia port to cooperate with Brazil’s Vitoria on improving logistics management

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Valenciaport Foundation has signed a cooperation agreement with Companhia Docas do Espírito Santo...

Noatum Port Holdings – February 2018 container terminal statistics

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported February 2018...

Valenciaport Foundation signs a collaboration agreement with the Brazilian port of Vitoria

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – CODESA (Companhia Docas do Espírito Santo), managing entity of the Port of Vitoria in Brazil, has...

Spanish multimodal cargo traffic declines in 2017

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 12, 2018 – Multimodal sea and land transport grew by 3% in 2016, according to the annual report of the Observatory of...

Western Mediterranean: a management plan to fortify the fishing sector of the region

European Commission – Press Release – March 8, 2018 Brussels A multi-annual plan to bring more stability, transparency and sustainability to...

Trasmediterránea names business development director

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 9, 2018 – Eva González Cuerda has been appointed Director of Business Development of the Balearic Islands of Spanish...

Valencia port says 28% of employees join women’s strike

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has estimated the follow-up of the women’s...

Valencia court dismisses appeal by Alicante port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 8, 2018 – A Valencia court has rejected the request for dismissal made by the port of Alicante against the procedure...

Valencia port cargo traffic declines in January

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) handled 5,562,805 tonnes of cargo in January, down...

Cruise companies use larger ships for calls at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – The shipping companies are positioning ships of greater capacity this year than in previous years in the port...

Cadena de Suministro comments on port-railway developments in Spain

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 7, 2018 – In the second month of the year, Spanish ports and large logistics platforms continue to bet on the...

Spanish ports cargo traffic rises 7% in 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – The 46 Spanish ports handled a total of 544.9 million tonnes of cargo in 2017, which represents an increase...

Valencia port detects radioactive cargo

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is keeping a container and three full trucks...

Spain’s Partido Popular proposes port digitalisation plan

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish ruling political party Partido Popular (PP) has proposed to the Congress a plan to promote the...

Puertos del Estado continues to invest in the local cruise industry

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2018 – In 2017 Spanish ports exceed 9.2 million cruise passengers, a result of a long-standing commitment by the...

Spain to reduce port fees by 10%

Tenerife, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Spanish prime minister Mariano Rajoy has announced that the government budget for 2017 includes a drop of...

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