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..
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...
Venice port authority joins MedPorts Association
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority), which...
Valencia port participates in ECG meeting in Cuxhaven
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has participated in the meeting of the Maritime and...
Valencia port to grant 50-year concession to investors in new container terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is willing to grant a long-term concession, up to...
Boluda launches Canary Islands-Cantabria line
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Boluda Corporación Marítima, through Boluda Lines, has launched a Canary Islands-Cantabria line, utilising...
Spain awards contract for study on Valencia-Castellón high-speed rail project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – The Spanish Public Works Ministry has awarded a contract for the development of an information study of...
Valencia port to participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2018 – Valencia port will participate for one more year at the Seatrade Cruise Global fair, the main cruise ship...
Valencia port to finance study for Valencia-Sagunto transport corridor project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to promote and finance a study of...
Spain’s Baleària receives cruise quality seal for Dénia port
Dénia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. was distinguished on Friday with the Commitment of...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – December 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports December 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Three Spanish ports among top 10 in Europe in container traffic
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – The container traffic of the 15 biggest ports of Europe registered an average growth of 4.2% in 2017,...