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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..

Algeciras port hosts meeting of Mediterranean, Atlantic corridors workgroup

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Algeciras port hosted the first meeting of the year of the working group of ports and intermodal...

MSC calls for construction of road link of Valencia port to Sagunto

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The future of the northern extension of the port of Valencia is conditioned to the development of a new...

Noatum Port Holdings – January 2018 container terminal statistics

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported January 2018...

Alicante port approves specifications of solid bulk handling project

Alicante, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2018 – Alicante port authority has approved the specifications in the tender for the construction of a new...

Valencia port awards contracts for special plan drafting, technical assistance

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has awarded a contract for technical assistance...

Spain’s Adif launches 2nd phase of Valencia-Castellón railway upgrade

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 19, 2018 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif) has started the...

Baleària orders two ferries from Cantiere Navale Visentini

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. has reached an agreement with the Italian shipyard Cantiere...

COSCO Spain’s cargo traffic rises 3% in 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – COSCO Shipping Lines (Spain) closed 2017 with an approximate increase of 3% of cargo traffic, deputy...

Spain’s Pérez y Cía takes part in Breakbulk Middle East

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 16, 2018 – Spanish company Pérez y Cía Group had an active presence in the third edition of the Breakbulk Middle...

Valenciaport Foundation collaborates again with the Port Terminal of the Lambayeque Region, Peru

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 11, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation is provide technical assistance for the Regional Port Authority of...

Valencia port advertises its connectivity at Fruit Logistica fair

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) promotes in Berlin, within the framework of the...

Valenciaport Foundation continues cooperation with Peru’s Lambayeque port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation is developing a new technical assistance for the Regional Port Authority of...

Hapag-Lloyd expanding on Iberian reefer market

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 8, 2018 – German shipping group Hapag-Lloyd, with a fleet with a total capacity of 1.6 million TEUs, more than 7.5...

Valencia port presents its infrastructure projects to MEPs

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has held a working meeting in the European...

Spain: Puertos del Estado – November 2017 cargo traffic by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports November 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Puertos del Estado leads Spanish delegation at “Boot Düsseldorf” yaching event

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 6, 2018 – A Spanish delegation, led by Puertos del Estado, was present at the largest European event dedicated to...

MSC top managers meet in Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – A total of 76 managers of the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) met last week at the headquarters of...

Valencia port hosts sessions of IDC working group

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Valencia port hosted last week the sessions of the Working Group of the European unit of the International...

Spain’s Noatum launches Zaragoza-Valencia port regular rail connection

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 5, 2018 – Spanish shipping group Noatum Ports has announced the launch of a regular rail connection between its...

MSC upgrades services linking Mediterranean region to USA

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the reduction of transit times for export services...

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