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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..

Valencia port to host GreenPort Cruise & Congress

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) will host October 17-19, 2018,  the European...

IDC holds labour meeting in Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – Union delegates from a dozen European countries are meeting this week in the port of Valencia to...

Xiao Yaqing, director of COSCO, visits Noatum terminal in Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2018 – On January 27, COSCO Director Xiao Yaqing and his delegation, accompanied by Xu Lirong, Chairman of...

TOURISMED project meeting takes place in Cyprus

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – The second TOURISMED project meeting is currently being held in Cyprus. The objective of TOURISMED is...

Ports Europe – Reference – TOURISMED – Fishing tourism for sustainable development in the Mediterranean area

TOURISMED – Fishing tourism for sustainable development in the Mediterranean area, January 2018 The project TOURISMED aims to develop a fishing tourism...

Valenciaport Foundation teaches innovation and creativity in ports to executives from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Egypt

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 29, 2018 – Today begins the third course organized jointly by the Valenciaport Foundation in collaboration with...

Noatum Logistics Spain renews OEA certificate

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2018 –  Noatum Logistics Spain has renewed its OEA (Authorized Economic Operator) certificate in Customs...

Valencia hosts annual meeting of Multiport association

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Valencia port hosted last week the annual meeting of the Multiport association. Multiport is a global...

Spanish trade union applies for extension of transition period in stevedoring sector

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2018 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Coordinadora has applied for the extension by one year of the transition...

Valencia port handles largest container ship ever

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 23, 2018 – Valencia port handled last weekend a call of the “MSC Eloane” vessel, the ship with the largest...

MSC top managers to meet in Valencia

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 22, 2018 – The headquarters of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) Spain, located in Valencia, will host on February...

Valencia port to handle 197 cruise calls in 2018

Valencia (Spain) January 18, 2018 – Valencia port will handle 197 cruise calls this year and expects the number of cruise passengers to increase by 3%....

Event: Mediterranean ports to attend Fruit Logistica in Berlin – February 7-9, 2017

Berlin, Germany (PortSEurope) January 18, 2018 – The annual Fruit Logistica show covers all sectors of the fresh produce business and provides a complete...

Valencia port to continue rapprochement effort with China

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 17, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has set the continuation of its efforts to...

Valencia port handles 7% of land cargo by rail

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 16, 2018 – Valencia port has set as one of its priority objectives to develop railway connectivity as it is an element...

Noatum Port Holdings – December 2017 container terminal statistics

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 15, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported December 2017...

Spain’s Hermes Logística gets IFS certificate for warehouses in Las Palmas, Valencia

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – Hermes Logística, S.A., a subsidiary of Trasmediterránea S.A., has received the IFS Logística...

Valencia port handles 190,000 tonnes of cargo with Cuba

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 12, 2018 – Valencia port handled nearly 190,000 tonnes of cargo with the Cuban ports of Havana, Mariel and Santiago in...

Valencia port closes 2017 with €393 million debt

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 9, 2018 – Valencia port closed 2017 with a debt with long-term credit institutions of €393 million ($468.8 million),...

Valencia port lags behind Barcelona in terms of logistics space

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – While the president of the Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martínez,...

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