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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 expects 197 cruise calls in 2018

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – Valencia port has already scheduled 197 cruise calls for 2018, a figure that falls slightly below the 203...

Puertos del Estado chairs meeting of the Plenary Session of the Permanent Observatory of the Port Services Market

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 5, 2018 – On December 1, 2017, the president of Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, chaired the eleventh meeting of...

Valencia port calls tender for dredging of Levante dock

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has called a tender for the dredging of the access...

Valencia port starts 2018 with new pilotage service fees

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 4, 2018 – Valencia port has started the year with new maximum fees for the pilotage service. The new tariffs represent...

Spanish ports handle 8.5 million cruise passengers in Jan-Nov 2018

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Spanish ports handled a total of 8.5 million passengers in the first eleven months of 2017, up 4.31% on the...

Valencia port starts railway import service for new cars

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) January 2, 2018 – Valencia port started a railway import service of vehicles in December, when two convoys left the harbour to...

Valencia port to invest €6 million in container terminal accesses upgrade

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 29, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to invest €6 million ($7.2 million) to...

Valencia port calls tender for waste processing plant construction

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2017 – Spanish state gazette Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) has published an announcement by Valencia port...

Rail Transport Service of ValenciaportPCS implementation starts

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 20, 2017 – The implementation of the Rail Transport Service of ValenciaportPCS is complete in the import process...

Valencia port rejects application filed by Cemex

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 19, 2017 – Valencia port authority’s board of directors has rejected the application of Cemex España...

Valencia port targets 5 million TEUs in 2018

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Valencia port authority aims to boost its container traffic to 5 million TEUs in 2018, keeping up the...

Spain, Ecuador to cooperate in transport infrastructure development

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna met with his Ecuadorian counterpart Paul Granda to...

Spanish ports see increased challenge from Tanger Med

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 18, 2017 – Politicians from Malaga, Valencia and Catalonia have raised the issue of Tanger Med becoming...

Dominican Republic officials visit Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 15, 2017 – A delegation from the embassy of the Dominican Republic in Spain visited the port of Valencia on December...

Spanish government expects another record-high year at ports

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – The cargo traffic will once again beat its absolute record in the ports of Spain. This was confirmed by the...

Spain’s Boluda profit rises 30% in 2016

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2017 – Spanish company Boluda Corporación Marítima recorded a profit of €36 million ($42.3 million) in 2016,...

Valenciaport Foundation reviews 2018 financial budget

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Valenciaport Foundation has held its ordinary Board of Trustees for the month of December, in order to...

Valencia port ready to participate in China’s OBOR initiative

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 12, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Francesc Sánchez has participated in...

Valenciaport confirms its commitment to the new Silk Road in Tianjin (China)

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – The general director of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Port Authority of Valencia),...

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

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports October cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

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