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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 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...

Baleària to start operating at Valencia, Sagunto, Gandía ports on Dec 14

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. plans to start providing ferry and cruise passenger...

Transcont CV to relocate HQ to Valencia port 

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 11, 2017 – Valencia regional association of self-employed persons in the container traffic sector Transcont CV...

Spanish Minister of Public Works highlighted the ports’ contribution to territorial cohesion

Madrid, Spain, December 1, 2017 01-12-2017 (Ministry of Public Works). Iñigo de la Serna, Minister of Public Works, accompanied by José Llorca, President of...

Noatum Container Terminal Valencia joins EU Sauron project

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) December 5, 2017 – Noatum Ports, one of the leading terminal operators in Spain, will be part of the Sauron project with...

Members support FEPORT guidelines

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 2, 2017 – APM Terminals, Contship Italia, EUROGATE, HHLA (Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG), Hutchison Ports and...

Valencia port to increase usage of renewable energy

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 30, 2017 – Valencia port plans to increase the use of renewable energy to improve its energy efficiency. One of the...

European Commission publishes “Delivering Ten-T, Facts & Figures September 2017”

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) November 28, 2017 – The document “Delivering TEN-T – Facts and Figures September 2017” summarises key data...

Valencia port reduces pilotage fees

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 27, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) reduced the pilotage service tariff as of...

Valenciaport Foundation co-ordinates European Sauron project meeting in Paris

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 24, 2017 – The second meeting of the Steering Committee of the SAURON project was taken place in Paris (Scalable...

Picasso project holds a conference in Valencia on new technologies applied to maritime safety

The conference of the European project Picasso “Maritime and port sector 4.0: New technologies to get safer oceans” has been held in Valencia ,...

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