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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 calls tender for installation of OCR system at Sagunto port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has called a tender for the installation and...

Valencia port studies project for construction of ferry platform

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has called a tender for the execution of a...

Valencia, Santander ports presidents discuss cooperation opportunities

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – The presidents of the port authorities of Santander and Valencia, Jaime González López and Aurelio...

Spain’s VPI Logística to reduce capital by €47 million

Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – Spanish company VPI Logística, a subsidiary of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia),...

Valencia port’s traffic of full containers rises

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2017 – The traffic of full containers of the port of Valencia increased by 6.5% in the first nine months of 2017....

Valenciaport promotes the Cantabrian-Mediterranean corridor to businessmen from Navarra and La Rioja

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – The general director of L’Autoritat Portuària de València (APV – Valencia Port...

Valencia Port Authority presents the study of “Economic Impact of the port of Gandia in 2015”

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Autoritat Portuària de València (APV – Valencia Port Authority) has presented the results of the...

Valencia Port Authority presents the study “Economic impact of the port of Sagunto in 2015”

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 14, 2017 – Autoritat Portuària de València (APV – Valencia Port Authority) has presented the results of...

Noatum Ports appoints new board members

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 11, 2017 – Following the June 2017 acquisition of 51% of Noatum Ports concerning the terminals of Valencia,...

Boluda opposes tugboat fee reduction at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2017 – One of the measures of the current president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...

Spanish trade union CETM accuses watchdog of destabilising port stowage sector

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 10, 2017 – The recent opening of two investigations into the main actors in the stowage sector by the...

Spanish ports cargo traffic rises 6.3% y/y in Jan-Sep 2017

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – The total cargo traffic at Spanish ports rose by 6.3% on the year in the first nine months of 2017 to...

Valencia port to expand docks in its northern area

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 9, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martínez has announced an...

Valencia port to install OCR system for management of railway container traffic

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 8, 2017 – Valencia port has developed over the last decade a large number of projects in the railway sector with...

Valencia port to invest €5.2 million to increase draft of container dock

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans invest €5.2 million ($6 million) to...

Valencia port president says he does not understand reasons for northern access rejection

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 7, 2017 – The president of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), Aurelio Martinez, has...

Panamanian government to study cargo inspection work at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2017 – Valencia port received this week a visit of a Panamanian governmental delegation, led by the Minister...

Puertos del Estado expects port cargo traffic to rise to 530 million tonnes in 2017

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – The president of Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, has said he expects...

Spanish competition watchdog launches probe into docking companies, trade unions

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Spanish competition regulator Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia (CNMC) has launched...

Neptune Lines returns to Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2017 – Piraeus-based Neptune Lines had restarted the use of Valencia port with the Neptune Odyssey callig at...

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