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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..

Spanish trade unions cancel strikes on June 23, 26

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish trade unions have cancelled the strikes called for June 23 and 26, as a sign of goodwill and to give...

Drewry expects ONE to become fifth largest container company globally in 2021

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – UK consultancy Drewry Shipping foresees a new wave of mergers and acquisitions in the container shipping...

CETM rejects employers’ proposal, companies sign separate contracts with trade union

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish trade union of dockworkers Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar (CETM) rejected on June 20 the...

Most Spanish dockworkers do not join strike on June 21

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Many stevedores have decided not to join the strike called for today in most of the Spanish ports. As trade...

Valencia regional employers association confident of labour agreement at local port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Valencia regional employers association Confederación Empresarial Valenciana (CEV) has expressed confidence...

Only 27.8% of dockworkers participate in strike on Spanish ports on June 21

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The participation of dockworkers in the strike of stevedores on June 21 has fallen to 27.8% from 97-%100% in...

Steel traffic compensates natural gas decline at Sagunto port in Jan-May 2017

Sagunto, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The strategy of diversification of traffic at the port of Sagunto, undertaken years ago by Valencia port...

Spanish tile association warns against port strike consequences

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish association of ceramic tiles (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Azulejos y Pavimentos Cerámicos...

Spanish stevedoring employers send labour reform proposal to trade unions

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – The employers association of dockworkers in Spain has sent a proposal to trade unions, including a clause that...

Spanish minister calls on dockworkers to avoid more strikes

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has once again called for “an effort” by the...

Gas Natural gets contract to supply electricity to Valencia port authority

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish company Gas Natural Comercializadora SA has won a contract to deliver electricity to Valencia port...

Spanish dockworkers trade union CETM elects president for another four-year term

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Confederación Española de Transporte de Mercancías (CETM) has appointed...

Valencia port foundation board meets to inspect project development

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The management board of the Valencia Port Foundation for Research, Promotion and Business Studies met...

Valencia port handles 438,580 TEUs in May 2017

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Valencia port ended May with a total container traffic of 438,580 TEUs, a figure that represents an increase of...

Spanish minister says every day of hourly dockworker strike costs €12 million

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna said the cost of every day of hourly stoppage of dockworkers...

TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...

Adif, Valencia port to allocate funds to connect Sagunto port to Mediterranean Corridor

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Spanish state-run railway operator Administrador de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias (Adif) and Valencia port...

Valencia port organises workshop promoting alternative ship fuel

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) launched yesterday the “Workshop on Maritime...

Spanish ports face diversion of 34 ships during dock workers strike

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The strike of 48 consecutive hours called by dock workers ended on June 16 with a significant economic and...

Valencia port says loses €2 million due to strikes of dockworkers

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The first three days of strike in the stowage sector led to economic losses of more than €36 million ($40.2...

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