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..
Spanish dock workers to stage more strikes
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Spanish dock workers trade unions decided to extend their strikes in the absence of progress in the...
Dockworkers strike causes diversion of 31 ships from top three Spanish ports
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado said a total of 31 ships have been diverted to other countries...
Spanish minister says government has no responsibility for dockworkers strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna said all the responsibility for the strikes of dockworkers is on...
Noatum Port’s purchase by Cosco to reshape Spanish ports industry
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The acquisition of a 51% stake in the capital of Noatum Ports Holdings for €203.49 million ($228.35 million)...
Dockworkers strike causes total block of Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The 48-hour strike that Spanish dockworkers started at 0800 local time is causing a “total stop”...
Spanish trade union UGT calls strike of employees of state-owned ports, port authorities
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – Spanish trade union Unión General de Trabajadores (UGT) has called on the employees of port authorities and...
Spanish dock workers employers ask competition watchdog for support
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The Spanish employers association in the stowage sector and trade unions ended their meeting without agreement...
Spanish government to support launch of Valencia-Mostaganem ferry line
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spanish central government’s representative in Valencia region, José Vicente Herrera, has discussed the...
Spanish dock workers to stage 48-hour strike as of June 14
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spanish dock workers plan to hold a 48-strike as of June 14 as they did not manage to reach an agreement in...
Spain’s Noatum expects Cosco deal to boost container traffic
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spain’s Noatum Port Holdings S.L.U. expects the strategic partnership agreement signed with Cosco...
Spanish minister expresses dissatisfaction with dockworkers’ strike
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has said the decision of dockworkers to stage a 48-hour...
Cosco’s acquisition of Noatum is encouraging for Valencia’s economic growth
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – The arrival of a Chinese state-owned company to Valencia port, after the acquisition of Noatum Ports...
Cosco includes Valencia’s traffic in China’s Silk Road
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – The nearly 300 vessels of the world’s fourth largest shipping company each year move 1.6 million...
Cosco Shipping Ports Limited acquisition of interest in Noatum Port Holdings in Spain
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2017 – Cosco Shipping Ports Limited has published the following press release regarding its acquisition of Noatum...
Spanish minister confident in positive outcome of dockworkers, employers meeting
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has expressed his confidence that the meeting between dock...
Spain’s Trasmediterránea presents summer season offer
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterránea organised an official presentation of its offer during the summer...
Cosco agrees to acquire 51% stake in Noatum Ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Chinese company Cosco Shipping Ports Limited has signed an agreement to acquire a 51% stake in the capital of...
Spain’s port strike causes €36 million loss
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – The third day of this week’s port dockers’ strike is followed by almost all stevedores, as in the...
Spanish public works minister says companies to leave Spain due to dockworkers strike
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has called on trade unions to stop the strikes in the...
Spanish trade unions stage third strike on June 9
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish dock workers staged on June 9 their third strike against the reform in the port sector in the country,...