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 Public Works Minister urges trade unions, employers to negotiate
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Inigo de la Serna, has called on employers and stevedores unions to...
Spanish Council of Ministers approves stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Council of Ministers has approved the Royal Decree Law reforming the stowage sector. The...
Coordinadora again asks government to postpone stevedoring sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Coordinadora has called on the government to include a clause...
Spanish government to approve stevedoring reform despite trade unions
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish government plans to approve the royal decree introducing reforms in the rules for stevedoring...
Valencia port presents at Cevisama trade fair
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) is participating in the international fair...
Unions press Spanish government to negotiate stowage system with workers – IDC
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – A press release from the International Dockworkers Council (IDC). International protest rises...
Global dockworkers trade union expresses support to longshoremen in Spain
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Global trade union International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has expressed its support to Spanish...
Spanish trade unions call strikes at ports as of Mar 6
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Spanish dockworker trade unions announced a strike on March 6 against government plans to adopt a law...
Intercontainer applies for concession at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 21, 2017 – Valencia-based company Intercontainer has applied with Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria...
Spanish trade unions cancel strike at ports, government delays reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Spanish trade unions cancelled the national strikes at Spanish ports on February 20, 22 and 24, as...
European ports start project supporting sustainable mobility
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 20, 2017 – Representatives of the management of Valencia, Igoumenitsa, Dürres, Kotor and Limassol ports...
CMA CGM and Alibaba sign digitial cooperation agreement
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – CMA CGM and Alibaba OneTouch today signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to seek cooperation...
Valencia port cargo traffic rises in January
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) said the total cargo traffic of the three...
Valencia port to build professional training centre
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 17, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to build a centre for the professional...
Boluda to deliver two tugboats to Mauritania
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Boluda Towage and Salvage received the “VB Sahel” and “VB Sahara” tugboats at...
Valencia to revive intermodal transport facility
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) and the regional government of Valencia have...
Container traffic at Spanish ports hits record-high in 2016
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 15, 2017 – Container traffic in Spanish ports throughout 2016 came in at record-high 15,080,009 TEUs, a figure...
Spanish government, trade unions terminate talks on stowage sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 14, 2017 – Barely an hour and a half of a meeting was enough for the government, employers and trade unions to...
Catalan and Valencian businessmen support Mediterranean railway corridor
Tarragona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Around 300 businessmen from Catalonia and Valencia met to defend the need to build the Mediterranean...
Spanish Public Works Ministry, trade unions to discuss port reform on Feb 14
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Spanish Ministry of Public Works will meet with trade unions again on February 14 to try to approach...