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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 unions, employers have 72 hours to discuss reform proposals

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – Normality returned on February 12 to Valencia port after the agreement reached by port companies and...

Spanish Minister rejects trade union proposals for stowage sector reform

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 13, 2017 – In the midst of a trade union mobilisation against the Spanish government’s proposal for the...

Spanish ports may face complete blockade in February

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 9, 2017 – Spanish trade union CCOO has issued an ultimatum to the central government not to adopt the reforms in...

Cosco says Valencia port has crucial role for activities in Spain

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 7, 2017 – Valencia is a key port for the strategy of COSCO Shipping Lines in Spain, the managing director of the...

Noatum board approves corporate restructuring

Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – The board of directors of Spanish shipping group Noatum approved a new corporate structure that...

Valencia port to invest in beach regeneration

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) plans to invest €3 million ($3.2 million)...

Valencia ports handle 7.04% of traffic by rail in 2016

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – The share of rail transport at the ports operated by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...

Uganda railways delegation visits Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 3, 2017 – Valencia port received on February 1 a delegation of Uganda railways, interested in the implementation...

Port Authority of Bilbao president visits port of Valencia

Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Aurelio Martínez, president of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), has received this morning the...

Valencia port’s five cranes service “Al Dhail” vessel of UASC

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – The five cranes currently in service at APM Terminals Valencia at its Llovera dock worked...

Valencia port joins campaign for promotion of Mediterranean Corridor

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has joined the campaign supporting the...

Valencia port president expects reduced container traffic

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 30, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) president Aurelio Martinez considers that,...

Valencia port simulates fire accident to test emergency plan

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has carried out a simulation of fire...

Supreme Court dismisses accusations against former Valencia port president

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Spanish Supreme Court has upheld the sentence of Valencia Provincial Court, which not to prosecute for...

Barcelona port operates first call of HDASCO ship as part of Mediterranean service

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Iranian shipping company Hafez Darya Arya (HDAS Co), belonging to the Islamic Republic of Iran...

Valencia port improves IT security

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has invested around €770,000 ($822,540) in...

Valencia port recovers position on Chinese market

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) registered a difficult year with a slight...

Event – European Maritime Day – Poole, UK, May 18-19, 2017

Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 -The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual meeting point for Europe’s community of maritime...

Valencia port container traffic rises 2.32% Y/Y in 2016

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Valencia port closed 2016 with a container traffic of 4.722 million TEUs, a figure that represents an...

Valencia regional councillor praises Castellon port authority

Castellon, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Valencia regional councillor for Agriculture, Environment, Climate Change and Rural Development, Elena...

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