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València

València 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 transport corridors to be integrated into EU networks

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2019 – The Port Authority of Valencia has welcomed the news of the incorporation of the rail corridors...

Sintraport’s strike in Barcelona may spread to other ports

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – While the longshoremen’s conflict remains latent in Spanish ports, it is now the transporters who...

COSCO’s European container terminals see higher throughput in February 2019

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 17, 2019 – China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported that in February 2019 output at its overseas...

Valencia port receives ‘GREEN4SEA Port Award’

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – Valencia port has received the international prize ‘GREEN4SEA Port Award’ 2019 in environmental...

Valencia to soon become Europe’s 4th largest container port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2019 – For the first time in history, Valencia port surpassed that of Bremen for three months of the previous year...

ANESCO calls for reduction of port fees in Spain

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Spain’s Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras (ANESCO – Spanish National Association of...

Valenciaport Foundation trains ports managers from Brazil and Angola

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 5, 2019 – Valenciaport Foundation has trained 22 Brazilian and Angolan managers of ports and private companies...

Gandía port’s new access works to be completed in April

Gandía, Spain (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – The works of the southern access to the port of Gandía are expected to be completed in the...

ValenciaportPCS will connect in real time to the Noatum Valencia terminal

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – As of March 4, the electronic platform of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), ValenciaportPCS, will...

Sagunto City Council, Valencia port sign cooperation agreement

Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – Sagunto City Council has signed a cooperation agreement with Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...

Valencia port’s financing may be insufficient for Sagunto dock’s revamp

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – Valencia port’s €5 million ($5.7 million) financing for the revamp of Sagunto port’s dock...

Levante UD may build sports complex on Valencia port land

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Valencia port has said that the offer presented by sports club Levante UD is the only bid that has arrived...

Valencia port launches first freight operation using electronic CMR

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Spain launched the first intermodal freight transport from Valencia port that uses an electronic...

Puertos del Estado to support greenhouse gas emissions reduction

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Spain’s national ports agency Puertos del Estado has signed a cooperation contract for the reduction...

Puertos del Estado reports 2018 cargo figures by port authority

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports 2018 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...

COSCO’s European terminals reports increased TEU traffic in January 2019

Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Piraeus Container Terminal SA, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported...

Valencia port records best January container traffic ever

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 22, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) closed the first...

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