Port News & Information Mediterranean, Black & Caspian Seas

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..

Valenciaport Foundation trains managers from Kuwait and Egypt

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 – The Valenciaport Foundation (Fundación de la Comunidad Valenciana) has organised a training course...

Valencia manager Ramón Gómez Ferrer promotes planned new terminal

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 27, 2018 – Ramón Gómez Ferrer, director of strategy and innovation of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV...

Valencia port moves bulk of perishable goods in reefer containers

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2018 – Valencia port is participating in the tenth edition of the Fruit Attraction Fair in Madrid to consolidate...

Spanish ports represented at Fruit Attraction Fair

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Fruit Attraction Fair is an annual international trade show for the fruit and vegetable industry. With...

Traffic of horticultural products in Spanish ports grows by 25% in Jan-Aug 2018

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Traffic of fruits, vegetables and legumes by Spanish ports reached 2,917,449 tonnes in the first eight...

Valenciaport closes the third quarter of the year with 4.54% increase in container traffic

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 20, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) closed the...

Grimaldi, MSC Terminals, Eurogate present emissions strategy at GreenPort event in Valencia

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – At the GreenPort Cruise & Congress in Valencia port, three terminal operators at Valencia port have...

Valenciaport publishes details of proposed container terminal expansion

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 21, 2018 – The board of directors of Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of...

Valencia port hosts first technical meeting of LOOP-Ports project

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – Valencia port hosted the first internal technical meeting of the European project “LOOP-Ports –...

Valencia port renews PERS certification

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2018 – Valencia port has renewed its Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certification granted by the European...

Spanish government replaces representative on Valencia port’s board

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 16, 2018 – Patricia López Ruiz de Salazar has replaced María Durá Rivas on the board of directors of Autoridad...

Noatum Port Holdings – September 2018 container terminal statistics

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 16, 2018 – Noatum Port Holdings, operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported September 2018...

Sines port linked to China’s Silk Road via new MSC rail link

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company is to launch a new rail service linking Spanish exporters, including...

Spain’s Tepsa applies for extension of concession at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – Spanish company Tepsa (Terminales Portuarias SL) has asked Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV –...

MSC Cruises to bring 82 calls to Valencia ports in 2018, 2019

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – MSC Cruises confirmed last Thursday during the ceremony of exchange of “metopes” with Autoridad...

EU approves Spain’s bill on reduction of tax for ships linked to power grid

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has said that the Council of the European Union...

Valencia port to host ESPO, MedPorts and Greenport events this week

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) October 14, 2018 – This coming week, Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of...

Subscribe to weekly news

We keep you informed on the top European port news.