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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 government approves construction of southern road access to Gandía port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2017 – Valencia regional government has given the green light to the project for the construction of a southern...

Valencia port recovers from dockworkers strike

Valencia, Spain (PortS Europe) August 29, 2017 – Valencia port returns to positive figures with a growth of 1.76% of the total traffic until the month of...

Valencia port concludes corporate management systems modernisation project

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 28, 2017 – Valencia port has concluded a modernisation process in its corporate management systems. The main change has...

EU Sauron project to tackle cyber security

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 –  The SAURON project (Scalable multidimensionAl sitUation awaReness sOlution for protectiNg european...

CMA CGM adds Algeciras to new SIRIUS service

Marseille, France (Ports Europe) August 27, 2017 – The Sirius service connects ports on the East Coast of South America via the CMA CGM hub in Malta to...

China, USA are largest container traffic partners of Valencia port in H1 2017

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 24, 2017 – China and the USA were the main trading partners of Valencia port in the container traffic segment in...

Spanish ports to attend Seatrade Europe Hamburg Fair

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) August 22, 2017 – Around 30 companies, including port authorities and service and product providers, will unite at...

Public consultation period on Valencia Container Depot concession starts

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – The 20-day period for public consultation on the decision of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...

Maersk Line confirms launch of Med-Montreal service 

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Maersk Line has confirmed the launch of a new service that will link Mediterranean ports with Canada. The...

Valencia port to invest €100 million in improving rail accesses 

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – The business plan of Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) envisages the investment...

Valencia speeds process for extending Noatum’s concession

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 21, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has accelerated the procedures to approve the...

Adif tenders railroad ties supply contract for Valencia-Sagunto line

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway operator Adif has tendered a supply and transportation contract to provide the...

COSCO starts operating MAF1 line

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 18, 2017 – COSCO Shipping Lines launched on August 17 its new service MAF1 between the main ports of the Mediterranean...

Valencia port expands area dedicated to car industry

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 17, 2017 – Valencia port has reached one million square metres servicing the automobile industry, of which 412,000...

Valencia port completes construction of road to new cruise terminal

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has approved the completion of the works of the...

Mediterranean ports handle 64% of Spanish cruise traffic in H1 2017

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Spanish ports have closed the first half of the year, recording the historic high in cruise traffic, with...

Castellón port considers new railway line

Castellón, Spain (Ports Europe) August 11, 2017 – Castellón port is considering the launch of a new railway line to cope with the congestion of the...

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