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..
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...
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...