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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..

Consul General of Morocco visits the Port of València, a strategic country in trade relations

València, December 23, 2021- The Consul General of the Kingdom of Morocco in Valencia, Mustapha Sadiq, has visited the facilities of the Port of València...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – November 2021

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) December 23, 2021 – In the month of November 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 45.75 million tons of cargo, compared...

COSCO Ports Shipping sees 11-month container handling up 4.1%

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) December 21, 2021 – In the first 11 months of 2021, COSCO Ports Shipping Ltd has reported total global TEU handling of...

Valenciaport already exceeds pre-crisis traffic and is the fourth port in Europe

València, December 17, 2021 – Valenciaport’s traffic between January and November this year exceeded 77 million tonnes and 5,161,440 TEUs. These...

Valenciaport to place Valencia as a Living Lab for the logistics and port sector

València, December 14, 2021 – The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) wants to place the city of Valencia in a Living-Lab of the port and logistics sector,...

Valenciaport recognizes the work of the port community for decarbonization

The green ship of the Grimaldi Eco Valencia company, which makes the route between Livorno and València, has been chosen ship of the year at the Ferry...

Spain approves the roadmap for offshore wind and marine energy

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) December 13, 2021 – Spain’s Council of Ministers, at the proposal of the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the...

Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) reaches 3,902.15 points, with a growth of 4.23% in November

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI), the indicator that measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the Port of...

Valenciaport’s commitment to hydrogen, reference for the European Commission

València, December 2, 2021 – The use of hydrogen in the Port of Valencia to reduce the environmental impact of machinery operations in a terminal that...

Valenciaport to tender drafting of the urbanization projects of the Port of València

Valenciaport is putting out to tender the drafting of the urbanization project for areas 2 and 5 of the Special Plan for southern area 1 of the Port of...

The improvement of the Valencia-Teruel-Zaragoza railway line will attract more traffic from the north of Spain to Valenciaport

The works to improve the Zaragoza-Teruel-Sagunto-Valencia railway line are progressing at a good pace, a strategic infrastructure to link the Cantabrian...

Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – October 2021

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 26, 2021 – In the month of October 2021, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 47.26 million tons of cargo, compared...

Valenciaport is playing a proactive role with facts and results in the fight against climate change

The president of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Aurelio Martínez, has indicated that “ports must mitigate the effects of climate change by playing a...

Puertos del Estado appoints Álvaro Rodríguez Dapena as new president

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has replaced Francisco Toledo as its president with the current Director of Planning...

COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd reports October 2021 container terminal throughput

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – COSCO SHIPPING Ports Ltd has published container throughput statistics for its terminals in October...

Valenciaport presents its Smart Ports 2030 strategy in London

València, November 21, 2021 – The Head of Strategic Planning and Innovation of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Juan Manuel Díez Orejas, has...

Valenciaport: “We want to continue growing with the Valencian innovative ecosystem together with the city and the community”

The president of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Aurelio Martínez, has indicated that “Valenciaport wants to continue promoting and growing, together...

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