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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..

Valenciaport receives new recognition for its environmental work

It has obtained the award granted by EnerTIC for the Green C Ports project – December 29, 2020 Aurelio Martínez: “This award is an international...

Valenciaport bets in its 2020-2024 Business Plan for the railway, the environment and accessibility

The Plan of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), agreed with Puertos del Estado, represents an investment of more than €552 million in new projects to which...

The circular economy is proposed as the best short-term solution to boost the sustainability of European ports

The LOOP-Ports circular economy project, coordinated by Fundación Valenciaport and co-financed by EIT Climate-KIC, held its final conference yesterday in...

Increase in exports and imports raises Valenciaport’s traffic by 20.5% in November

More than 7 million tonnes of goods were moved in November, 14% more than in the same month last year – December 17, 2020 With just a few weeks to go...

SEAPort Solutions will carry out the first implementation of a PortCDM system in Latin America

The Spanish start-up SEAPort Solutions has signed an collaboration agreement with the Valenciaport Foundation to provide technical assistance in the...

Valencia port registers new historical milestone in movement of containers from a ship in a single stop

MSC GULSUN ship moves 9,718 containers (TEUs) on the scale carried out between 8 and 10 December in Valencia, almost a thousand containers more than the...

Spain will invest €1,001 million in ports in 2021

The president of Puertos del Estado (PdE), Francisco Toledo, has presented the budgets of the state-owned port system which will amount to €1,001 million in...

Valencia Port Authority manager named honorary member of Association for Collaboration between Ports and Cities (RETE)

The general deputy director of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Manuel Guerra, has been named honorary member of the Association for Collaboration between...

The air quality of the Port of València is “excellent”

The results have been obtained from the control booth installed in the Poniente Pier that is connected to the Surveillance network of the Generalitat...

The resumption of international trade increases the VCFI by 2.18% in November

The Valencia Containerized Freight Index (VCFI) reached its all-time high, standing at 1,366.03 points – December 4, 2020 The recovery of freight...

Valencian port sector increases its investment in Social Responsibility

The Assembly of Aportem-Puerto Solidario Valencia approved the budget for 2021 – December 3, 2020 In the last campaign to start the school year, almost...

Estonian ambassador visits the Port of València

The representative of the Baltic country in Spain, Mariin Ratnik has toured the facilities accompanied by the deputy director general of the APV, Manuel Guerra...

Valenciaport takes part in the International Cruise Summit 2020

The ICS 2020 Madrid is one of the most important strategic cruise events in Europe, bringing together professionals from all sectors of the industry –...

LOOP-Ports circular economy project to report results

The LOOP-Ports circular economy project, coordinated by Fundación Valenciaport and co-financed by EIT Climate-KIC, will celebrate its final conference, in an...

Puertos del Estado awards contract to develop SIMPLE project

Puertos del Estado has awarded the development of the SIMPLE project (SIMplification of Processes for a Logistic Enhancement) to a consortium of Indra, Minsait...

The “Book a Slot” project wins the first prize at the Valenciaport Hackathon

The second prizes went to the “AlRates Technologies” and “ChainGO Freight” solutions – November 30, 2020 This international event...

Aurelio Martínez: “Valenciaport is acting as a platform for the export of the Spanish productive fabric”

The president of APV points out that “Valenciaport’s leadership is thanks to the success of our exporting companies” – November 25,...

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