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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: September VCFI index confirms the improvement in maritime traffic and economic activity

The  Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI) for September grew again for the second consecutive month at a rate of 1.68 – October 2, 2020 The...

Fundación Valenciaport joins STAMINA project, a pandemic study

Valenciaport Foundation participates in the STAMINA project that will propose a set of decision support technologies for the prediction and management of...

Valenciaport, the smartest port

It leads the top 10 smart ports of the Spanish Port System according to the index published by CEDEX magazine – September 29, 2020 Valenciaport leads the...

Valenciaport approves extension to study changes for TIL

València, Spain (PortSEurope) September 28, 2020 – Valenciaport has approved an extension by four months requested by Terminal Investment Limited (TIL)...

Valenciaport, finalist in the EnerTIC Awards 2020 with the GREEN C PORTS project

The initiative, coordinated by the Valenciaport Foundation, opts for the award in the Intelligent Infraestructures category – September 27, 2020 The...

Port-city relationship triggers audiences of Valenciaport on social networks

In the last year, Valenciaport multiplied by six the number of followers on its Facebook page, 75% on LinkedIn, 64% on Instagram and 37% on Twitter –...

Aurelio Martínez: “We must bet on Valenciaport as the driving industry of our economy”

The president of Valenciaport and the Government Commissioner for the Mediterranean Corridor have participated in the cycle of conferences on Mobility and...

Public investment in Spanish ports will exceed €1,200 million in 2021

Toledo asks Plataforma de Inversores en Puertos Españoles (PIPE) to follow in the wake of Puertos del Estado and MITMA and increase private investment in...

COSCO Shipping Ports – August 2020 container throughout

Hong Kong, China (PortSEurope) September 17, 2020 – COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported August 2020 container throughout for its terminals together...

Valenciaport, the first Spanish port to exceed 500,000 containers managed in a single month

Traffic with India, Italy, Morocco, Saudi Arabia or Turkey in the month of August offset the drops in the US and China to achieve the historical record of...

Valenciaport manages 503,482 containers in August and records its best month ever

This is the first time that the figure of 500,000 TEUs has been exceeded in a single month. A record that reaffirms the recovery of traffic after the worst of...

New Valencia port passenger terminal will be reference point for cruise sector

Mar Chao, Commercial and Business Development Director, Port Authority of Valencia, participated in the presentation of the Environmental Practices and...

Valenciaport Foundation signs agreement with “Portos de Paran” in Brazil

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – The Valenciaport Foundation signed a technical collaboration with the company “Portos de...

FVET distributes 17,000 masks to transport companies for professional drivers, Valencia

FVET distributes 17.000 masks to transport companies for professional drivers. It has also distributed more than 4,000 hydro-alcoholic gels to guarantee the...

Historical record of container loading and unloading movements on a single scale in València port

The MSC SIXIN ship moves 8,701 containers (TEUs) on a single scale. It was held between August 27 and 30 in the Port of Valencia – September 9, 2020 It...

Algeciras is Spain’s top cargo handling port in July 2020

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2020 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

Traffic in Spanish ports falls by 13.2% in July

Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) September 8, 2020 – Traffic in Spanish ports fell by 13.2% in July, confirming the recovery trend following the Covid-19...

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