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..
Spain’s Trasmediterránea presents summer season offer
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Trasmediterránea organised an official presentation of its offer during the summer...
Cosco agrees to acquire 51% stake in Noatum Ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – Chinese company Cosco Shipping Ports Limited has signed an agreement to acquire a 51% stake in the capital of...
Spain’s port strike causes €36 million loss
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – The third day of this week’s port dockers’ strike is followed by almost all stevedores, as in the...
Spanish public works minister says companies to leave Spain due to dockworkers strike
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has called on trade unions to stop the strikes in the...
Spanish trade unions stage third strike on June 9
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Spanish dock workers staged on June 9 their third strike against the reform in the port sector in the country,...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – April 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports April 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Spanish dockworker trade unions, employers to resume talks on June 13
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – Trade unions of stevedores and dockworker employers association Anesco (Asociación Nacional de Empresas...
Dockworkers strike causes diversion of ships from Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The second day of the strike called by stevedores against the reform of the sector begins to affect cargo...
DP World acquires Spanish maritime services firm
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – DP World Limited said its subsidiary P&O Maritime acquired Spanish maritime services company Reyser...
Puertos del Estado president says strike causes direct damage to Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has reiterated that the strike of dock workers is causing...
No accidents at dockworkers strike in Vigo port on June 7
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The second day of a strike by dockers in Vigo port was carried out “without accidents,” sources from...
Spanish dockworkers strike participation at 99.93% during morning shift on June 7
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado said the proportion of dock workers who joined the strike at...
Gandia port cargo traffic declines 7.13% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Gandia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – Gandia port, managed by Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia), handled a total of 124,882...
No road traffic blockage at Valencia port accesses during second strike day
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – The traffic at the accesses to Valencia port was fluid in the first hours of the stevedores’ strike on...
Spain to boost cooperation with China under Belt & Road Initiative
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 7, 2017 – At the “Business Opportunities for Spanish Companies under the Belt and Road Initiative”...
Spanish ports total cargo traffic rises 2.6% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The total cargo traffic at Spanish ports rose by 2.61% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to 171.3...
Truck traffic at Valencia port almost totally blocked during dockworker strike
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – The first day of strike of Spanish dockworkers ended with the almost total stoppage of trucks carrying cargo...