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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..

Valencia region, Basque country demand improvement of Valencia-Bilbao ports railway

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 27, 2017 – Valencia regional government president Ximo Puig said he will hold a working meeting with Basque counterpart...

Valencia port container traffic declines due to labour conflict

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 25, 2017 – In the first three months of the year, total cargo traffic at Valencia port fell by 1.2% and container...

Valencia port recovers cruise traffic in 2017

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) and the region’s tourist organisation said...

Spain braces for another storm of stowage strikes

Algeciras, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – After the truce declared on March 16 with the rejection in the Congress of Deputies of the stevedoring...

Spain’s Puertos del Estado aims to attract traffic at BreakBulk Europe 2017 Fair

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) April 24, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado and the main Spanish ports will participate in the BreakBulk...

Spanish government to invest €137 million in Sagunto port

Sagunto, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – Sagunto port remains one of the economic engines of the Valencia region and attracts more state investments...

Valencia port names board member

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) has appointed Gustavo Ferrer as a board member....

Spanish government still not ready with mediation rules on stevedoring dispute

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – After Holy Week, the complete wording of the normative text that will shape the proposal for mediation in...

Puertos del Estado – February 2017 cargo traffic by port

Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports February 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...

MSC improves two services including calls in Valencia

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the improvement of two of its services linking Northern...

Noatum starts operating six new cranes at Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia, the operator of container terminals at the Principe Felipe and Costa del...

Chinese ambassador visits Valencia port

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2017 – Valencia port has received a visit of the Chinese ambassador to Spain, Lyu Fan. The meeting, which was also...

Valencia port handles 13% of Spanish port traffic with South America

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 2, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) participates in Intermodal South America as part...

Silk Road International mulls over Valencia headquarters

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – Valencia port was visited by representatives of Silk Road International (SICO), one of the most important...

Spanish government sets Holy Week as deadline for adoption of stowage sector reform

Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – Spanish government has set the Holy Week as the deadline for the approval of the reform in the stowage...

Valencia port participates in short sea shipping conference

Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 5, 2017 – Valencia port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia) participated last week in the conference “The...

Event – Intermodal South America – April 4-6, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ports Europe) April 5, 2017 – Intermodal South America is considered by executives of the industry as a strategic platform to do...

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