Valenciaport already moves more than 100,000 export containers in May

In this month, 480,019 TEUs (standard 20-foot containers) were handled, of which 100,048 were for cargo (export). The latter grew by 50% compared to last year (the most complicated month of COVID-19) and by 12.26% compared to 2019 (year without pandemic) TEUs dedicated to exports have grown compared to 2019 both in the monthly and …

Aurelio Martínez highlights the importance of ports and cruises for communication between countries and cultures

Valenciaport has received the award from MedCruise for its management of the COVID-19 pandemic on the social networks and its support for the cruise sector Cruise activity returns to Valencia. On the 27th of June, the Mein Schiff 2 ship of the TUI Cruises company will stop over València, June 11th, 2021.- Valenciaport has received …

MedCruise awards Valenciaport for the management of COVID-19 in social networks

MedCruise has highlighted the humanisation and closeness of the port community in the public information during the pandemic and its support to the cruise sector Campaigns launched by Valenciaport such as #AlPieDelCañon or “Imágenes Imborrables” have been a point of reference for citizens During 2020, the PAV has reinforced the generation of audiovisual materials to …

Oranges from Castellón leave the Port of Valencia for India on the MSC SIXIN ship with a capacity of 23,756 TEU

A total of 11 refrigerated containers have been loaded from the quays of the Valenciaport which arrived from the Port of Castellón. The world economic situation is causing the concentration of maritime traffic and large capacity container ships in strategic ports such as València. The Port of València, which operates these large container ships, guarantees …

Aurelio Martínez: “In the next few days we will activate the wind energy project in the Port of València”

The President of the PAV pointed out that “the ports have been anticipating actions to lessen the effects of climate change for years” Representatives of institutions and of the port community have highlighted the proactive and incentive role of the ports in the environmental sustainability of their surroundings The decarbonisation strategies in the port enclosures …

The Valencia Containerised Freight Index continues its upward trend, rising 17.85% in May

The VCFI stands at 2,728.18 points, the highest figure since the start of the series in January 2018 Strong rises in Latin America Pacific (46.04%), United States and Canada (29.88%) and Central America and Caribbean (26.29%) stand out The increase in maritime traffic in European countries added to the waiting problems in North American ports …

Aurelio Martínez: “Shipping indices are key to identifying trends and making decisions in the port sector”

The president of the Port Authority of Valencia has indicated that the cycles are now more volatile and shortened in time. In fact, between December 2018 and May 2021, the nominal freight rate of the China Containerised Freight Index has gone from 750 to 3,496, an increase of 465%. Valenciaport has held the seminar to …

The port police have a new look for their vehicles

The image of the fleet is updated with the ‘Battenburg’ pattern, which unifies the emergency vehicles according to their colours, maintaining yellow as the common colour and using reflective elements   València, June 2nd, 2021.- The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has updated the visibility of police vehicles with a new design that maintains yellow …