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Vancouver: Massive cranes arriving at Deltaport

The Port Community Liaison Committee released a report on two megamax ship-to-shore cranes that will...

Vancouver to ban scrubber discharges

“The Port of Vancouver will limit the discharge of scrubber wash water from next month.” See the original story at Splash247. Source: Splash247 (JK)

Vancouver sets up Richmond container storage site

“The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has set up a temporary storage site for empty shipping containers in Richmond.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Vancouver rail service struggling ahead of new import surge

“Intermodal rail service in Vancouver continued to deteriorate this week, with excessive rail contai...

Vancouver port operations disrupted, severe flooding cuts road and rail

“The Port of Vancouver remains operational, although disrupted, after floods and landslides cut all highway and rail links to the Canadian city.” See the original story at Seatrade Maritime News. Source: Seatrade Maritime News (JK)

Vancouver port moves a step closer to getting new terminal

"Steven Guilbeault, Canada’s minister of environment and climate change, informed the Vancouver Fras...

Vancouver port faces slow recovery amid new rainfall

“Shippers routing through the Port of Vancouver face the threat of delays stretching into next year...

Vancouver port cut off from rail until midweek

“Rail service to and from Canada’s largest port will not be available until the middle of next week...

Vancouver importers scramble for domestic containers

“Demand for 53-foot domestic containers has skyrocketed in the last few months due to transloading a...

Vancouver container throughput down but rebound on the horizon

“The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has reported a 7.7% decreased in containerised cargo for the first half of 2020 in its recent mid-year cargo volumes report.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Vancouver capacity needs spark conflict among port, tenant

“The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority is pointing to a 6 percent increase in 2021 container volumes a...

Vancouver 1st North American Port to Join SEA\LNG Coalition

“British Columbia’s Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has become a member of SEA\LNG, the multi-secto...

Valmet to Supply Scrubbers for HMM’s Boxship Giants

“Finnish technology company Valmet has been contracted to supply exhaust gas cleaning systems for Hyundai Merchant Marine’s 23,000 TEU boxship giants.” To learn more, see the original story at World Maritime News. Source: World Maritime News (JK)

Vallarpadam posts 14% growth in January-March container traffic

“The International Container Transshipment Terminal at Vallarpadam has posted a 14 per cent growth i...

Valenciaport’s 2022 container throughput drops

"Valenciaport has moved a total of 5.1 million TEU in 2022, a near 10 per cent decrease on 2021’s fi...

Valenciaport, ready to manage traffic held up by the Suez Canal blockade

“The port community of Valenciaport is prepared to manage the traffic and goods retained by the blockade of the Suez Canal and to face the daily activity of the port area with full guarantees.” See the original story at AJOT. Source: AJOT (JK)

Valenciaport unveils green and digital 2030 plan

“Valenciaport has unveiled a strategic plan that it says will open business opportunities in decarbo...

Valenciaport to invest more than US$277 million in railway improvements

“The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) will invest US$277.6 million (240€ million) in the ports of Valencia and Sagunto to enhance their railway connections.” See the original story at Container News. Source: Container News (JK)

Valenciaport to invest additional €136 million in Port of Sagunto

“Spain’s Port Authority of Valencia (APV) revealed plans to continue with the consolidation of the P...

Valenciaport to build two electrical substations to support zero emissions goal

“The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has detailed further investments it intends to make as it works towards it 2030 zero-emissions target.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Valenciaport to build electrical substation

“The Port Authority of València (PAV) will build a new electrical substation at the port.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Valenciaport to boost Portugal, France links with renewed rail focus

“Valenciaport President Aurelio Martínez recently explained his outlook for revitalizing rail traffic in the port system at a summit in the Port of Sines.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Valenciaport tests electric airship for port monitoring

"Valenciaport has carried out a test flight of an electrically powered airship for security and traf...

Valenciaport surpasses COSCO’s Piraeus port, handling more than 5.6 million TEU in 2021

“Valenciaport has closed 2021 handling a total of 5,604,478 TEU, which is an increase of 3.25% over 2020, as well as 3% over the pre-pandemic year 2019.” See the original story at Container News. Source: Container News (JK)

Valenciaport signs the Call for Action for Shipping Decarbonisation

“Valenciaport is the latest port to sign the Call for Action for Shipping Decarbonisation which call...

Valenciaport sees increased box volumes in 2021

“Valenciaport has announced double-digit container activity growth in June and in the first half of the year, compared to the same period of 2020.” See the original story at Container News. Source: Container News (JK)

Valenciaport sees first container increase in a year

"The Port Authority of Valencia (APV) has announced that between 1 and 26 of March, TEU throughput i...

Valenciaport sees 10% container increase for 2021

“Container throughput at Valenciaport has increased by 10% for 2021. The Port mobilised a total of 6...

Valenciaport seeks tenders for remodelling of East dock for railway motorway development

"The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has put out tenders for the remodelling of the Port of Valenci...

Valenciaport removes congestion-easing measures as strike winds down

“The container terminals at Valenciaport have now resumed ordinary activity – removing the congestio...

Valenciaport readies tender for construction and operation of new terminal at Sagunto

“The Board of Directors of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) spent 30 April studying the tender s...

Valenciaport overcomes pandemic slump to handle 5.4 million containers in 2020

“Valenciaport overcame major challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic and to handle over 5.4 million containers in 2020.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Valenciaport once again increases its traffic in October

The following release was published by Port of Valencia:

  • Data from the Valencian Port Authori...

Valenciaport looks to growth as box volumes improve

“The Spanish port of Valenciaport has announced the handling of close to half a million twenty-foot...

Valenciaport leads Smart Port index of Spanish ports

“Valenciaport has topped a ‘Smart Port’ index measuring Spanish ports’ digital and environmental operations.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Valenciaport joins World Ports Climate Action Programme

“The Valenciaport has joined the World Ports Climate Action Programme (WPCAP) as part of a wider international efforts to cut carbon emissions.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Valenciaport handles nearly 386,000 TEUs in September

"The Port of Valencia has announced a year-on-year drop in September container volumes handling 385,...

Valenciaport handles 40% of Spain’s container traffic – Barcelona and Algeciras follow

“The Port of Valencia leads the container traffic in Spain both in imports and exports by exceeding...

ValenciaPort handled 3,000 export boxes/day in August

“Valenciaport has operated 3,000 full containers in exports per day during August, reaching a total...

Valenciaport exceeds 5 million containers

The following release was published by Valenciaport:

*In the last twelve months, container traffi...

Valenciaport closes the year half a point above the Spanish Port System with a decrease in traffic of 2.81%

The following advisory was published by Valenciaport:

Valenciaport closes the year half a point...

Valenciaport brings traffic to pre-pandemic levels

“The traffic at the Port of Valencia between January and November this year has exceeded 77 million...

Valenciaport breaks monthly record for a Spanish port

“Valenciaport has become the first Spanish port to handle more than 500,000 TEU in one month thanks...

Valenciaport becomes the most transparent port in the world with its time-tracking tool

“The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) has presented this morning its new tracking tool “Scale Times” in Valenciaport.” See the original story at Hellenic Shipping News. Source: Hellenic Shipping News (JK)

Valenciaport Adopts Maersk and IBM TradeLens Solution

” Joining the project as an “Early Adopter”, Valenciaport is one of the first ports in the world to...

Valencia’s new inland container terminal gets green light from EU

“The European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions has said the extension of the Port of Valencia and...

Valencia to build the most ‘environmentally advanced’ terminal in the world

“Valenciaport will build a new environmentally friendly container terminal at the Port of Valencia to increase TEU capacity and support the local and national economy.” See the original story at Port Technology. Source: Port Technology (JK)

Valencia to build electricity substation as part of zero-emission project

“Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) and the Valenciaport Foundation have announced it will build an el...

Valencia to Build a Terminal Capable of Handling 24,000 TEU Behemoths

” The Port of Valencia has set sights on building a container terminal of the future, capable of han...

Valencia Sets Out Plans for New Terminal

” The Port of Valencia (PAV) has unveiled plans to build a new, semi-automated container terminal as...