July 14, 2023 – Day 9

Today we visited the Port of Barcelona. We had private transportation to and from the port, and I would suggest this for everyday for the trip next yet. Once we arrived to the port we met with Julie and she gave us a small presentation (notes to follow), and a tour of the port. The tour of the port very interesting and fascinating. We got to go on one of the arms and we’re able to see all the terminals of the port. We were also able to watch a ship leave the terminal! That concluded our educational day! Below are notes from the port.

Valencia port is also know as the port of Madrid

Spain is #1 in container imports

Porta of Spain are public

Harbor is 20M in depth

Improving railways from 2 to 4

1556 is when we see the port start to develop

The Spanish port System

28 total port authorities

2 subsidiaries:

• • Sagunto (north)
  • Ganndia (south)

For environmental aspects the Port of Valencia can not grown more terminals into the ocean

3 main alliances

• maersk
• Ocean Alliance
• The Alliance

Valencia is 7 hours from the main Mediterranean route (closest in EU)

12-14 container ship per day and turn around time can be between 24-48 hours

2.6 million TEU in 2022

Ranked #4 in the top 15 ports in the EU in 2022

In 2021 Valencia was ranked #1 Port of Spain

Sustainability:

Wants to be 0 Carbon emissions by 2030

• • Adding windmills
  • Electric cars