07/14/2023
Day 9
This morning, we made our way to the Port of València. We had a nice lecture and then got to go around and do a tour. After that, we made our way to the Ibiza airport! Here are notes from the Port of València:
- #1 container port
- Has about 30-60 quay cranes right now
- 1563: El Grau
- The Spanish Port System
-28 Port Authorities
- Their subsidiaries
- Sagunto
- Gandia
- Valencia
-Capacity of 4,000 cars
-About 12-14 container comes in per day
-Turn around time: 24-48 hours
-Each port has its own program
- The Vessel Evolution
-Moving about 24,000 containers now, in 1950s it was only about 500-800
-Top 10 ports are located in China
-Top port in EU: Rotterdam (NL) in 2007, 2021, and 2022
-Top Spanish container port in 2021 was Valencia
- Intermodality
-Valencia is a shareholder of the dry ports
-60% of the containers in the Madrid area are operated through the Port of Valencia