- Day 9: 7/14/23
We all packed up this morning for our flight to Ibiza today and left the hotel around 9:15 for our meeting/ tour at Valenciaport this morning. We took a private bus to our visit and began our tour.
Notes from the tour:
History:
- The port is far from the city center to avoid the attack of pirates long ago
- The name of the village at the time was Grau
- The port in 1835 only contained one arm and was not as accessible as the Barcelona port
- In the 80s the port expanded
- In 2019 the most recent terminal was added
- Valenciaport has 28 port authorities
Three subsidiaries
- Valencia
- Sagunto: an important city in the 80s because of coal, but 20,000 jobs were lost what’s the Spanish coal industry collapsed. They now produce electric batteries as a factory.
- Gandia: only fishing industry
- The port of València is much larger than its subsidiaries
Facts
- About 12 to 15 container ships come to the port each day
- Right now, Spain is importing gas from the US
- Their most important port allies are Italy and France
- Valencia only has to dredge about two times a year because ships don’t access their ports via river
- 38.16% of the containers designed for Spanish foreign trade are operated at the port of València
After our presentation we took a guided bus tour of Valènciaport and looked over the area from lookout points throughout the port. It was a really cool experience to see all of the port operating from up close! After the tour we headed off to the airport for our flight.