We woke up and got ready for our tour of the Port of Valencia. We were given a private bus today instead of the metro which was a nice change of pace. The Port of Valencia is a compact port with over 30 quay cranes that makes it the biggest container terminal in Spain. It is the 4th in the EU and handles about 12-14 ships per day. After our visit we got our bags and headed to the airport for our weekend trip to Ibiza. Looking forward to this weekend and our visit on Monday!

Notes for today:

Day9

Ports of València are Public

New terminal expansion for MSC

• MSC MAERSK split will affect MAERSK as they don’t have any room to expand at the port of València and MSC is creating an additional terminal for themselves

30 to 60 quay cranes

Upgrading 2 rails to 4 rails

Originated in 1563

Spanish Port System

• 28 Port authorities

Subsidiaries

• Gandia
• Sagunto

8 plants

14000 capacity of cars

Valencia is only 7h away

Tanger(Africa) new growing port

12-14 ships per day, 24-48h turnaround time

EU depends on Asia, 45%

24,000 TEU vessel can be docked in Valencia port

Piraeus is in Chinese hands and has passed València

Dry Ports

• Madrid
• Zaragozà

60% of containers in Madrid coke through València

Automobile trains

• reducing logistics cost

Sustainability

• Electrified power station
• Power plant expansion

Tourists can’t access city center from the current terminal

Capacity will be almost doubled when new terminal is added

Control Charts for Valencia port as lean tool

• organized, needs flow of containers measured