MSC Terminal Valencia News
A delegation of European representatives of the Environment visited this morning the Port of Valencia. Led by Patrick Child, deputy director general of Environment of the European Union (EU), the group of ten officials -from six different EU nationalities-, three representatives of the City of València, and Maider Etxebarria, mayor of Vitoria, have toured the site in order to see the environmental projects that Valenciaport has underway. Along with Child, have visited the Port of Val&e...
The Council Port Authority of València has approved an Extraordinary Board of Directors meeting the specifications that include the legal and economic conditions for the tender of the new terminal located in the northern extension of the Port of València. This meeting was held after receiving the ‘green light’ (authorising the contracting) – on Tuesday of this week – from the Spanish Government so that the PAV could approve the specifications which will a...
The Port of València is already the first port in the world to use a ReachStacker or stacker capable of moving containers of more than 30 tonnes using hydrogen as the only fuel. The European H2PORTS project, led by the Fundación Valenciaport, has organised this morning a public demonstration of the three pilots developed within the framework of this project, the ReachStacker (container stacker) and the 4×4 tractor unit propelled by hydrogen and the mobile supply statio...
The Port of Valencia has trained 2,600 hauliers operating in the Valencian precinct on the ValenciaportPCS App for mobile devices. The aim has been to promote the use of this application, to actively listen to lorry professionals, to improve the operability of the logistics chain, to promote environmental sustainability and to reduce the number of incidents that drivers may encounter when accessing the site. This training has been carried out by ValenciaportPCS technicians at the entrance and...
Clean energy, railways, digitalisation, sustainable infrastructures or innovation are some of the actions that the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) is carrying out within the framework of its objective Valenciaport 2030, zero emissions. The aim is to position itself as the green, intelligent and innovative hub of the Mediterranean. This project will be presented at the Eco Mobility Expo, which is to be held between 21 March and 23 March, 2023, at Feria València, in Valencia, Spain, a mee...
Everything is now ready for the Port of Valencia to become the first European port to deploy hydrogen technology in its activity. Next Tuesday, on 17th January, 2023, the loading test of this clean fuel will be carried out at the hydrogen plant located on the Xità quay. The tank that will receive the hydrogen and the mobile re-fuelling station that will charge it are already at the Port of Valencia facilities. Leak and pressure tests carried out on storage tank During the previous days...
During the month of January, technicians from Valenciaport, the National Hydrogen Centre and Carburos Metálicos are expected to carry out this operation in the hydrogen plant located on the Xità quay. The next step will be the use of prototypes of port machinery that will run on this clean fuel. With this initiative, the Port of Valencia is positioned as the pioneering and emblematic port in Europe in the development of hydrogen technologies. Valenciaport - a reference in the &ls...