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Saggas and Valenciaport have signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate in the identification of innovation and development projects linked to renewable gases and CO2. The agreement was signed by Rosa María Prieto, President of Saggas, and Mar Chao, President of the Port Authority of València (PAV). Through this memorandum, Saggas and the PAV undertake to work together to identify innovation projects to accelerate the development of storage, generation and logistics solutions associated with the use of different renewable gases (hydrogen, BioGNL, etc.) in their different states, as well as CO2, so that they can benefit from synergies with the process carried out at the Sagunto regasification plant. Decarbonisation of maritime-port sector The aim of this collaboration is to meet the decarbonisation needs of the maritime-port sector, the logistics chain and its hinterland, and to guarantee compliance with the requirements of the European Green Pact and specific regulations such as the Fuel Maritime initiative and the regulation on the infrastructures needed for alternative fuels (AFIR), among others. The signing of this memorandum is part of Saggas’ interest in participating in projects in the renewable gas and CO2 infrastructure sector, as well as in the energy transition plan promoted by the PAV.

On Saturday 9 November, land operations at all the container terminals of the Port of València: MSC Terminal Valencia, APM Terminals Valencia, and CSP Iberian Valencia Terminal will start at 8:00 a.m. and work will be uninterrupted until 13:00 hours. This schedule guarantees the functioning of the logistics chain and the supply of essential products while allowing workers to combine their working hours with volunteer work in cleaning, distribution, and aid to the citizens of the towns affected by the floods. For Monday, 11th November, the Port of València will resume land operations at all container terminals at 06:00 hours and work will continue uninterrupted until 20:00 hours.

Connectivity, quality, safety and infrastructures. These are the strengths of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) in the international fruit and vegetable fair ‘Fruit Attraction’, which is being held at the IFEMA exhibition centre in Madrid from 8 to 10 October. Located in the stand of Puertos del Estado, Valenciaport has attended this event with a sales team led by Cristina Rodríguez, head of containers. Thus, during these three days, the PAV is highlighting its excellent international connectivity through 92 regular services with the whole world and strengthening its commercial relations with customers, suppliers and professionals in temperature-controlled transport and logistics. Traffic of perishable products This is possible thanks to the reefer connections of its terminals: CSP Iberian (Cosco) has 1,500 connections In this sense, the PAV is strengthening – with better facilities, differential services and its commitment to multimodality – the logistics aimed at the traffic of perishable products, an essential sector for many Spanish industries that channel the fruit and vegetables they export to the five continents through the Valencian docks. Every year, an average of around three million tonnes of fish, meat products and fruit and vegetables from all over Spain (fruit, citrus fruits, vegetables, tubers, etc.) enter and leave the Valencian docks. This is possible thanks to the reefer connections of its terminals: CSP Iberian (Cosco) has 1,500 connections, APM (Maersk) has 750 and MSC Terminal another 1,000. Infrastructures provided by the terminal companies, to which must be added the warehouse of the Agro Merchants Group company – which has 16,000 square metres destined exclusively for the logistics of refrigerated products –, the 17,000 square metre Border Control Post (PCF) which, through the Guarantee Mark, guarantees that any container taken to these facilities must be checked in less than 45 minutes and the Border Control Post of the Port of Sagunto; all of these facilities have growing demands.