this Alicante Port Authority The IX Spanish-Moroccan Business Meeting held this week took part in “Maritime, Transport and Logistics: A lever for development and competitiveness”. TangierOrganized by the Spanish Official Chamber of Commerce in Tangier. Participation in these conferences aims to continue to consolidate the existing good relations with the port. Tanger Med, as well as promoting the potential of the regional domain as a gateway to Europe for certain goods, thanks to rail and road connections. Lost because the port has lost its direct cargo shipping line to Morocco in recent months, which opened in February. lack of business support It ruined the project, as did the rail line with London.
Alicante shipping company Baleària will launch a new cargo line next week, which will connect Turkish ports. Motril and Tanger Med. The shipping company thus strengthens its freight transport services from the south of the peninsula to North Africa.
Baleària will provide daily cargo service from each port, departing at 12 noon from Motril and 23:59 from Tanger Med. ferryboat Tauce volcanoIt has a cargo carrying capacity of 1,100 linear meters.
Regarding the commercial mission, in addition to Mónica Bautista, commercial director representing the Port Authority, Jesús Aznar, TMS Director, Aleática López, commercial director of Aleática Madrid, José Andrés Martínez, representing the Port Authority Romeu Group in Alicanteand José Manuel Trujillo, director of Trualtrans.
there was a meeting first institutional part, Part two with several plenary sessions divided into three themes: Strait of Gibraltar front, Mediterranean front and Atlantic front, and business roundtables, meetings and booth visits by both Spanish and Moroccan companies to promote your service delivery.
This appointment was made by the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, through the Spanish Embassy in Rabat, Economy and Trade Office. Rabat and CasablancaWith the aim of promoting cooperation between Spanish and Moroccan companies and institutions, increasing their efficiency and competitiveness.
port complex Tangier Mediterranean It is considered the most important port in Africa, connected to 186 ports worldwide and more than 70 countries. They world logistics center With more than 900 companies, it has the capacity to manage nine million containers, seven million passengers, 700,000 trucks and 1 million vehicles.
The port opened a line with Morocco in February for transport purposes. 300 tons of goods per weeknew service According to the organizers, Morocco is positioned as the perfect complement to road transport between Spain, France and Northern Europe. The line contributed decarbonization to provide an increasingly complete service to our roads and the Spanish logistics sector.
The Port Authority has been working since the end of last year. The second container terminal of the port of Alicante. Adaptation works of this space, located on pier no. 11, are carried out by Hub Portuario de Alicante company, the concessionaire of the quay. The rehabilitation of the dock, which has an area of approximately 70,000 square meters, consists of adapting it as a new marine terminal and also includes its connection with the railway. The target is to move 1,600 containers per week.
The purpose of this installation is to transform the area into a new peninsula logistics node, where the transport of goods on the line can be directed. Alicante-Canary Islandswhich can become an intermodal hub between other national ports and also connected to other community port areas.
The initial investment planned for the commissioning of this new terminal is close to 11 million euros and the work is already at 10%. In this sense, JSV estimates that from 2023 its facilities will handle the transport of 1,600 containers per week between Turkish ports. Canary Islands, Marseille, Malta and Turkey.
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On the other hand, the Alicante State Labor Union claimed responsibility for the incident. port of Alicante, both to the head of the Port Authority and to the regional and state governments struggling to obtain European funds that allow the expansion and improvement of Alicante facilities so as not to lose competitiveness to third parties. Since UEPALWarnings regarding the work of other ports, such as Cartagena or Cádiz, which are receiving outstanding funds, which could mean direct competition with Alicante.
Sellés thinks that “If there is no pulse in the defense and improvement of Port Alicante, How normal it is to lose the advantages it still has compared to other similar facilities.” In this sense, he applied directly to the Port Authority to imitate their work in other ports of the State. It is essential that the Port Authority increase the pressure to receive more European funds,” he said.
In this sense, the port of Cádiz from UEPAL 15.6 million € star line for the expansion of the second phase of the terminal, which is the connection with the Canary Islands, the main shipping market of Alicante. In the opinion of the head of UEPAL, this should “force the managers of the port of Alicante and the political leaders with powers in the Valencian Community to fight for this type of financing that allows the Port of Alicante to also have its own future and risks coming in from companies and activities that are not accepted by the neighbourhood. it does not become just a real estate property”.
Sellés spoke of the success of the Port of Cadiz in the 2021 European Connectivity Facility (CEF) European call, which will allow the port of Cádiz to have a railway branch for the most trains. 750 meters long“The same thing – said the head of UEPAL – we have been demanding for the Port of Alicante for more than a decade without anyone noticing”. UEPAL believes that these infrastructures will make the Port of Cádiz a more equipped port, which has a strategic line with the Canary Islands for the Port of Alicante. Losing competitiveness in this line could mean losing the future of the port of Alicante forever”.