Port of Alicante offered more 60 companies in the province Possibilities of the port to be the center of attraction both as a platform for working inside and for export. The visit was organized with the Mediterranean Business Relations Association REM. Oran Foundation and has collaborated with the Port Authority, CEMEX, TMS, Eiffage and Grupo Romeu. Head of the Port Authority, Julian Lopezunderlined the magnificent attempt to get to know the port from the inside: “Ours is diverse, open to the city, open broadcast collective terminalthere is also ship traffic, entertainment and is currently carrying out construction work on a new container terminal. Therefore, despite being a small-scale port, it has many and varied options,” commented Julián López.
Alicante Port commercial director Mónica Bautista accompanied the participants, including representatives of companies such as Grupo Romeu, Cableworld, Paredes, Bateig Piedra Natural, Bateig Piedra Natural, during the visit. carmencitaTMS, Martínez and Cantó or merchant, among others. They toured all the docks of the facilities, stopped at the stall. new warehouse for solid bulk storage Eiffage Group, where factory manager Eduardo Moya tells the operation of this ship. The only indoor in Europe It is an example of circular economy and waste reuse.
TMS terminal manager Jesús Aznar explained the operation of the terminal he manages and emphasized the 4 business units they run: the passenger unit, container loading, cement silos and road traffic. He also underlined that the Alicante port service is a “personalized service” to facilitate the logistics of companies.
This versatility, supported by the port, nearby intermodal terminal or dry portIt will facilitate inbound and outbound warehousing logistics, as well as the connections between the port and the port of Valencia, Madrid and, above all, the Mediterranean Corridor, minimizing the transfer of trucks by road and promoting much more ecological and sustainability. .
He underlined the participation in a large representative event of Xiritxola SA, a company in development. sun port, Dry port of the province of Alicante. The Xiritxola project is becoming increasingly consolidated and could be a viable option for the Port of Alicante to grow. Puerto del Sol presents a technically viable project to deploy the Intermodal Logistics Platform in the El Pla region (Novel), a site with an approved partial plan designating an area of 1.5 million m² for industrial and tertiary use and bounded to the north by railway tracks and to the south by land provided by Monforte del Cid. It represents more than 5 million m².
Among the outstanding issues to remember The lack of a good rail connection between the port and Europe results in extra costs of 15 million Euros per year for exporting companies that prefer the road, either to reach their destination or to transport goods to other ports such as Valencia or Algeciras. Having a good international gauge connection between the port and the port Mediterranean Corridor This is one of the biggest challenges of the project for both the Ministry of Transport and the AT itself, which was the first to leave the Port out of trans-European transport networks due to low freight movement.