The European Parliament’s Committee on Petitions greenlighted a new northern container terminal in the Port of Valencia. The project is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by 98% and be the most modern and sustainable terminal in the world.
The report by the European institution states that “the Commission has not been able to identify any indication of possible infringement of EU environmental legislation”. This resolution is in addition to the report by Puertos del Estado which states that the project for the New North Terminal of the Port of Valencia does not require a new Environmental Impact Statement.
The container terminal planned for the inland waters of the northern extension of the Port of València will be the most environmentally advanced in the world while contributing to generating employment in the Valencian Community and Spain, the Port Authority said.
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In environmental terms, the infrastructure will minimize CO2 emissions by supplying electricity to cranes and yard machinery, and to container ships, according to the Port Authority of Valencia. The project presented by TIL/MSC to Valencia port includes the electrification of 98% of the driving components and installations of the terminal; and in addition, 100% of the electricity will come from renewable sources, which in turn will imply a 98% reduction in CO2 emissions.
In its project, TIL offers to develop a railway terminal equipped with six 1,000-metre-long tracks, with the capacity to move 305,000 TEUs/year by rail. Moreover, the automation of certain processes of the infrastructure will mean the creation of a technological cluster around it with the consequent creation of highly qualified employment, the port said.
Moreover, with the new terminal in operation, the economic impact of the Port of Valencia will represent in terms of added value 2.27% of the whole of the Comunitat, with more than 44,000 qualified and quality jobs, whose average salary will be around 32,000 euros per year, according to the study carried out by the Institute of Transport and Territory (ITRAT) for this project.
The new port infrastructure will create more than 17,000 new jobs in the period 2022-2023 and around 15,000 between 2024-2026. In 2023 alone, directly, it will offer around 18,500 jobs in addition to those of the port community, a figure which will be higher in 2025, when it will reach 19,800. Similarly, indirectly, more than 4,200 new jobs will be created in 2023 and 2025.
