The new electrified container terminal at the Port of Valencia is set to be a cutting-edge infrastructure that combines technology, eco-efficiency, intermodality, and sustainability.
According to the Port of Valencia, the fully electrified terminal will efficiently handle the large container ships currently in service. Located in the sheltered waters of the northern extension, whose construction was completed in 2012, the terminal will cover approximately 137 hectares and offer 1,970 metres of berthing line.
With a capacity to hold up to five million containers, it is designed to boost employment, stimulate economic activity in its hinterland, and solidify the Spanish ports’ status as a benchmark in the European Mediterranean region.
To remind, The European Union Council has adopted the alternative fuels infrastructure regulation (AFIR) which establishes, among other things, that maritime ports must provide shore-side electricity for vessels by 2030.
To remind, the Spanish Government recently announced a tender for electrification works in the Port of València, for an estimated value of 14,491,681.40 euros.
The four Temporary Joint Ventures (TJV) that have submitted their bids for the tender for the execution of the works for the container terminal in the northern expansion of the Port of Valencia, include valencian companies among their members.
These TJV are:
- Acciona Construcción, SA – Jan de Nul nv – Grupo Bertolin, SAU
- Dragados, SA – Rover Maritime, SL – Torrescamara y Cia de Obras, SA – Dredging International España, SA – Dravo, SA
- FCC Construcción – Pavasal – Boscalis
- Sacyr Construcción, SA – Sociedad Anónima Trabajos y Obras – Becsa, SA – Agrupacion Quinovart Obras y Servicios Hispania, SA.
