Area of influence Valenciaport is the optimum choice for shipping lines of all kinds, because it has a powerful area of direct influence - among the most dynamic in Europe - and it is located only a short distance from countries in southern Europe and northern Africa: -          Valenciaport's direct area of influence encompasses a radius of 350 km, which generates 51 percent of Spain's GDP and includes half the entire working population of the country. -          Apart from being located in the heart of the Region of Valencia, Valenciaport has highly convenient road and rail connections to the centre of Spain, making it the ideal natural port for Madrid, and an essential platform for Iberian Peninsula. -          As a hub port on the Western Mediterranean, Valenciaport enables goods to be distributed efficiently within a radius of 2000 km, not only to countries in the south of the European Union, but also to countries in northern Africa - Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya - representing an immense market of 243 million consumers.