A delegation from the Port of Kribi has toured the facilities of the Valencian port area
Processed construction materials, cereals and flours and wines are the most exported products from the docks of the Port of Valencia to Cameroon
València, September 8th, 2021.- To get first-hand knowledge of the daily operation of one of the most important ports in Europe and one of the benchmarks in container traffic, its commitment to digital transformation and its commitment to the fight against climate change. This was the objective of a delegation from the Port of Kribi (Cameroon), led by its general director Patrice Melom, who toured the facilities of the Valencian port and held meetings with the general director of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), Francesc Sánchez, the head of Digital Transformation of the PAV, Víctor Giner, and the head of International Business Development of the Valenciaport Foundation, Miguel Garín.
According to Garín, “this visit has its origin in a project that Prodevelop, in collaboration with the ValenciaPort Foundation, has been developing for two years with the Port of Kribi (Cameroon) for the implementation of a PMIS (Port Management Information System). The intention of both parties is to continue this line of joint work in everything related to the digital transformation and smartport of this port”.
The Cameroonian representatives were particularly interested in the digital transformation projects being carried out by the PAV, such as ValenciaportPCS, a value-generating technological platform that offers a thousand companies services aimed at streamlining the operational processes of the port community. This technology makes it possible to keep an exact and rigorous record in real time and in a secure manner of the more than one million six hundred telematic transactions per week that the activity of ValenciaPort mobilises.
From the docks of the Port of Valencia, there are five regular lines for the traffic of goods with the two main ports of Cameroon: Kribi and Douala. Processed construction materials; cereals and flour; and wines and beverages are the most exported products to this part of Africa. While wood and cork; and tobacco, cacao, coffee and spices are the most imported. Thus, between January and July, Valenciaport handled 175,000 tonnes of goods to/from Cameroon and 11,450 containers were moved.
The Cameroonian delegation toured the MSC Terminal Valencia facilities and the Port of Valencia’s calculation centre. Also taking part in this visit were the head of the Legal Affairs division, Sophie Ngoue, the director of Information Systems, Jean Marcel Beling, and the head of the Software Engineering department, François Ndjeng, and the representatives of the firm Prodevelop, Miguel Montesinos, CEO, Helmut Bellingrodt, head of International Sales, and Sergio Mora, head of Projects.