The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), participated this morning in the “Advantages for the companies of goods transport by road of the use of Short Sea Shipping” (TMCD), organized by the Spanish Association of Promotion of TMCD, with the aim of developing this type of transport in Spain, to talk about the effects achieved and its future development.
The meeting, which was attended by Fatima Zayed, PAV Logistics Services Manager, was held in Zaragoza in the framework of the Training Aid Program in relation to road transport of the Ministry of Public Works.
During her speech “TMCD’s service offer in the Port of Valencia”, Fátima Zayed has exposed the main quantities of traffic channeled through the three ports managed by the PAV (Valencia, Sagunto and Gandía) and highlighted the important role of the PAV ports serving the foreign trade of both the Valencian Community and its hinterland, where regions such as Madrid, Aragón, Extremadura, Murcia, Andalucia and Castilla y León stand out. The event was attended by representatives from companies such as Gefco 4pl, Noatum Rail Terminal Zaragoza, NRTZ, Capsa, Marcotrans, Ebro Marítima or Uniport Bilbao, among others.
Fátima Zayed stressed that the port of Valencia has 9 regular short-distance services that connect the area with 22 ports in 13 countries around the world. Also, Valenciaport has two regular seaway services that connect Valencia weekly with Italian ports. These services have allowed the ro-ro traffic of Valenciaport to register an increase of 4.3% in 2016 reaching 8.9 million tonnes. In this sense, at the end of 2016, ro-ro traffic represents 12.5% of total channeled goods.