Valenciaport and APM Terminals Gateways Spain have held a meeting to continue and develop the challenges facing the sector and the port community in these complicated times
València, June 5th, 2020.- Aurelio Martinez, President of the Port Authority of Valencia, has held a working meeting with Carlos Arias, new General Manager of APM Terminals Gateways in Spain. The meeting has served to know first hand the plans of the new director, position that he assumed on April 15, to favour the growth and the needs of his clients in the terminal of Valencia. This is the first contact between Aurelio Martínez and Carlos Arias who have committed themselves to “working closely together” to improve the competitiveness of clients operating at the APM Terminal in the Port of Valencia, a strategic enclave for the commercial development of the firm.
During the meeting, the head of APM Terminals explained the process to unify the equipment of its terminals in a combined structure that includes the four import and export terminals of the Group in Spain: Valencia, Barcelona, Castellón and Gijón. The objective of this strategy is to maintain excellence in service to customers and their businesses, to develop innovative solutions to meet their needs and commercial aspirations, and to continue to be the best as terminal operators.
Also present at the meeting were Francesc Sánchez, general manager of the PAV, Néstor Martínez, deputy general manager of the PAV, and Mar Chao, commercial and business development director of the PAV. On behalf of APM Terminals accompanied Carlos Arias, Jose Luis Alabau, director in Valencia and Javier Sáez, responsible for institutional relations in Spain.
APM Terminals Valencia operates from the Levante Quay in the Port of Valencia a terminal that has been exceeding one million TEUs per year in recent years (1,250m TEUs in 2019) with a service oriented towards its clients, to grow together with an offer of land and rail connectivity capable of covering the hinterland of the Port of Valencia where it operates.