They did well, but Valenciaport has dared to challenge the tactics of Julius Caesar himself.
Valencia is a great city that is home to a great treasure: its port. Valenciaport has a very advantageous geographical location with respect to Europe and also with respect to the rest of the world. Situated on the Mediterranean Sea, it is the most important port in Spain and the 28th in the world.
Due to its geographical situation, the port of Valencia decided that the saying "divide and rule" is probably not always true. This port is divided into three cities: Sagunto, Valencia and Gandía, from north to south in that order. The ports of these three cities make up the whole of the port of Valencia.
It is an essential figure as far as the maritime transport of goods is concerned. According to the statistics, its fluidity is practically equally divided between being a port of origin/destination and a transit port.
In this article, we will delve into the characteristics and functions of each of these parts in order to truly understand the importance of the port of Valencia and its great influence.
PORT OF SAGUNTO
LOCATIONThe port of Sagunto is the northernmost port of the Valencian Community.
The port of Sagunto, since its beginnings, has been undergoing changes, as the demand for steel increased, and this led to the need to increase the size of the operational area of the port itself. All this also implied the need to handle a greater diversity of goods.
It was not until 1985 that the Port of Sagunto became part of the port authority of Valencia.
ACTIVITY
In the Valencian Community, the Port of Sagunto handles four types of traffic: automobiles, iron and steel material, liquid bulk and short sea shipping.
As for automobile logistics, it devotes some 50 hectares to it, which led it to receive the award for the best national port in 2011 in the annual report of the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers.
Until 1985 the Port of Sagunto was not part of the port authority of Valencia.
INVESTMENT
As of today, the Port of Valencia is going to make an investment of approximately 140 million euros, which will be used to improve the entire infrastructure; the railway access, the border inspection center or the management of the northern access.PORT OF VALENCIA
VALENCIA
Valencia’s port handles traffic of practically all types of goods from every sector of the economy. The main customers of the Port includes: the furniture and timber industries, textiles, footwear, agriculture and foodstuffs, fuel products, the construction industry, machinery, etc.
The Port of Valencia also has regular passenger traffic to and from the Balearic Islands and Italy. In recent years the Port of Valencia has experienced a continued and solid growth in Mediterranean cruise traffic.
HISTORY
In the early 1980s, the Valencia Port Authority began a policy of harmonizing the port environment to make it closer to the city. In the 1980s, the old Sheds and other historic buildings of the Inner Dock were rehabilitated, as well as the signing of various agreements with the different Administrations, the most prominent being the one known as Balcón al Mar in 86, which made possible, in 2013, the transfer to the City from part of the Inner Dock of the port.
TRANSPORT
By road
- The Port of Valencia is connected to the national road network via the V-30.
- The V-30 links up directly to the A-7 motorway, which in turn is directly connected to the other road links in the port’s hinterland:
- The V-21 trunk road to the north (Valencia-Sagunto).
- The V-31 trunk road to the south (Valencia-Silla).
- The north-south corridor which includes the A-38 (Valencia-Cartagena) and the A-7 (Barcelona-Algeciras) motorways.
- The East-West corridor centred on the A-3 toll-free motorway (Madrid-Valencia) which connects to the A-43 motorway to Lisbon, on the stretch near Atalaya.
- The section of the A-7 motorway near Sagunto links up to the A-23 (Sagunto-Somport) toll-free motorway which connects the region with Aragon, Castile-Leon and the rest of the north of Spain.
- The A-7 near Xativa also links up to the A-35, which accesses the south of Castile La Mancha.
By rail
The rail links from the Port of Valencia are as follows:
- Valencia – Barcelona – Port Bou
- Valencia – Zaragoza – Basque Country
- Valencia – Cuenca – Madrid
- Valencia – Albacete – Madrid. rom Madrid, there are links to Extremadura and Portugal, as well as the north and northwest areas of Spain.
- Valencia – La Encina – Alicante, which provides connections to other destinations from Alcazar de San Juan (Andalusia), Alicante (Murcia), Madrid (north and northeast Spain, Extremadura).
From there you can connect to every European rail and country.
RELATION ECONOMY-PORT
The economy of Valencia and its metropolitan area is, like the entire business network, closely linked to SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises), which are highly competitive, recognised for their entrepreneurial nature and mainly export-oriented.
The main sectors are:
Agriculture:
The greatest concentration of agricultural trade takes place in Valencia, as the city's port and railway facilities are fast routes for trade in perishable products from the countryside.
Industry:
Nowadays, the industrial sector really is almost symbolic within the municipality itself, due to new legislation and the urban character of Valencia. For this reason, industrial companies have moved to other locations outside the city, and there have been a large number of industrial companies in the city, in sectors such as metallurgy, ceramics, furniture manufacturing, etc.
As far as the textile industry is concerned, it should be noted that this sub-sector has suffered from stiff competition from third countries. Despite this, this competition has not affected Valencia's textile industry so sharply, as Valencian products are characterised by quality, especially in terms of silk fabrics, which have a worldwide prestige due to the tradition of this industry.
Service sector:
Commerce
In Valencia there are several shopping centres, department stores, hypermarkets and supermarkets. The most important are those belonging to the large chains, such as the Carrefour hypermarkets, with 3 hypermarkets in the municipality of Valencia and 4 in the metropolitan area, Alcampo, with two hypermarkets in the metropolitan area, the department stores of El Corte Inglés and Hipercor, etc. In addition to these facilities, there are also several shopping centres in the city of Valencia, such as Nuevo Centro, Aqua Multiespacio, El Saler, Arena Multiespacio, Ademúz, Mercado de Campanar, etc.
Also important for the city are the neighbourhood markets, such as the Central market, the Colón market, the Ruzafa market, the Benicalap market, the Algirós market, the Castilla market, the Cabanyal market and the Torrefiel market, among others. However, it is also worth mentioning the large number of neighbourhood shops in the city, including the clothes shops in Calle Colón and the technology shops in Calle Islas Canarias.
Leisure tourism
Tourism really began with the boom at the beginning of the 20th century, when the inhabitants of Valencia began to enjoy their surroundings, mainly the coastal areas of Malvarrosa and Cabañal, where second homes and even a spa were built. At this time, it was customary for important people to own one of these houses, for their own use and to be able to invite their family and friends. A very outstanding case is the Valencian writer Blasco Ibáñez, and his well-known meetings with painters and philosophers of the time. After the civil war, a second tourist boom took place, when the old fishermen's beaches were improved, increasing the offer of accommodation and services on the beaches to turn them into real tourist centres.
PORT OF GANDIA
The port of Gandia is the southest-located extension of the port of Valencia.
GANDIA
Gandia is a city well-known for its 7km wide beaches and its natural reserved place, but we are not here to talk about the city.
ACTIVITY
Gandia’s Port usually transports goods, some of the most popular goods in this port are: paper, wood and agriculture-related goods, from the local business in the outfields of Gandia.This Port stands out thanks to its nearby train, which connects it to a large portion of the peninsular territory as well as to the rest of Europe.
Although we talked about goods that doesn’t mean that it does not have passengers traffic, this port has incredible buildings and facilities with which it can deal with 2 types of traffic and not only that but also with great efficiency, with its new crane it’ll be able to move 84 tons worth of goods in just one month, that’s impressive if we take into account the size of this port.
As we have been able to observe, Valenciaport has very well organised the distribution and traffic of both goods and people. This organisation has been able to take advantage of its location and make the most of all its possibilities.Even so, the best is yet to come, as there are many future projects and a lot of investment in this organisation.
This shows that division is also strength.
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