“Media noise does not help attract cargo (…) The less noise and more tranquility we transmit, the better.” The new president of the Port Authority of Valencia, Mar Chao, has expressed herself in this tone, after the controversy of recent days surrounding the expansion and when “rivers of ink have flowed.”
Chao has insisted that he is in an “immersion” process, to fully understand the files and issues that lie ahead, and has preferred not to make assessments on the controversy of recent days about whether the port is, or is not, as it already is. published this newspaper, in the negotiations of the Catalan parties for the investiture of Pedro Sánchez.
His first declaration of intent has been to point out that “I will work tirelessly to make the northern terminal a reality, as well as the rest of the projects that any company or private initiative proposes to us to improve the dynamization of the Valencian economy and the country.” . In the time it will take for this to become a reality, he has not wanted to enter, although he has expressed that he will try to “bring the northern terminal to reality as soon as possible.”
Yes, he has recognized the good practice of the port when he has been asked about the need to carry out a new Environmental Impact Declaration, as Compromís has requested to condition his vote to the investiture of Pedro Sánchez: “All the files have been processed since maximum legal certainty and with the endorsement of all administrations on the matter,” he noted.
Asked about the City-Port Commission’s statement that 40% of the space in the Port of Valencia is unused, Mar Chao invited the media to visit the facilities with her and “verify the veracity of that percentage.”
Likewise, he confirmed that MSC has requested a new terminal in the Port, and explained that “it has to complete a request to proceed with the process.”
In her appearance, with a large presence of journalists both in the room of the Clock Building and in the online connection because this is the president’s premiere, she did make reference to the activity of Puerto and recognized that currently “it is a stage complicated at an international level and there is uncertainty that does not help at all to have stable growth prospects.
This Friday the Port also reported that it has moderated the downward trend in export freight rates in a context in which world trade – which continues to decline – continues to be marked by the slowdown in the economic recovery at the international level, weighed down by the slow European economic recovery and the weakening of domestic demand in China.
In his speech he also explained that his objectives will be, in addition to making the northern terminal a reality, to support decarbonization by promoting multimodality and digitalization, in addition to strengthening port-city relations in Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia. His message has been clear and concise: “I am committed to working, my motto is ‘pico-pala’. The path is demonstrated by walking and that is what we are going to do,” he added.
