Valencia

(Valencia/Valencia-valencia) Natural conditions: The port has a subtropical Mediterranean climate with prevailing westerly winds. The annual average temperature reaches a maximum of 36 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 1 degree Celsius. The annual average rainfall is about 1000mm. The average tidal range is about 0.6m. Port location: Located at the mouth of the Spanish river, within the Bay of Valencia, on the western side facing the Mediterranean Sea, it is the closest maritime gateway to the capital Madrid and an important industrial city in eastern Spain. Major industries include shipbuilding and others, and it is one of Spain's shipbuilding centers. It is also a famous ancient cultural city with many cultural and scientific research institutions. There are many famous historical sites, the most prominent being the bell tower, known as “City of a Hundred Bell Towers”, and it is a famous tourist destination. The port is about 15km from the airport. Port area distribution and berth conditions: The port's water area reaches 618 hectares, and the total length of the wharf shoreline is 23km. The main wharf berths in the port area are as follows: Wharf category Berths (number) Shoreline length (m) Maximum water depth (m) GENERAL CARGO 8 1994 11 CONTAINER 4 1034 14 OIL QUAY 3 657 12 BULK CARGO 5 1155 14 RO/RO 5 1074 7 Warehousing and storage yards and capacity: The warehouse area reaches 55,000 square meters, the storage yard area reaches 187,000 square meters, and the vegetable oil tank farm can store 7,000 tons of oil. Loading and unloading machinery and capacity: Loading and unloading equipment includes various shore cranes, mobile cranes, container cranes, floating cranes, and ro-ro facilities, among which the maximum lifting capacity of the floating crane is 80 tons. There are also oil pipelines with diameters of 152.4-254mm for oil tanker loading and unloading. The oil pipelines can directly connect to the refinery, with a rate of 300 cubic meters per hour.