The president of Puertos del Estado and the Port Authority of Santander verify the change in the physiognomy of the port thanks to the "high number" of investments underway.
The head of the Port Authority of Santander accompanied Rodriguez Dapena this morning, in what was his first official visit, as president of Puertos del Estado, to the Cantabrian dock.
In addition to checking "in situ" the progress of the works, meetings were held to address other issues such as Brexit, rail accessibility, intrusion, the change of location of the headquarters or the port-city interaction.
Santander 28-01-22. The president of the Port Authority of Santander, Francisco Martin, this morning made a tour of the port facilities to present to his counterpart in Puertos del Estado, what he called "the new port of Santander".
During what was the first official visit of Rodriguez Dapena to the port infrastructure as president of Puertos del Estado, who in the words of Martin "knows the port almost even better than myself," he was able to review the main advances being made in infrastructure and, as explained by the Cantabrian leader, involve "a change in the appearance, in the operation and the overall design of the port. For the president of the Port Authority "this transformation is the consequence of the change of model of the port, with its commitment to general merchandise and energy sustainability", a turn "of great added value" fundamental for the industry of Cantabria, which has allowed to beat the historical records of cargo.
The president of Puertos del Estado thanked the president of the Cantabrian port for his welcome and congratulated him for his management at the head of the port committed to traffic efficiency and sustainability, "in Puertos del Estado we are working to make ports more sustainable, innovative and safe, and therefore more competitive, and the port of Santander is a clear example of this."
Thus, Martin showed the president of Puertos del Estado a port "under construction" that must also coexist with "excellence in day-to-day operations". With more than 180 million euros in public-private investments, the head of the Cantabrian dock accompanied him to visit the infrastructures "that will serve to rationalize the port space without having to resort to filling the bay or the construction of a super port". After a visit to the construction of the Maliaño 1-4 docks and what will be its ro-ro ramp and its Liquefied Natural Gas supply station, the Raos 6 and Raos 9 docks, the automobile silo, the fertilizer and container terminals or the renovation of the double railroad track access to the port, both presidents met, together with their teams, to discuss other matters of great relevance such as Brexit, intrusion, port-city interaction or railway accessibility.
Regarding this last point, the president of the Port Authority, claimed the need to bet "decisively" for the transport of goods by rail "if we want to reduce emissions and work for sustainable mobility" and noted the importance of Santander can be connected to the Basque Y.
For his part, Rodriguez Dapena defended "the country's need to increase its share of rail freight transport", and stressed that "the Spanish port system contemplates an investment of one billion euros to improve its integration with the railroad".
In addition, they studied the impact that Brexit has had on the operation of the port and discussed the threat posed by cases of intrusion on a day-to-day basis. As for the port-city relationship, Martin informed the president of Puertos del Estado of the creation of a master plan, drawn up by the consultancy firm ARUP, which may soon be presented and which contains a new vision and management of port land uses that will, in turn, allow for a major rearrangement of the seafront.
The representatives of Puertos del Estado also had the opportunity to meet with the main shipping agents, concessionaires and service providers of the port to learn first hand their contributions to achieve a better functioning of the port.