Empresa Portuaria Valparaíso (Port of Valparaíso) concluded its participation in the World Ports Conference, organized by the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH) in Kobe, Japan. The event, which brought together 190 member ports from around the world, allowed the state-owned company to present the guidelines of its development plan, which considers the electrification of its operations, the diversification of its energy matrix, and its innovative logistics model, which was highly valued by its international peers.
The EPV delegation was headed by the Development Manager, Enrique Piraino, and the Logistics Manager, Juan Marcos Mancilla, who participated in various working groups contributing the vision and progress of the local port system.
Furthermore, a promotional meeting was held with eight Japanese logistics companies, together with the Port of Açu from Brazil. On that occasion, the expansion of the Port of Valparaíso was presented, showcasing its logistics and development model, receiving great interest from Japanese operators, with whom future collaboration opportunities will be explored, according to the state-owned company’s executives.
Enrique Piraino, Development Manager of the Port of Valparaíso, commented that “it was a tremendous opportunity for the Port of Valparaíso to be able to share in the technical sessions, then during the conference with operators, and also with port companies, worldwide port authorities, such as the ports of Hamburg, Antwerp, Rotterdam (…) we had the opportunity to share in the plenary session the experience that the Port of Valparaíso has in the design of tender processes, both in mechanisms that set the competition for the field and on the field, being of great interest to the participants how Chile administers its state-owned port system.”
The manager added that “we were able to visit the hydrogen plant that Kobe has, where the first ship worldwide is located, according to what they explained to us, that can transport hydrogen in liquid condition, which is a tremendous novelty element for the plans that Chile has regarding the development of green hydrogen and the possibility that exists to transport it commercially to other countries.”
For his part, Juan Marcos Mancilla, Logistics Manager of the Port of Valparaíso, detailed that “as a port, we are concluding our participation in this conference, which we consider to be entirely positive and we are very happy to have been able to give our vision, as well as the learning regarding what is being carried out in other parts of the world and obviously to learn about the operation and the ports, in this case of Japan.”
Finally, Mancilla also highlighted the meeting with the eight companies from the Japanese logistics sector “where we presented our development model, as well as our logistics model, where there are clearly spaces for collaboration and learning.”
“Without a doubt, Japanese technology and logistics are recognized worldwide and, therefore, for us at Port of Valparaíso they represent a great opportunity,” added Mancilla.
