• The international event brings together representatives of local and regional administrations, governments, cities, companies and academics to discuss the integration of logistics platforms in port and urban development
• The designation of València, through the Port Authority for the organisation, of this event was announced last night in Los Alamos/Concepción (Chile), the city that has organised this year’s meeting
• The President of Valenciaport, Mar Chao, took part in the events of the World Forum of Cities and Logistics Platforms, where she received the certification that allows the planning and promotion of the 2025 events to begin

València will host in 2025 the World Forum of Cities and Logistics Platforms, an international event that brings together representatives of local and regional administrations, governments, cities, companies and academics to discuss the integration of logistics platforms in port and urban development. The designation of València, through the Port Authority for the organisation, of this event was announced last night in Los Alamos/Concepción (Chile), the city that has organised this year’s meeting, in its ninth edition.

The president of Valenciaport, Mar Chao, participated in the events of the World Forum of Cities and Logistics Platforms, where she also collected – from the hands of the president, Ricardo Partal Silva, – the certification that allows the planning and promotion of the events of 2025 to begin: ‘Fair Logistics Certification’.

The ‘Fair Logistics Certification’ is the document issued and awarded by the World Organization of Cities and Logistics Platforms to those companies or entities ‘that contribute to the creation of greater equity in the logistics services involved in the entire trade supply chain’.

The World Cities and Logistics Platforms Forum is an event organised by the World Organisation of Cities and Logistics Platforms (WCLP), which brings together professionals and experts from different sectors, including international trade, logistics, transport, and representatives from the institutional and academic spheres.

Each event has the support of several countries and international organisations, such as ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean), and the participation of experts from the Association of Caribbean States and Georgia Tech Panama, among others. In addition, topics of global relevance such as green logistics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity in transport and the logistical challenges of the Panama Canal will be addressed.

Mar Chao thanked for the confidence in the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), ‘the city and the Valencian logistics professionals are grateful, all of them are immersed in a deep process of adaptation to the ever-changing demands of international trade and relations between the ports that coexist with the cities that led to their birth, as in our case are Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia. It is a great step to pick up the baton of organising such an important meeting’.

The forum attracts a large number of participants from more than 70 countries, including industry professionals, institutions and experts who analyse the latest logistics trends, such as cybersecurity, the motorways of the sea, digitisation of the supply chain, emissions reduction, new energies…

At the World Forum of Port Cities held until today in Chile, several key issues related to the transformation of port cities in the current context of technological, geopolitical and environmental change were addressed. In terms of geopolitics and sustainability, the challenges of maritime transport security and the need to adapt to the new global conditions to ensure a sustainable future for port cities were analysed. On emissions and new energies, papers were presented on the impact of emerging technologies to reduce CO2 in land freight transport, a crucial step in the fight against climate change.

On new technologies, the traceability of the supply chain was discussed as an essential factor in improving the efficiency and competitiveness of logistics platforms. Success stories of industrial and logistics clusters in Chile and Mexico were presented, and ideas and proposals for new business opportunities were put forward, focusing on technological integration and process optimisation.

The president of Valenciaport, Mar Chao, presented how the PAV, and specifically the ports of Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia, are tackling these challenges that are the focus of the sector’s attention on a global level. In addition to describing the characteristics of the Valenciaport facilities and the impact that the Valencian docks have in terms of generating wealth and employment (3% of the GDP of the Valencian Community and almost 50,000 jobs), Mar Chao brought to Chile the key ideas that mark the strategy of Valenciaport: safety, agility, multimodality, complicity with users and clients, and environmental guarantees. ‘On the other side of the port enclosures – concluded Chao – the world is going very fast; faster and faster, and the ports must adapt to the demands that surround us and which we also make our own’.