Project record

Valencia North Terminal quay and automated terminal works

Official aerial view of the Port of Valencia showing the enclosed North Terminal expansion basin

Valenciaport

Valencia's North Terminal has moved from design publication and open procurement into a EUR 489.18 million marine-civil contract. About two kilometres of main quay, ancillary quays, reclamation, basin deepening, and demolition must be accepted before TIL's separate automated-terminal systems can enter commissioning.

Project signal

Construction in Spain

Track the owner-led marine civil contract separately from the future concessionaire's terminal equipment, automation, utilities, and operations. Quay wall, reclamation, basin depth, demolition, hydrographic acceptance, civil handover, systems commissioning, and first commercial calls are distinct delivery gates.

Current status Main quay works under construction after the Q4 2024 start Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Spain / Europe

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

Main quay works under construction after the Q4 2024 start / Confirmed

Evidence reviewed

16 July 2026

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Project anatomy

Scope, counterparties, and execution logic

Client / authority
Valencia Port Authority
Delivery parties
ACCIONA Construcción, Jan De Nul, Grupo Bertolín
Contract route
Open procurement initiated in December 2023; EUR 489.18 million excluding VAT main-works contract awarded on 1 July 2024 to the ACCIONA-Jan De Nul-Grupo Bertolin joint venture; a separate 50-year TIL terminal concession followed in September 2024
Execution window
The Port Authority's 2024 annual accounts confirm physical execution began in Q4 2024; completed quay, reclamation, dredging, civil handover, terminal commissioning and first service are not stated
Works package
Approximately 2 kilometres of main quay wall, about 700 metres of ancillary quays, 137 hectares of reclamation in the EIB project definition, basin deepening, and removal of existing breakwater and cruise-terminal structures; ACCIONA separately describes 126 hectares of paved terminal areas
Marine interfaces
Quay-wall construction, dredging, reclamation using material from Valencia and Sagunto, basin works, breakwater interfaces, and terminal-platform formation
Commercial read
The public marine-civil package is contracted and physically under way, while TIL's concession investment, terminal paving and buildings, handling equipment, automation, rail systems, utilities, commissioning, and operations remain a different delivery and acceptance chain
Next milestone
A dated owner or contractor progress record for quay-caisson production, dredging and material placement, reclamation settlement, demolition, or civil handover

Material change register

What changed, when, and what it proves

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Signed annual accounts confirmed a Q4 2024 physical start

The Port Authority's reformulated 2024 accounts confirm that the awarded works began executing in the final quarter of 2024 and describe the pace as adequate. Physical construction had started, while quay, dredging, reclamation, demolition, civil handover, terminal systems and operations remained incomplete.

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TIL received a separate 50-year terminal concession

The concession assigns TIL construction and operation of the future terminal and records EUR 1.098237 billion of proposed private investment outside Port Authority works. The private-investment figure is separate from the EUR 489.18 million marine-civil contract and provides no evidence of installed automation or operating readiness.

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Port Authority awarded the main works contract

The Board selected the ACCIONA-Jan De Nul-Grupo Bertolin joint venture. The Port Authority's annual accounts later state EUR 489.18 million excluding VAT; the award fixes contractor and value, while mobilisation, production, accepted depth and handover remain open.

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Open tender closed with four bids

Four submissions moved the container-quay procurement into evaluation. Bid receipt did not establish a selected contractor, contract value, concession award, or physical start.

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Board initiated the main-works procurement

The Port Authority approved an open procedure and EUR 545.78 million excluding VAT of expenditure. This procurement ceiling is distinct from the later EUR 489.18 million award and from TIL's private concession investment.

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Port Authority published the pre-tender construction project

The then non-final design carried an estimated EUR 448 million including VAT and 58-month period, plus technical prescriptions for caissons, consolidation, dredged-material characterization, and operability. Those planning figures were superseded by the later procurement and award evidence.

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Delivery watch

Evidence needed next

A dated owner or contractor progress record for quay-caisson production, dredging and material placement, reclamation settlement, demolition, or civil handover

Decision watchpoints

  • Main and ancillary quay-wall production and structural acceptance
  • Reclamation volume, dredged-material use, settlement, and platform handover
  • Basin-deepening quantities, material route, and completion hydrography
  • Breakwater and cruise-terminal demolition interfaces
  • Terminal concession, equipment, automation, utilities, and integrated commissioning
  • First accepted vessel calls and repeat commercial operations

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Evidence reviewed 16 July 2026 Sources in this record 8

Source record

Valenciaport published a non-final construction project in April 2022 with an estimated EUR 448 million including VAT and a 58-month design period; those figures are planning history, not the later contract. The Port Authority's signed 2024 annual accounts say its Board initiated the open procedure on 22 December 2023 with EUR 545.78 million excluding VAT approved expenditure, received four bids in April 2024, awarded the main works on 1 July 2024 for EUR 489.18 million excluding VAT, and saw physical execution begin in Q4 2024. EIB project 20240513 defines about 2 km of main quay, 700 m of ancillary quays, 137 ha of reclamation, basin deepening, and dismantling interfaces. ACCIONA describes 126 ha of paved terminal areas and use of dredged material from Valencia and Sagunto, while Jan De Nul describes about 25 million m3 of dredged material for reuse where feasible. Valenciaport's September 2024 grant to TIL is a separate 50-year concession with EUR 1.098237 billion of proposed private investment; it does not prove marine-civil acceptance, installed automation, terminal commissioning, or commercial operation.

Phase: construction. Evidence reviewed: 16 July 2026.

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