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The Society of Puerto Seco de Madrid (Dry Port of Madrid)

It is an example of collaboration between the public entities and public initiative successful. The first steps are taken with the signing in May 1995 of an agreement between the Ministry of Public Works ( Ministerio de Fomento ), the Community of Madrid ( Comunidad de Madrid ) and the City of Coslada, together with Ports of Spain and the Land Public Entity (SEPES), whereby the Puerto Seco is located in the town of Coslada ( Madrid ). The municipality of Coslada firmly committed to the project and achieving the number one logistics peninsular level. In December 1995, would the incorporation of the Company, approved by the Government Cabinet. The Company Puerto Seco de Madrid ranks as the promoter of the whole operation of Dry Port. The four major mainland container ports: Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia are part of the society of Puerto Seco de Madrid ( Dry Port of Madrid ).

Objectives

Design, construction, marketing, management, development and operation of container terminal, and the provision of services that facilitate both handling and transportation and distribution of goods of this Dry Port.
Puerto Seco de Madrid ( Dry Port of Madrid ), has built a railway container terminal in Coslada-Madrid and has set new rail service between Madrid and spanish ports: Bay of Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia. The Puerto Seco de Madrid ( Dry Port of Madrid ) working face accomplishing the following goals:

  • Increase the "hinterland" and the competitiveness of the ports of Algeciras, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia to improve its connection with the TEN Intermodal.
  • Leverage the combined transport on the peninsula with direct trains connect the main nodes of the system.
  • The creation of new scheduled services will favor the emergence of new rail operators under the Community initiative, which will mean a reduction in freight rates and improved quality.
  • Operational coordination of major ports set to the Dry Port of Madrid Company. The development of joint strategies is enhanced, both for promoting projects of technical harmonization, computer systems, customs clearance, combined transport, etc. as to reach the critical size that allows a better connection of the Spanish network with the European Network, from a perspective of intermodality.
  • The integration of Dry Port of Madrid within the Logistics Platform Barajas-Coslada complete intermodal whole, thus becoming the main logistics center of Spain.
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Diseño: Alberto García