The Port of Cartagena consolidates its position as a reference in the Mediterranean for the movement of project cargo at the BreakBulk Europe Fair

Geostrategic location

The geostrategic location of the Port of Cartagena, as the center of the main maritime trade routes between Africa, Asia, America and Europe, added to its calm waters, make it an ideal enclave for the movement of project cargo.

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El Port of Cartagena has taken advantage of the celebration of the BreakBulk Europe Fair, celebrated in Rotterdam from May 21 to 23, for reaffirm its position as a strategic enclave in the Mediterranean for the movement of project cargo.

 

Flexibility, agility and competitiveness have been the keys that have been highlighted by the head of the Business Development Division of the Port Authority, Hortensia Sánchez, together with the operator Agencia Marítima Blázquez, in their meetings with the main logistics operators.

 

Sánchez has highlighted the competitive, secure and flexible infrastructure of the Port of Cartagena, which makes it the fourth Spanish port option in terms of total merchandise traffic. The investment in improving facilities and services, both in the Cartagena and Escombreras docks, together with a traffic diversification policy, allows them to be able to handle any type of merchandise with any origin or destination.

 

La geostrategic situation of the Port of Cartagena, as center of the main maritime trade routes between Africa, Asia, America and Europe, added to its calm waters, make it an ideal enclave for the movement of project cargo.

 

Furthermore, the cheapest prices of the Spanish port system and fully liberalized stowage, together with the flexibility and agility in operations on land and sea, position it as one of the most competitive ports in the Spanish southeast.

 

The growth in recent years of project cargo traffic and in the offshore industry is a clear example of the success of the Port of Cartagena

 

Ships loaded with wind blades, coming mostly from Albacete or Ciudad Real, to countries on the five continents.

 

The Port of Cartagena is also prepared to serve urgent needs, as was demonstrated with the operation of a Iberdrola transformer from Castellón to Cartagena and import of 2.000 vehicles in two days.

 

The auxiliary companies of Cartagena also use the port for machinery export that they make in their factories. Example of this are the largest ecological hopper made by the Herjimar company or the tanks and deposits for liquid bulk manufactured by the Mecánicas Bolea company.

 

In short, the Port of Cartagena is consolidated as a benchmark in the Mediterranean for the movement of project cargoThanks to its modern infrastructure, competitiveness, flexibility and agility, as well as his strategic position.