The Port of Santander proposes a rail and maritime greenway connecting Madrid with Northern Europe

 

El Port of Santander he is running as leader in the transition towards greener logistics. During his participation in the annual conference Shortsea Valencia, the president of the APS, Cesar DiazHe outlined the details of a proposal that seeks to create a complete green corridor, aligned with the objectives of the European Union.

 

The key to this model lies in the strategic combination of transport:

Railway Highway: I would unite Madrid, to Valladolid y Palencia, with Santander.

 

Maritime Connectivity: I would use the Excellent short-range connectivity from the port of Santander with United Kingdom, Ireland and the North Europethrough its regular and high-frequency services.

 

According to DiazThis approach offers a solution reliable, efficient and with reduced emissions, since: «it is committed to the use of rail to decarbonize long-distance land transport and to the Short Sea Shipping to connect with European markets, avoiding thousands of kilometers of road«.

 

The president insisted that the The role of the port, as a system coordinator and intermodal logistics hub, would guarantee a smooth, competitive and attractive transit for international shippers.

 

Prepared for Leadership in RoRo

 

Santander He has strong credentials to lead this transformation. Diaz He highlighted that the Cantabrian enclave is highly specialized in RoRo traffic (rolling load) and that All of its terminals have a railway sidingThis specialization has positioned the port as: Leader on the Cantabrian coast in RoRo traffic and intermodal transport units. Second in the entire General System of State Ports in the rail-port intermodality rate, with a percentage close to 15% compared to a national average that does not reach 5%.

 

To further boost this quota, the APS It continually aims to increase investment on its internal network and collaborates with Adif at the freight terminal of Deaths and in the implementation of 750-meter sidings on the railway network.

 

To end his speech, Cesar Diaz stressed the urgency of setting up that rail highway that links Santander and Madrid: "to achieve a true transformation in the structuring and decarbonization of logistics by combining rail highways on land and Short Sea Shipping at sea, thus creating genuine green corridors«.

 

The round table, moderated by Mar ChaoThe president of the Port Authority of Valencia also had the participation of representatives from ADIF, Transitalia, Tramesa y Brittany Ferries.