Coslada Dry Port
The Dry Port of Madrid, also known as the Dry Port of Coslada, is a logistics platform for the distribution of goods located in the Spanish municipality of Coslada, near Madrid.
Description[edit]
The draft project for the dry port traces back to 1995.[1] The start of operations took place in 2001, through the link to the ports of Algeciras, Valencia, Bilbao and Barcelona.[2][1] The port of Valencia early consolidated as the main synergy hoarder vis-à-vis the activity of the Dry Port of Coslada, amounting for the 92% of the freight volume by 2016.[2] After the purchase of the stocks of Noatum by the Chinese company COSCO Shipping Ports, the management of the terminal, transferred to Conte Rail, became controlled by Cosco.[3] It has its own customs service.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Escarraga, Tatiana; Zafra, Ángel (8 July 2002). "El 'puerto seco' de Coslada se convertirá en la quinta aduana marítima de España". El País.
- ^ a b Zaragoza, José Luis (25 January 2016). "El puerto logra el 92 % del tráfico ferroviario de Madrid". Levante-EMV.
- ^ Romero, Víctor (21 October 2017). "El 'procés' amenaza el plan del Puerto de Barcelona para asaltar los tráficos de Madrid". El Confidencial.
- ^ Peinado, Fernando (11 February 2019). "Coslada, la 'milla de oro' de las compras online". El País. Retrieved 14 February 2019.