The new joint venture partners hope to benefit from a more sustainable and competitive mode of transport to the heart of Europe.
Three new companies (Salvat, Suardiaz, and Primafrio) have joined the shareholding of Combi Terminal Catalonia (CTC), a joint venture aimed at renovating and operating the La Boella intermodal terminal (Tarragona). This project, which is linked to the development of the Mediterranean Corridor, aims to connect the port of Tarragona, among others, with Germany and Belgium through standard or international gauge services. The planned investment of more than 20 million euros in adapting the infrastructure will make it possible to multiply the freight traffic in La Boella by six, going from 20,000 wagons per year to 120,000. The modernization of the terminal is expected to be completed in June 2024, six months later than initially planned.
The remaining shareholders, Contank, Hoyer, Schmidt, Pañalón and Kombiverkehr, along with the newly incorporated Salvat, Suardiaz and Primafrio, will each hold 11% of the shares.
In the case of the logistics operator Salvat, they have made the decision to join the shareholding because they consider that it is “a good opportunity, especially in the immediate future, which foresees favoring more efficient and sustainable transport systems from the point of view of the fuels used ”. For its part, the Suardiaz shipping company, which in addition to maritime transport also offers intermodal solutions to its customers, will be able to improve and expand its connections between the Mediterranean and central Europe.
Along the same lines, Primafrio controlled temperature horticultural road transport company, assure that the investment in this terminal will allow “the movement of goods that enter and leave our territory in a more sustainable and competitive way.” Furthermore, “CTC also offers us the possibility of changing the Iberian gauge to the European one, connecting Tarragona by train with Belgium, Italy, Germany, and China, with the commercial advantages that this entails for us”, they add, highlighting the advantages that This terminal is connected to the Mediterranean Corridor, as “important companies from Spain and Germany are part of this project.”
source: https://elmercantil.com/2021/12/10/salvat-suardiaz-y-primafrio-entran-en-el-accionariado-de-combi-terminal-catalonia/
