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ProLogis evalúa las principales claves para el desarrollo intermodalProLogis evaluates the main keys to the intermodal development
May 18, 2011
On 28 March the EU presented a series of proposals to reduce the dependence of Europe on imported oil and emissions of CO
2. Among the proposed measures to be implemented between now and 2050 is intended to transfer 50% of all transport medium haul passengers and goods from road to rail and waterways. Due to the major change that these measures might pose to the national logistics overview medium-long term,
ProLogis evaluates the keys to develop in the current system of transport and logistic map Spanish.
From ProLogis indicates how Spain is currently in the van of tail as regards the system of transport of goods, with the minor modal share of rail transport between major countries of the EU (4.1%). Spain is also the country greater declines experienced on all European countries over the past decade, from 10% in 1997 to 4.1% in 2008, according to the Ministry of development published last September.
Cristian Oller, Project Manager of ProLogis.
In this sense, ProLogis necessary greater involvement of the public administration, on the basis of consensus with the private company: the adaptation of the national track gauge (1,668 mm) to the European wide, the unification of the signals that regulate the transit and the improvement of the technology of the existing locomotivesthey are some of the identified priorities. Currently, there is the 'Strategic Plan for the promotion of rail transport of goods in Spain' of the Ministry of development, with a budget of 7.5 billion euros to enhance intermodal transport to improve the basic network of goods, and nodal infrastructure
Cristian Oller, Project Manager of ProLogis, stresses the need to develop those key logistics nodes, optimally communicated with the main ports and roads. In this sense, one of the most relevant is the Mediterranean corridor, is expected to be operational by 2020 and that there will be a basic line of goods that will ensure the continuity and the necessary capacity in all of the axis powers, as well as a line of high speed for the carriage of passengers. "If the Mediterranean corridor is included in the basic trans-European transport network, this axis will be be one of the main intercontinental logistic platforms in Europe", says Oller.
