shipping giant maerskThe world’s leading sea freight operator will start operations in Zaragoza in 2024 and occupy an area of 42,000 square meters in Mercazaragoza. Coming to the capital face bench will leave an investment of more than 20 million Euros in business and capital.
The mayor of Zaragoza, Jorge Azcón, announced that the board of directors of Mercazaragoza, whose main shareholder is the city council (51%), has approved the grant of land to Maersk Logistics & Services Spain, a subsidiary of the shipping company. . As announced by EL PERIÓDICO DE ARAGÓN from the Prensa Ibérica group, the Danish multinational would occupy 26,278 square meters under the surface right regime of enlargement., a method that allows companies to access land in exchange for an annual canon payment.
A process that started at the end of October 2021, Mercazaragoza opened the process for the 48,000 m2 useful area award in the northern part of the enclosure, where its most recent extension was made. Now, after the granting of 42,000 m2, Mercazaragoza is landless, so the PP-C Government is already working on a future expansion.
This operation is linked by the Zaragoza Marine Terminal (TMZ), the dry port of the agri-food complex, i.e. Aragon’s outlet to the sea. rail links. According to Azcón, Maersk will make Aragon a benchmark in the logistics industry and introduce the Mercazaragoza agri-food platform.
In fact, the descent of Maersk to the capital The number of trains departing from the sea terminal will doubleHe It collects 48% of Aragon’s international maritime traffic. 3,700 businesses operated last year and in 2024, when the Danish multinational is fully operational, it is expected to exceed 8,000 per year. Special, “The Maersk project itself could increase traffic by 30% in the coming years,” said Azcón.
Maersk has been operating in Mercazaragoza for over 12 years. APM Terminals, a major shareholder (45%) of Depot TMZ ServicesThe company responsible for the operational management of the Zaragoza Marine Terminal, of which the Chinese group is also a part. Hutchinson Harbor (20%) and TMZ’s equity (35%).
The company will build cold and dry warehouse It will be equipped with large freezing rooms, cooling systems and a technological system that will provide great control over the product handled in the warehouse, and will enable the agri-food industry to improve its logistics capacity.
Work on the construction of the warehouse is planned in 2023, while in parallel with this, the expansion of the TMZ, which will allow the reception of trains up to 750 meters, is under development, which is now more than 200. It will also offer a new connection north of the terminal on the Zaragoza-Huesca line. The investment for this expansion is 10.5 million.
Source: Informacion
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