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The port of Barcelona wants to be "the front door" of fruits in Europe
Spain
Friday 19 February 2010
Barcelona: front door in Europe for fruits of Africa and South America
The multiple initiatives of the port of Barcelona demonstrate its intention to increase its market share to become the front door of fruits and vegetables in Europe.
This year, the Catalan port participated at Fruit Logistica for the first time, then received the visit of African and Argentine exporters to facilitate the imports of fruits of against season. A delegation went to the Saint Charles market of Perpignan. The port holds 5 % of the management company of the railroad terminal of Saint Charles and put an option to fit out a logistic zone of 10 hectares.
So, the port would be the front door in Europe of fruits and vegetables which could be distributed everywhere by road and railroad.
Last initiative: a new quality plan was approved; he is one of the most ambitious in Europe and will assure the excellence for a good service to the customers. The high quality sign, "Efficiency Network" will be a tool for the companies which will participate, by assuring a total transparency on the supply chain.
According to the estimations, the level of traffic of the first months of 2010 will be similar to that of the 2009.
