“If the entire Catalan industry decides to switch to the train, today there is not enough infrastructure & rdquor ;. And, for the logistics manager of the Freixenet Group, Cristina Duran, which is the one who puts the problem on the table, doing so is the only way to be competitive and sustainable. For seatswhich for now moves only 14% of what leaves its plant by train, would involve connecting to a single European network in which it works volkswagenpoints out its director of logistics, Enric Marti. For BASFbring investments and projects to Tarragona that now do not reach the municipality because logistics connectivity is essential, says the director of this subsidiary, ben hepfer. These three directors, among three other business representatives and several public authorities, have agreed to point out the solution: to reactivate and speed up the work around the Mediterranean Corridor.
This has been made clear at the first meeting after five years of the Strategic Table of the Mediterranean Corridor, an initiative made up of more than 120 representatives from the political, social, business and academic world. The objective was to “claim and claim & rdquor ;, as synthesized by the Secretary of Territori and Mobility of the Generalitat, Isidre Gavinthat the accumulated delays in the works of this infrastructure be resolved, as well as updating the Catalan Corridor Agendaa document with several proposals and actions to speed up the project.
“The Mediterranean Corridor has become the corridor of breaches & rdquor ;, has started the vice president of the Generalitat, Jordi Puignero, which has indicated that of the thirty actions planned to be carried out in 2020 there are only two in service: the Vandellòs-Camp de Tarragona section and the Prat dock terminal. In this sense, the president has assured that the intention of the conference was “to reverse this situation for the umpteenth time”, leaving open the possibility of going to the European courts if the deadlines are not met again.
Also participating in the event was the Coordinator of the Mediterranean Corridor of the European Union, Iveta Radicova, who has said he subscribes to all the words of the Catalan vice president. “There is a very deep problem when I only have to listen to the same three things: discrepancy and different priorities between the state and regional governments, many plans and projects but few concrete results on time, and preparations that are too long in relation to what is being built in reality & rdquor ;, the European spokeswoman has listed. Radicová has asked to be asked what are the problems that are holding back the works related to the corridor and she has promised to do her best to solve them.
“The problem we have in Europe is that there is no clear and concrete planning & rdquor ;, has launched the president of the business association Ferrmed, Joan Amoros. This representative has ensured that investment is not being made in the areas that most need it, such as the section between Barcelona Y Martorell. “A score of interconnections would have to be made, and how many have been analysed? Four. How many under construction? One & rdquor ;, has raised Amorós.
optimistic tint
This expert on the matter has spoken just after the Spanish coordinator of the Mediterranean Corridor, Josep Vicent Boira, who, unlike his table companions, has put the optimistic tone to the day. “We are making things work & rdquor ;, said this spokesman. “We are not stopped at all, even on the contrary: there have never been so many performances underway as now & rdquor ;, Boira assured. “At the stage for which I can take responsibility [desde 2018] 233 kilometers have been put into service with a total of 242 tenders & rdquor ;, he encrypted.
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Despite this, both the president of the Chamber of Commerce, Monica Roca; as the Secretary General of the Business Federation of Meat and Meat Industries, Joseph Collado; and the CEO of Hutchison Ports Best, William Belcastro; They have asked for more speed. “I am optimistic, but we have to run: the infrastructure is still far away and investment must be accelerated & rdquor ;, the latter concluded.