The meeting was also attended by the CEO of the Asian giant “COSCO Shipping Ports (Spain)”
The meeting also served to confirm the good relationship between both institutions.
The day included a visit to the facilities of CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal, whose objective is none other than to become the nerve center of the company’s logistics and intermodal activities.
The Asian operator’s investment in the terminal already amounts to 900,000 euros and employs 11 people
Zaragoza, October 10, 2019.
The President of Aragon, Javier Lambán, and the Chinese Ambassador to Spain, Lyu Fan, held a productive working meeting this morning at the Aragon government headquarters. The meeting focused on China’s development plans in Aragon. The meeting also served to reaffirm the positive relationship between the two institutions.
Mr. Lyu Fan wanted Mr. Sun Kai, CEO of COSCO Shipping Ports (Spain), a company belonging to the COSCO Shipping Ports LTD group, the world’s largest port operator that moved more than 117 million TEUs in 2018 and a benchmark in the “One Belt, One Road” project, which aims to revive the Silk Road, intensifying trade relations in Asia and Europe, to be present at the meeting.
During the meeting with the president, both identified the Aragon region as a key element in the new Silk Road, thanks to its geostrategic location on the peninsula, and requested the government’s continued support for this project by strengthening the infrastructure and logistical solutions that will increase commercial activity.
The day continued with a visit to one of the Asian giant’s most important investments in Spain, the intermodal terminal located in Plaza; “CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal” where both the ambassador and the president were able to see the efficient facilities and the investment possibilities that could turn this terminal into the nerve center of the company’s logistics activities.
To help achieve part of this goal, COSCO Shipping Ports has already invested 900,000 euros in improving these facilities and currently employs 11 people on a permanent basis.
Both the visit to the CSP Spain facilities and the subsequent lunch at the Government of Aragon were attended by the President of the Port Authority of Bilbao, Ricardo Barkala, the General Director of the Port Authority of Valencia, Francesc Sánchez, the COO and CCO of CSP Spain, Elías García & Juan Ortí, the Director of Intermodal Terminals of the Group, Felipe Mendaña and members of the board of CSP Zaragoza, Pedro Catalá, Luis Gabiola, Ramon Gómez-Ferrer and Adolfo Romero.
CSP SPAIN, leading port and logistics operator in the Mediterranean.
CSP Spain is one of the leading maritime terminal operators in the Mediterranean, with interests in Bilbao and Valencia. It also has two inland terminals: the Coslada Dry Port terminal in Madrid (Conterail) and the Zaragoza terminal. Recently, it launched its new intermodal brand, CSP Iberian Rail Services, to expand its logistics services.
