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The Containerships shipping company has gone, in a short time, from 80 containers to 140 in its weekly service where they export goods such as construction material, canned food, wine, juice and fruit and vegetable products.
The Cartagena Port Authority is strengthening its services to offer better alternatives to companies in the Region for the export of products to the United Kingdom, with the aim of meeting the growing demand caused by Brexit and the COVID19 pandemic.
, as reported by the president, Yolanda Muñoz, in a visit to the Santa Luc a dock, together with the presidents of CROEM and COEC, Jos Mar a Albarrac and Ana Correa, and the director of Cartagena de the shipping company Containerships CMA CGM GmbH, Adolfo Garc a-Loygorri.
Yolanda Muñoz has highlighted that "we have been working for a long time and we are promoting, with the push of the Regional Government, and business associations, that maritime transport becomes a key option for the export of regional products to European countries Companies in Cartagena and the Region should have the Port of Cartagena as an ally for the delivery of their products to the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe; and an opportunity to improve their competitiveness with better services and better prices.
" In this service line, the president has valued the agreement reached with the shipping company Containerships CMA CGM GmbH to offer a direct weekly frequency to the ports of Liverpool, with a transit time of 6 days, and to Dublin.
n, seven days; and continuous services to the ports of Tilbury, Hamburg or Rotterdam.
"We wanted to adapt to the current needs of the sector and guarantee the supply of regional products to European markets, improving the speed of their operations and as an engine for economic recovery, optimizing costs, time and logistics".
The direct line has seen its figures increase in the last quarter, they have gone in a short time from 80 containers to 140 and where they export goods such as construction material, preserves, wine, juice and fruit and vegetable products to through dry and refrigerated containers.
The United Kingdom is the fifth destination country for the Region's goods.
"It is time to use maritime transport to guarantee the exit of regional products that may be affected by new circumstances and problems such as Brexit and the pandemic: We are a safe and reliable means and we have a line with sufficient capacity to serve countries such as the United Kingdom, "remarked Yolanda Muñoz.
Given this, both the president of CROEM and the president of COEC have shown their support and have committed to disseminating this service to exporting companies in Cartagena and the Region, and have mentioned some companies that already use this line such as the Zamora Group, Sabic, J.
Garc a Carri no Cosentino.
Jos Mar a Albarrac n highlighted that "the United Kingdom is a very important commercial partner for the Murcia region, so we are going to promote this alternative connection to the road so that it becomes consolidated.
tough Brexit negotiations, is an escape route to facilitate the exit of goods from the region to the nerve center of the United Kingdom ".
For her part, the president of COEC, Ana Correa, stressed that this line "is the result of the work of the APC and the Containerships company, which will add even more value to the Port of Cartagena and the capacity that It has for economic development "and has valued the direct line that" represents an important economic saving in the transport of goods in hard times as a result of the coronavirus and the uncertainty of Brexit.
" The delegate of Cartagena de Containerships, Adolfo Garc a, explained that "the shipping company has been working in Cartagena for 25 years and we have opted for this line to solve the possible problems consequences of Brexit" and has described its advantages, "We offer door-to-door services advantages, we are a reliable means with a set day of weekly departure of the ship that facilitates the planning of exporting companies, we have stable prices throughout the year and we are more competitive than the ground transportation".
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