The transportation of FMCG products from the factory to the main logistics centers is an area that poses great challenges to companies in the sector. This exercise requires very specific and controlled actions to ensure that the whole process runs smoothly. As this FMCG market grows and evolves, logistics and transportation companies are challenged to adapt to all the changes.
Our intermodal station in Irun is precisely a reflection of this need for adaptation. The need to have optimized facilities for logistics and transport services, adequate infrastructures to move and store mass consumption products throughout the European continent, from Madrid to Barcelona, Paris, Hamburg... . Our new logistics platform is designed to service multi-product shipments, a transport system that until now did not exist in the market.
After many years in the industry, market demands have transformed us into experts in FMCG logistics and freight management, taking great care in every detail to generate a relationship of full trust with our customers. The FMCG sector is constantly growing and requires constant innovation from leading companies like Railsider. Therefore, as the market advances, we grow in the same line, and we have the capacity to grow in our facilities.
"Success in this business is determined by the market. Customers demand competitive solutions and this means having the right terminals and delivering the products to the recipient's door."
Let's take a look at some of the examples that demonstrate how a logistics and transportation company adapts to the growth of the FMCG market.
New Intermodal in Irun to boost the railway division
We have inaugurated new facilities for intermodal transport and mass consumption as part of our commitment to diversify our freight traffic. These are two warehouses of 5,000 and 1,650 square meters, respectively. In the larger platform we have four docking docks for trucks and interior railroad tracks with three rails for Iberian and international gauge. The smaller warehouse is used for logistic storage of goods.
We have an annual traffic of more than 1.8 million tons per year, and we manage from our facilities in Irun more than 15 trains per week, multi-client and multi-product, of 1,100 tons, with the main international destinations being countries such as Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and Belgium.
Consortium between Euskotren, CAF and Railsider to operate on the rail highways connecting Spain and France
Antonio Aiz, Deputy Minister of Transport of the Basque Government, highlights the opportunities that these synergies in the transport sector will generate in the Basque Country, with the development of the Atlantic rail corridor, in addition to improving connectivity with Europe.
The Ministry of Public Works study that analyzes the viability of 25 railway highways in Spain, highlights that the connection between Vitoria and Paris is the one that could accommodate the most traffic. In this area, we would like to highlight the training we completed last year together with Euskotren and CAF to operate on railway highways connecting Spain and France.
