The region of Galicia is Spain’s largest transit point for EU seafood trade, with dozens of ports and 60% of Spain’s cold storage capacity handling a combined volume of about one million tonnes annually or about half the nation’s total. Three-fifths of such trade is carried by sea and two-fifths by truck. To capitalise on this business and encourage its international growth, the Loxística de Galicia Foundation Cluster announced at the Conxemar trade fair a sectoral initiative in the form of the “Galicia Logistics” brand to promote the competitiveness of the logistics sector, made up of private companies and public infrastructures. The Foundation Cluster hopes to replace the “atomised” operations of many individual exporters and importers, often working against each other, with an organized system to improve logistics efficiency.
The “Galicia Logistics” brand is to be promoted by international trade missions, and through various dissemination efforts at industry fairs and events. The idea is to make Galicia a “logistics reference,” through its many ports and top-quality refrigeration facilities. The head of the Port Authority of Vigo, an enthusiastic supporter of the “Galicia Logistics” initiative, stresses that train transport also needs attention, not only for the seafood industry’s economic efficiency but for environmental improvement. Such action will aid in the success of the EU “Blue Growth” programme for environmental as well as economic sustainability.