Dry ports

Map of dry ports in Spain

A growing network of dry ports – a complex with no access to the sea, but with transport infrastructures and set up at multimodal terminals that enable their goods to reach the sea port they are linked to - constitutes an added value for the Port of Bilbao.

Besides the sea access of this network, which extends from Bordeaux to Zaragoza, Toulouse and Madrid, the Port of Bilbao is a partner holding in the Dry Port of Azuqueca in the Henares Industrial Estate – a large industrial centre between Madrid and Guadalajara- in the Dry Port of Coslada (Madrid), and in the company promoting the Dry Port of Villafría (Burgos) and in the Dry Port of Jundiz-Vitoria (Älava).

At present, there are weekly rail connections between the Port of Bilbao and the dry ports at Azuqueca de Henares and Coslada.

In 2010, the Port Authority took important steps to increase its presence in logistics zones and promote rail transport. Of prime importance was the Board of Directors approving the creation of a port-rail logistics terminal at the El Prado Industrial Estate in Pancorbo, Burgos. The Port Authority of Bilbao will lead the project, thus guaranteeing that the activities carried out there will be of a logistics nature and will generate traffic mainly through the Port of Bilbao. It is anticipated to come into operation in 2012.

Another agreement reached by the Board of Directors was to increase capital and acquire 43% of Servicios Integrales Vitoria Depot, through which it participates in Jundiz. The Port of Bilbao has a shuttle train with this centre, destined to become the future great logistics platform in the Autonomous Basque Community.