On August 2, the Volkswagen brand manufactured in the Navarra Landaben factory has left the port of Santander. This car, Polo model, travels on the vessel ‘Höegh Transport’ to Australia where it will arrive on September 3, arriving at the ports of Fremantle, Melbourne, Port Kembla and Brisbane. The ‘Höegh Transporter’ is a ship with 200 meters of length that covers the line that, with a weekly character, UNE Santander with South Africa and Australia.
The Pole GTI arrived at the port of Santander on July 20 and was deposited in the Campa de Raos 8 of the car terminal next to the vehicle item of this brand that navigate with the same destination. Volkswagen is historically one of the main clients of the port of Santander; This brand began its exports through the RAOS facilities in 1990 and since that date it has exported more than 880,000 units manufactured in the Navarra factory. It was also of this brand and the same model, a Volkswagen Polo, with which the port of Santander got its 4 million manipulated vehicle in Santander.
ANFAC Report
Recently, ANFAC, National Association of Automobile Manufacturers, to which Volkswagen belongs, granted to the port of Santander the best note and the first position of the ranking in its study of assessment of maritime-port logistics.
Car traffic is considered strategic for the port of Santander, hence the high degree of specialization and quality commitment and tight costs of the port community related to this traffic.