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Aerospace

Teruel, the airport with most aircraft grounded in Europe

Teruel airport, dedicated exclusively to MRO and other industrial activities, has been reuniting the biggest number of grounded planes in Europe for the last months. More than 130 airplanes, from the smaller Boeing 737 to a dozen  impressive A-380, are sitting in the Teruel plains like a group of big white birds patiently waiting for their journey to continue.

The company behind this success story is Tarmac Aragón, an Airbus subsidiary that has been operating here since 2012. Tarmac provides storage, maintenance and recycling services for aircraft, a business that requires high precision, fast logistics – a grounded airplane is a costly issue for its owner – and sustainability. In the long files of planes parked at LETL airport, you can see the logos of some of the world’s biggest airlines, who trust in Tarmac to maintain their airplanes in perfect conditions. Some of the aircraft will be recycled by Tarmac, dismantling the machines piece by piece as most parts can be reused.

The dry climate of the Teruel region, with ist altitude of more than 1.000 meters above sea level, is perfect for the storage of aircraft. The strategic decision of the Government of Aragon to install an industrial airport here has brought, through Tarmac and other companies based at the airport, over 400 new jobs to the area.

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Logistics

New Climatic Test Station opens in PLAZA logistics platform

CETEMET Technological Center has set up a new climate testing station in PLAZA logistics platform, Zaragoza. The new infrastructure, unique in Spain is aimed at developing tests for vehicles, trucks or trains that transport perishable goods (food or sanitary material, for example). 

The testing station, which stands out for its size, is capable of carrying out tests and analysis in extreme thermal conditions, from 20 degrees below zero to 50 degrees, thanks to its outstanding air conditioning systems.

It provides a unique and exceptional new service to the Platform’s offer, which responds to the demand of the railway and transport sectors. It has ENAC accreditation and is approved by the Spanish Ministry of Industry as an official ATP Testing Station.

Characteristics of the test station

 

  • Dimensions: 30x5x5.5 m (LxWxH)

  • Temperature range: -20º to 50º

  • Temperature ramps of 3º C / hour

  • Thermal homogeneity of the laboratory below 2ºC

  • Generation and control of relative humidity 20% to 70%

  • Air velocity in test environment 1-3 m / s

  • Functional tests: projection of snow and generation of ice sheets

  • Installed track widths: 1000mm, 1435mm and 1668mm

  • Vehicle entrance with winch

  • 63A / 400v three-phase installed sockets

  • Temperature / humidity / time programmed cycles

For more detail please visit the CETEMET homepage.

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Logistics

CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal is ready to offer piggybacking services, adding a new modality to the Aragonese logistics hub

CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal (CSPZ), a subsidiary of the CSP Spain group, confirmed to ADIF and the Government of Aragon, its ability to immediately operate up to two daily ferroutage trains. After the tests carried out during the last months on a regular basis in collaboration with transport companies, the terminal, located in the ADIF terminal PLAZA Zaragoza, confirms the satisfactory results and its immediate capacity for regular operations for this type of service.

Piggybacking, or ferroutage, is a form of rail freight transport in which trains transport, by means of special wagons, trailers or entire trucks from a terminal of origin to which they arrive by road to a destination terminal where, once unloaded, it continues its journey by road. It combines the advantages offered by rail transport (such as safety, less environmental impact and economy) with those of road transport, especially the direct access to loading / unloading points

The terminal that CSPZ operates in Zaragoza is located in the largest intermodal terminal in Spain, in the PLAZA logistics platform,  with 7 loading / unloading lanes of more than 750 net meters between cantons, and unbeatable road and rail connections.

CSP Iberian Zaragoza Rail Terminal was established in 2013 to operate this terminal and offer intermodal services for the PLAZA logistics platform. The terminal aims to strengthen the railway corridors that link the hinterlands of the ports of Valencia and Bilbao with Zaragoza, as well as the development of the Central and Atlantic railway corridors that link Zaragoza with the south-central Iberian Peninsula and the ports of the Atlantic cornice.

Source: CSP Spain