Díaz Ayuso presenta la nueva Agencia Logística para potenciar a Madrid como centro de distribución en España

“We are doing it together with our industry,” emphasized Díaz Ayuso, who highlighted how the turnover increased in Madrid up to December of last year by 20% more than the previous year, and three times more than the national average.

The president noted that the Agency will improve Madrid’s positioning as the main connection point for the transportation of goods and a link between Europe, Latin America, and North Africa, with a renewed, more homogeneous regulation that will facilitate transit and simplify procedures, helping companies reduce costs and operation times.

To achieve this, it will make use of the experience, infrastructure, and facilities of the former Transport Center of Coslada, a public company created by the regional government in 1989 for the promotion, development, and commercialization of logistics spaces. Currently, the region has over 38 million square meters dedicated to this activity, spread across 23 parks, and more than 12,000 companies.

Madrid absorbs 60% of international flows

Díaz Ayuso also highlighted that the Community of Madrid absorbs 60% of the international flows of goods entering Spain and 33% of the national flows. Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport handles an increasing volume of material each year, up to 767,000 tons in 2024, and the Coslada Dry Port already reaches 150,000 containers.

The Logistics Agency of the Community of Madrid will be responsible for coordinating and promoting activity and increasing the region’s attractiveness for companies, offering centralized management, optimizing resources, and consolidating a homogeneous model for all centers, significantly reducing costs and operation times.

Facilitating proximity distribution in the Madrid Metro

On the other hand, the head of the regional government referred to the pioneering project Última Milla, through which the regional government, via the Madrid Metro, is contributing to reducing pollution and traffic congestion associated with distribution vehicles, avoiding the surface movement of thousands of packages per day.

The president pointed out that the results of this proximity distribution developed by the Madrid Metro during the last quarter of 2024 have been “positive,” emphasizing the need to continue exploring this path. Through this pilot project, she explained, the metropolitan company facilitated the delivery of 38,000 packages on lines 3 and 12 without interfering with passenger circulation.