After a fun and relaxing weekend in Ibiza, we wake up from our hotel and hop into taxis to visit Raminatrans, a logistics company known for their freight and transportation services. We visited their office and was given a tour by a man named Luis. We were then given a tour of the warehouse where they have a vast variety of products stored inside. It was organized and structured well, being able to find whatever item you were looking for in seconds. They even have a refrigerated warehouse with plans to create a freezer warehouse in the surrounding area. It was interesting to see how much inventory that was in the warehouse. After our visit we went to lunch as a group to Pata Negra. It was ok, nothing I’d go back for but was a nice rest during the day. We returned to the hotel and I began catching up on some assignments and getting ready for our train ride back to Barcelona and our farewell dinner tomorrow.

Notes from today:

Day 12 –

Luis

Logistics operator that works with port of Valencia

Receiving containers and unload and stock for mid-long period of time

First warehouse in logistic chain

• sent from here to another warehouse where that goes to final customer
• Buffer warehouse

Paper stored, used for newspaper of Valencia

Appliances stored here as well

One of the biggest companies in Spain that import from china

Opened a local office in China

Manages 5 million containers from port of Valencia

24 tons max per load net

42 tons with truck

30 coil rolls per TEU

70,000 square meters warehouse

40,000 covered

OAEA – authorized economic operator

Quality level that customs determines companies can show trustibility

When you bring a container

• customs will release your goods
• Customs will require confirmation of documents before release
• Customs will search the container to see if contents match description

Yadea 18,000 motorbikes per year

Holds motorbikes for retailers

• fit bikes and mount them to add parts needed for sale
• Loaded onto a special truck and sent to retailer

Logistics is to adapt to what the customer asks for

Retailer paying for the one with their stuff in warehouse

80-90% capacity

Store outside and calculate capacity for 200 containers

At limit during pandemic

Samsung TVs

• produced in Slovakia
• Shipped to Morocco

Bilbao

Train transportation more sustainable

Rail is not as fast as truck

They break down big pallets into smaller batches to comply with regulations

There is a limit that automation cannot cover.

70 person staff

30 trucks, 30 drivers

20 office

20 forklift

To import containers originally

Start making warehouses

Main problem

• Having a lot of products means having to use spaces differently
• Having to deal with customs
• Process in this warehouse hard to improve based on space

28 special containers

250 transports everything is good

Contract when lower on orders