[200718.EN.BIZ] Spanish Forwarder Sees Profit in Wind Power Craze in Argentina

ARGENTINA's interest in wind energy has prompted the Spanish forwarder Kaleido to open up in Buenos Aires.

The Argentine government is keen to make sure that its exploitation of wind energy is commensurate with the enormous potential of the country's landscape, said a Kaleido statement.

The Plan Nacional de Energia Eolica lays the foundations for the first large-scale national development in this field sustained in its faith given the long-standing use of wind energy in farming.

The plan involves the compilation of a national wind map as well as the construction of numerous wind farms. In the long term, the public and private projects identified so far have an aggregate capacity of 2,000 mega watts.

Kaleido has now undertaken the transport windmill components and additional machinery from Spain and China to different ports in Argentina.

Looking ahead, contracts signed mostly related to the project cargoes suggest that 2018 will be a good year for the new Argentinean branch.

Said Kaleido commercial chief Xose Martinez: "We live in a globalised world. In the latest windmill projects, the business was generated in Spain, but most of the cargo was moved from China to Argentina.

"In Argentina, we've been handling different logistics projects for many years, which is why we decided to settle in Buenos Aires with our own office and a committed local team.

"This new office reinforces our presence in America, where we are already well established in Mexico and Brazil.

"We set up our office in Argentina, because we are aware that clients need people they can trust on site. That is why we have a network of offices in strategic locations around the globe," he said.

Source : HKSG / Foto : Windpower.