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South America, or vice versa, bring them in and transit them within the country," says Alberto Smith, adding, "We support the country's logistics hub initiative and at the same time work to convert Punta Cana into a cargo logistics hub, where you can pass through here and get anywhere in the world in 24, 48 hours." There is no doubt that the Puntacana Group, owner of this airport, is working to capitalize on this air connectivity, although, as Alberto Smith acknowledges, being strategic allies of DP World allows them to visualize even further and contemplate the sea-air and multimodal transport modality. In this sense, Alberto Smith points out: "There have been very serious and formal conversations about bringing perishables by ship to Caucedo, they arrive there in the morning, in the afternoon they are in Punta Cana, they are loaded on the plane, and the next day they are at their destination".

Connectivity, business vision and many projects are taking shape in the eastern part of the country, specifically in Punta Cana, one of the most important is the air, sea and land logistics hub, and the Free Trade Zone park. "In the cargo terminal we continue with the projection of having it operational for the first, second week of April. We have British, North American, Panamanian, European and Dominican companies that want to set up here, for several reasons, connectivity is one of them, the other is the Punta Cana destination itself, which is attractive, people feel comfortable, there is quality of life, and if you add to that a good business model, well, the formula is perfect," says the director of Landside Operations & Cargo of Punta Cana International Airport who, when asked about the Dominican logistics industry, responds: "I think we have become very professionalized and we have nothing to envy to any other country where logistics operations are carried out. Associations such as Asologic, the Logistics Cluster, Amchamdr, Adacam..., have worked with the same purpose and the results are there". We talk about the fact that we are a logistics hub and we are growing in this concept, nearshoring..., opportunities in short also for the Dominican entrepreneurship because it facilitates the internationalization of their products, we commented to Alberto Smith. "Of course it does. This strategic alliance with DP World points precisely towards internationalization. We have the windows open, we have a market next door, all those islands that should depend 90% on the Dominican Republic, and I think there are many companies pointing in that direction, and no doubt we will succeed," Smith concludes. dominicanos y hacer llegar sus productos a Centroamérica y Sudamérica, o viceversa, traerlos y transitarlos dentro del país”, dice Alberto Smith, y añade: “Apoyamos la iniciativa de hub logístico del país y al mismo tiempo trabajamos para convertir Punta Cana en un hub logístico de carga, donde puedes pasar por aquí y llegar a cualquier parte del mundo en 24, 48 horas”. No cabe duda de que el Grupo Puntacana, propietario de este aeropuerto, trabaja para capitalizar esa conectividad aérea, aunque, según reconoce Alberto Smith, ser aliados estratégicos de DP World les permite visualizar aún más allá y contemplar la modalidad marítima-aérea y el transporte multimodal. En este sentido Alberto Smith señala: “Ha habido conversaciones muy serias y formales de traer perecederos por barco a Caucedo, llegan allí en la mañana, por la tarde están en Punta Cana, se cargan en el avión, y al día siguiente

Director de Operaciones Landside & Carga del Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana