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March 21, 2011
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- Cooperation agreement between the logistic center of Bologna and the port of Livorno
- It is focused on the development of freight traffic on the promotion of trade relations between Spain, Italy and North Africa and the rail and intermodal
 Today Interport Bologna and Livorno Port Authority signed a collaboration agreement focused on the development of trade goods, containerized or not, between the two infrastructures, the promotion of trade relations between Spain and Italy and between the and the countries of North Africa and the sharing of initiatives and solutions on the rail and intermodal services.
- The agreement was signed at the conclusion of a meeting between President Interporto of Bologna, Alessandro Ricci, and the commissioner of the Port of Livorno, Giuliano Gallanti, which was attended, among others, the Director-General 's Interporto Zeno D'Agostino.During the meeting was highlighting the need to prepare a detailed analysis of traffic flows to identify actions to be taken in order to enhance intermodal connections and, in particular, has stressed the need to optimize the management of rail services promoting joint action Interporto-Port Authority.
- Interport Bologna explained how the partnership fits into a much more complex strategy that sees the logistic center committed to expanding the boundaries of its area of reference and nell'agganciare infrastructure to serve its role as a concentrator flows traffic boost from Northern Europe. 'Emilia Romagna - said Alessandro Ricci - is a region with strong potential logistics supported by a strong local political strategies that should be complied with, with individual broad market there where the logic leads you towards functional cooperation within the geographical boundaries more and more feeble. ""It's undeniable - he added - that such initiatives would be much easier if you put in a context of national planning appropriate and in line with the rapid market changes, but waiting is certainly much more productive to put the technique of factor pool their skills to enhance their effect. "
- "The Bologna Freight Village - said Giuliano Gallanti - is one of the most important platforms in Europe, as demonstrated by the ability to create a dense network of rail links with some of the key hubs of the European market: see Zeebrugge in Belgium, See Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Patras in Greece. Here, we must be able to enter into this virtuous circle Livorno. But to do that we need to solve first the problem of rail cargo. We need new infrastructure and serves as management of the service operation of the station and railway traction Calambrone individual port terminals. Today, there are too many players involved in the performance of cargo operations, with an unnecessary increase in costs in the hands of the same terminals.
- One of the steps required to improve intermodal freight-port system - according to the commissioner of the Port Authority - is to test the ability to handle customs controls not only within the port, but also at the railway station Calambrone " Only in this way - said Gallanti - we can think of to rationalize the cost of transportation, down time that stretch more than less efficient and fast are the controls. "
- Gallanti said integrated intermodal, customs control and rapid development of international trade "are three important goals to achieve them - he explained - we are counting on the contribution of customs and Interporto Guasticce. With them and together in Bologna Interporto try to actually implement a logistics platform that extended face Livorno on the point of connection with main markets in central and northern European and Central and Eastern Europe. "
- "Bologna and Livorno - Interporto Bologna confirmed the president - can really help create a corridor between the multi-modal infrastructure, promoting a logic of cooperation network that includes the involvement of Guasticce and Prato."Ricci said that "the Bologna airport is still operating in a regional dimension too, although if only one thinks of its geographical location, an international vocation; this - he concluded - will be our future: turning a vocation in a matter of done and of course we welcome all functional partnerships that aim. "
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