The Ligurian ports on a mission in Baden-Württemberg

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Today at Haus der Wirtschaft in Stuttgart the Ligurian ports of Genoa, Savona and La Spezia submitted its offer to more operators in the Baden-Württemberg, the economic heart of Germany, one of 16 state and third in contribution to gross domestic product . The ports were represented by the President of the Ligurian Ligurian Ports Authority and the Port of La Spezia, Lorenzo Forcieri, the chairman of the Port Authority of Savona, Christopher Canavese, and Peter Dante Oddone, Director of Marketing and Promotion Port Authority Genoa.

During the meeting both Richard Drautz, Deputy Minister of Economy of the German State, and Holger Bach, representative of the cooperative logistics Logistik KLOK Kooperationszentrum that serves as a liaison between the institutions and actors of the logistics industry to develop projects development of intermodal transport, have already confirmed the intentions expressed during the visit of the delegation from Baden-Württemberg to the ports of Liguria, in November last year, which had the stated aim of identifying alternative ports for their goods to those of northern Europe, so as to better reach the markets of the Far East and North Africa, saving time, money and greatly reducing CO2 emissions.

"We want to - today confirmed that the Deputy Minister Drautz - expand transport routes to the South Half of our industrial products go abroad and then we need efficient ways. Today we mainly use the ports of northern Europe, with the increase in exports, we need other infrastructure: roads, rails and rivers can not be increased indefinitely, so you need to enhance strategic and logistics. We seek a dialogue with the ports of Liguria, which we know are of high quality. Indeed, we wonder why we have not done before.The advantages are obvious, both in terms of costs, both from the reduction in pollution. In short, we discover new roads, as did Columbus, not surprisingly Liguria. "

"Today - said the president Ligurian Ports, Forcieri - we understand that the will of Baden-Württemberg to favor the ports of Liguria is concrete. This is demonstrated by the interest of the eighty speakers and the statements of the German deputy minister. We do not want an alternative to the ports of northern Europe, but to offer a convenient opportunity. The Ligurian ports are among the most competitive in both ports of the Mediterranean, Northern Europe. We have launched a work in progress. Now we need to create synergies to develop the infrastructure and reduce costs. "

"Our idea of port-rail system retroports - said the president of the port of Savona, Canavese - was much appreciated and shared, and this leads us to focus even more on this sector, critical to the development of our port and its traffic. We decided to do some things independently and to take advantage of the two lines crossing, San Giuseppe di Cairo and the modern but not to Cuneo sufficient to ensure the fast forwarding of goods to the retroports.

Oddone said that the objective of the port of Genoa and the other two ports of Liguria is to recover market share in regions beyond the North Italy. "Of course - he added - the Port Authority would wish to be part of a local Italian operators more proactive."