The new ro-ro line between the port of Trieste and Damietta, mainly dedicated to the agri-food segment, following the agreement signed yesterday at the Cairo between Italy and Egypt and the negotiations started between the parties in 2018 ( of 22 January 2024). In view of the inauguration of the service, today in Trieste has received a delegation of representatives institutional institutions and Egyptian operators, to whom the representatives of the of the Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Orientale and the operators of the Giuliano airport are presenting the port of Trieste and its logistic and intermodal system. 'After the conclusion of the institutional process - announced the President of the Port Authority, Zeno D'Agostino - the next step will be the promotion of the line at Fruit Logistica in Berlin, together with Deputy Minister Rixi, the partners and the ICE in front of the audience of the target operators in Central and Eastern Europe, which is the real catchment area of this line'.

With a transit time of about 70 hours, the maritime connection with Damietta it will initially have only one weekly cadence with the expectation of reaching two when the volumes are Allow. The management of the line, in collaboration with Med Roll, will be the responsibility of the Danish group DFDS, which controls the the terminals of Riva Traiana and Molo V. Samer & Co. Shipping, General Agent of DFDS and Partner of Med Roll, as well as to the Alpe Adria Company, which will have the task of managing the intermodal part to the markets of Central Europe, United Kingdom and Scandinavian countries.