Today in Pordenone the contract was signed for the assignment of the management of the Interporto intermodal terminal Pordenone to InRail, a company of the Autobrennero group to which this activity is conferred for a period of one year, with possible extension of six months, with the aim of ensuring the Business continuity on the path that will lead to the possible establishment of a new company with capital mixed public-private. "After the termination of the relationship with Hupac - explained the CEO of Interporto Pordenone, Sergio Bolzonello - we found ourselves in front of two Options: Launch a new tender for the assignment of the terminal or explore the possibility of creating a company public-private. We decided to deepen this second road, which is not yet definitive but which today represents the direction chosen by the Board of Directors and presented to the partners".

To avoid the closure of the infrastructure during the transition, Interporto has therefore opted for a direct award to InRail for one year, from 15 January 2026 to 14 January 2027, with the possibility of a six-month technical extension if the procedures for the new society.

Bolzonello specified that the choice of InRail responds to criteria of immediate operation and solidity "We needed an operator," he pointed out able to guarantee a short-term service and InRail has given full availability. It is already present on the territory, with an operational headquarters in Udine, is a of the Autobrennero Spa group, a solid group that is investing in increasingly in rail transport".

With regard to the project of the new joint-stock company Bolzonello explained that Interporto Pordenone believes that "In a period of 12-15 months we can reach the concretization of the public-private company". I times are those estimated to conclude a path that requires formal steps for members, such as examination and evaluation by the of the Board of Directors of the Pordenone-Udine Chamber of Commerce and of the Board of Directors municipal council of Pordenone. "It will be - he added - a A shared project built with the utmost transparency. Direct award is a necessary technical step to Do not interrupt the operation of the terminal while we are working to the definition of the new corporate structure".

Underlining that the Pordenone intermodal terminal is a strategic asset for logistics in the North-East and for the European connections, InRail CEO Martin Ausserdorfer, said that the company's goal "is enhance it as an intermodal hub of reference, enhancing the connections with Northern Italy and with the main ports". "On the resources - he continued - we have already started the first hires: two people enter service immediately and further additions will follow with the start of the first trains. We will invest in staff training to ensure skills and maximum operational safety".

Noting that intermodality means reducing time and logistics costs and strengthen the competitiveness of the North-East, the vice-president of the Pordenone Udine Chamber of Commerce and president of Confindustria Alto Adriatico, Michelangelo Agrusti, observed that, "in this context, the recent opening of the tunnel of the Koralm in Austria ( of 4 November 2025, ed.) is a multiplier of opportunity, because it shortens the distance with the markets and makes Interporto Pordenone an even more more attractive for export-oriented companies".