Fast rail corridor of RHM between La Spezia Container Terminal and Terminal Italia Marzaglia
Morelli (RHM): “This is the third fast corridor for Contship Italia. In this way, we increase the competitiveness of our ports.”
A new fast rail corridor between La Spezia Container Terminal and Terminal Italia in Marzaglia, Modena province, has been established. This new service will be managed by RHM and represents a further step forward for logistics 4.0 in terms of digitalization and connection of application systems between the port and inland terminal, following the first fast rail corridor established in 2015 between La Spezia Container Terminal and Melzo, and the 2020 corridor between Genoa PSA and Melzo, which also involved the Contship Group.
This new operational mode once again demonstrates the flexibility and responsiveness of the Contship Group, considering that the activity in Marzaglia started at the end of February and is already operational with a fast corridor in less than a month.
This new logistical rail corridor will allow for the rapid and “controlled” transfer of containers arriving at the La Spezia port logistics hub to the destination hub, providing a strong response to the growing competitiveness of intermodal transport, which highlights the need for Mediterranean ports to recover compared to Northern European ports. It is worth noting that approximately 65% of freight traffic with the Far East is absorbed by Northern European ports, compared to 35% by the Mediterranean area.
“We need to reverse this trend,” explains RHM General Manager, Stefano Morelli. “Digital infrastructure allows for the creation of more efficient and controlled customs corridors with electronic cargo tracking where all information is shared among all actors in the chain, simplifying import processes and decongesting port quays, thus increasing the competitiveness of our ports, with a strong focus on environmental issues by significantly reducing CO2 emissions and transferring more goods from road to rail.”
“To attract new traffic, it is necessary to increase the productivity of domestic ‘quays’ in the unloading and forwarding cycle of containers to their final destinations,” continues Morelli. “To overcome this challenge, a vast program of investments is also needed, aimed at the logistical and industrial development of ports, retro-port areas, and railway infrastructures.”
“We are pleased to have contributed to this digitization and optimization project, in line with our goal of creating increasingly smart, sustainable, federative, and integrated logistics capable of making the most of intermodal components to reduce costs, pollution, and energy consumption,” added Luca Abatello, CEO & President of CIRCLE Group.
A special thanks goes to the Customs and Monopolies Agency for its commitment and work towards simplifying procedures for a “fully digital” management of documentation and authorizations, as well as to the Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority (ADSP) and Terminali Italia for the essential support provided to the project.