Confapi Transportation has expressed dismay at statements about the difficulty of recovering some ground in the rail freight made by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteoli, during a hearing at the Commission of Public Works, Communications of the Senate last Wednesday. The statements of the minister - said the president of the union of the SME category, the transport of Confapi, Riccardo Fires - "leave us very puzzled."
"The situation of the Italian rail freight - Fires noted - has already seen a worrying decline in 2009-2010 by about 38% while other European countries are very careful and committed to the development of rail transport, just think of France a rail modal share of 12%, Switzerland, which has 62% and to Germany to record 17%.In 2010, the vast majority of European countries have seen a significant recovery in 2009. For example in Germany, combined transport, shows a + 9.1%. But Italy is one -6%.
"Italy - continued Fires - is a country that increasingly require adequate freight rail service to deal with, primarily, over the next 15-20 years the predictable growing trade with the rest of Europe. It should be borne in mind that the increase in infrastructure in the Alps will be made only with the railway works. The Loetschberg is already a reality, by 2018 it will be the new Gotthard and Monteceneri, followed by Brenner. If the 'Italy will not equip itself with adequate service to the south of the Alps in danger of being marginalized is not possible to respond to the increase of demand with only road transport. "
"We hope - he concluded Confapi Transport - the Government, without delay, in assessing the priorities that the Italian transport system, especially for crossing the Alps, and thus to engage in the process of liberalization of the rail market to avoid further understatements of rail, with the risk of marginalization in relation to road rules and a loss of competitiveness in the logistics sector as a whole. "
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Confapi Transportation has expressed dismay at statements about the difficulty of recovering some ground in the rail freight made by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteoli, during a hearing at the Commission of Public Works, Communications of the Senate last Wednesday. The statements of the minister - said the president of the union of the SME category, the transport of Confapi, Riccardo Fires - "leave us very puzzled." 
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