Agreement between the Harbour Authority of the East and the Regional Interporto of Puglia



Today the Harbour Authority of the East and the Regional Interporto of the Apulia has signed an agreement that it has as objective the development of the logistic system of from Bari territory in the picture of the new configuration of the trans-European infrastructural net TRIES defined from the European Union.

"The review of the net TRIES by the EU commission that has involved the location of the new tracing of Corridor 1 Helsinki-Malta, through the director Nord-Sud that gives Naples carries to Bari, making of our port of call the terminus of the marine draft towards the Mediterranean oriental - the premise of the agreement between Authority Portuale and Interporto emphasizes in fact - changes the strategic horizon within which the actors of the infrastructural system of this territory must move and think. The communitarian strategic new choices place in new head to the territory responsibility and the requirement of progettuali choices to the height of the expectations that Europe lays by in we. For this carrying out in the relationships between two of the main actors of the infrastructural system is necessary which are the Regional Interporto of Apulia and the Harbour Authority of the East".

"It is not only mature - the text of the understanding continues - but is urgent the moment to pass from a substantial operating and progettuale separation to a real integration that has as objective the development of the territorial logistic system in the designed strategic perspective new from Europe. There are today the conditions because this happens. In fact the next of the yard for the agreement and start completion of overwhelmed of Marisabella on the harbour depositor between Interporto and FS for the management of a great railway port of call meters to the service of the intermodalità are profitable, in the medium period, the two infrastructures adapted to the realization of those objectives of increase and development in which in order before it has demonstrated to believe Europe, recognizing in this way vitality demonstrated in these years from territorial logistic system".

Objective first of Interporto and Harbour Autorità is "to create, in the immediacy, to a phase of operating integration time to realize projects common and to acquire financings for works of municipality and public interest". "The primary scope - the two agencies explain - is the promotion of a sustainable economic development is on the plan of the new infrastructures that on that of the services the first challenge that the two structures intend launch are that of the development of the railway and marine intermodalità, favoring the displacement from traffic from the road to the railroad. In the given condition, this is possible with the constitution of a way dedicated to the heavy transport from the port to the interporto that it avoids the interferences with the city traffic and lightens the urban fabric from the presence of the heavy vehicles This new practicability will have to be planned of understanding with the Municipality of Bari, in coherence with the communal planning and in particular with the open to trick traffic road that the same Municipality is planning in order to connect the port with the extracity practicability".

"Regional Interporto of the Apulia and Harbour Authority, in agreement with the competent territorial agencies - Port Authority and Interporto specify - intend to give to an impulse to the total progettualità (open to trick traffic and connection with the Interporto) in way such from being able to approach the remodelings of the deep PON in course currently. To such fine the two structures intend to make available necessary the human resources. In this context port and interporto, on the plan of the managerial model, they consider that the two infrastructures, so as already today it happens, must maintain a character of terzietà regarding the carriers, to the aim to guarantee maximum flexibility of employment and pluralità of services and types of traffic".

"Own recalled the new perspective designed from the picture of the nets TRIES - the document concludes undersigned from the president of Regional Interporto of the Apulia, Davide Degennaro, and from the president of the Harbour Authority of the East, Francesco Mariani - imposes the actors of the territory to know to throw a look also on a perspective more long period since the income of Bari in the net "Core" of the ports of European interest can mean opening itself of traffic new lease on life. Port and interporto, in the context of a renewed relationship with the city, is engaged to locking confronts various on the logistic future of the territory that has as horizon the sustainable development and therefore developing, from the past, a common search on the perspective of an increase of infrastructures in harmony with the urban fabric and the vivibilità of the atmosphere".