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Ligurian Ports participates for the first time to China (Shenzhen) International Logistics and Transportation Fair
Miazza: we have come to Shenzhen in order to know intimately the expectations of the markets of Far East
October 15, 2013
The ports of Genoa, La Spezia and Savona, reunited under the standard of Ligurian Ports, participate for the first time to the manifestation Lower (Shenzhen) International Logistics and Transportation Fair (CILF) that it has reached the eighth edition and it is on to Shenzhen.
The three from Liguria ports have been introduced to the Chinese fair in order to restate their role of alternative system to the concurrent ports of the Europe north: "it is this - Gian Luigi Miazza has explained, vice-president of Ligurian Ports and president of the Harbour Authority of Savona - the role that is up to from Liguria ports". Miazza is present to the CILF with the general secretary Roberto Visintin and the managing director of APM Terminals Italy, Carlo Merli "we have come to Shenzhen, quarter port to the world for traffic volumes containers - it has specified - in order to know intimately the expectations of the markets of Far East and which perspectives will be able to be taken advantage of in the near future. The fair, that it has seen you anticipate all greater carriers the world-wide ones, has been the occasion in order in concrete terms to introduce the greater projects that are coming true in our ports that, we have understood, are object of interest in I redesign of the routes of the great ships".
"I am convinced - it has continued Miazza - than the three ports have papers in order in order to carry out an important role today and in future. To Savona-Go the platform that will be operating between less four-year-old, will be able to give the answer attended to the mega one ships for the goods destined to the south Europe and to the Italy north. Current the logistic system, with the VIO of Vado Ligure and the railway connections with interposing you of Rivalta, Mortara and Mondovì constitutes an indispensable complement for the perspectives of development of from Liguria harbour system".
For that he regards instead the port of the capital of Liguria, "within 2015 - the president of the Harbour Authority of Genoa has remembered, Luigi Merlo - Genoa he will have ended the work of Bettolo Descent and of the Ronco Canepa, the new cranes of the terminal of Voltri will be ready, the dredging of the backdrops will be completed. Our port will be therefore ready to receive the portacontainer of new generation and to answer to the requirements placed from the Chinese market".
The extraordinary commissioner of the Harbour Authority of has evidenced the international value of from Liguria harbour system: "the success of the presence to the CILF of Shenzhen di Ligurian Ports Alliance - it has found Lorenzo Forcieri - once again demonstrates the validity of the collaboration between the three reunited from Liguria ports in an only system".
The Chinese transfer of Ligurian Ports has been concluded with the visit of the port of Shenzhen where it is under construction a platform container, first step aerobic of a project that will see within short time the realization of others six widenings in forecast of ulterior increases of the traffics.
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