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In the 2013 national terminal of the group Contship Italy they have enlivened 5,2 million container (+11.7%)
Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello: "2014 will continue to being characterized from a high level of uncertainty"
January 10, 2014
In the 2013 terminal for containers managed in Italy from the group Contship Italy they have enlivened a traffic pairs almost 5,2 million container teu, with a progression of 11.7% regarding 4,6 million teu in the year precedence. In particular, to the Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) of the port of Gioia Tauro +13.5% are enlivened 3,1 million teu (), to the Cagliari International Container Terminal (CICT) of the port of Cagliari 656 thousand teu (+12.7%), to La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) of the port of 1,0 million teu (+4.1%), to the Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) of the port of Ravenna 206 thousand teu (+7.9%) and to Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) of the port of Salerno 194 thousand teu (+32.0%). Moreover in the Moroccan port of Tanger Med the Eurogate Tanger, terminalista society that is participated with 50% from TangerMedGate (40% Contship Italy, 40% Eurogate and 20% Comanav), has enlivened almost 1,1 million teu (+11.7%). Last year the intermodal activities operated by the group Contship Italy through the branches Sogemar and Hannibal have recorded transported volumes pairs to 240 thousand teu (- 3%) and Oceanogate Italy, the society of railway traction of the group, has totaled a traffic of beyond 1,1 million train-kilometer (+37%).
According to Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello, president of Contship Italy, "2014 will continue to being characterized from a high level of uncertainty". "We expect - it has added - ulterior dynamic complex for the business of our customers whose revenues must find again a level of sustainability in a position to safeguarding the increase of the investments. Draft - it has found - of a key aim for the entire world-wide logistic chain because the actions of cost reduction in absolute terms and the specific one in the net costs, in the harbour and terminalistiche activities have a point arrival limit. In consideration of this, our continuous business to being under pressure being engaged same we always more on the front of the investments and for the continuous increase of the energetic costs and of labor, an aspect that must be opportunely recognized in the field of the logistics".
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