Independent journal on economy and transport policy
18:03 GMT+1
This page has been automatically translated by Original news
Soon in the port of Trieste the trucks loaded on the trains with the NiKRASA system will arrive
The project involves private logistic operators and the association of interposing you Bavarians
October 6, 2014
In recent days the president of the Association of the Shippers of the Port of Trieste, Stefano Visintin, on invitation of the LKZ Logistik-Kopetenz-Zentrum, has participated near the intermodal terminal of Nuremberg to the presentation of the NiKRASA system, German acronym that means "system of cargo for the not sollevabili trucks with the crane". Draft of a platform on which the towings of the trucks are given a ride to in order to raise them and to load them on the appropriate railway cars, so facilitating the intermodal transport of any type of trucks, also those which cannot be raised with a crane.
The NiKRASA project involves private logistic operators and the association of interposing you Bavarians and is promoted by the Bavarian ministry for infrastructure and the transports. Karl Fischer, director of the LKZ, society between the promoters and partner of the project, has evidenced as the NiKRASA system is realized with the scope more and more to move goods from the road to the track on the long distances, with obvious savings of cost and advantages for the atmosphere.
The new system currently is employed with success between the terminal of Nuremberg and those of Rotterdam, Oslo, Bettembourg and soon will be used for the direct trains to the port of Trieste. Visintin has greeted with enthusiasm this news and has invited the LKZ to visit in that occasion harbour infrastructures and the city of Trieste.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail
VAT number: 03532950106
Press Reg.: nr 33/96 Genoa Court
Editor in chief: Bruno Bellio No part may be reproduced without the express permission of the publisher