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Al via the phase of start-up in order to activate a Freeway of the Sea that connects Turkey, Italy and Tunisia
The operating start of the project is previewed in January 2017
February 18, 2016
It is in start the phase of start-up of the project for the realization of a Freeway of the Sea that connects Turkey, Italy and Tunisia, initiative that is supported by the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) and is promoted by the Turkish Chamber of Commerce in Italy with the technical support of the College Italian Railway Engineers (CIFI), of the marine agency and Titi Shipping shipments of Brindisi under the patronage of the honorary general Consulate of Turkey to Brindisi.
The project in particular previews to realize a transport service that connects Turkey, through the ports of Mersin and Izmir, with the area of the Maghreb through the Tunisian ports of Tunisi and Rades, passing for the Italian ports of Bari, Brindisi and Taranto. The objective is to optimize the logistic chain, arranging the activity of Short Sea Shipping with the street and railway transport, and to offer on the route a marine service ro-ro with high frequency of departures.
The operating start of the project, that it will happen on the base of the outcome of the phase of start-up, is previewed in January 2017. For the realization of the initiative total of beyond 477 million euros is previewed a cost and is attended revenues for 602 million euros in the arc of the entire life-cycle of the project that will have a duration 20-year-old.
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