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Activated a railway connection between the Interporto Toscano and the Interporto Europe Quadrant
the train has an ability to 1.300 tons and a length of 520 meters
July 20, 2016
In recent days it is activated a new railway service that the Interporto Toscano Amerigo Vespucci with the Interporto connects Europe Quadrant of Verona, initiative that has the scope to collect the traffics with origin and destination the basin of the province of Verona, Trento, Bolzano, Vicenza, Mantua and Brescia and to increase the connections of the port of Livorno with the markets of Europe center-northerner thanks to the driven in net of railway relations that leave from Verona.
The train connects the Interporto Europe Quadrant to the Interporto Vespucci di Guasticce (Livorno) with departures from Verona in the days of tuesday, thursday and saturday afternoon; in the first morning of the next day the cargos are available to Livorno. The railway traction is entrusted to DB Italy Cargo, society of German group DB Cargo.
With an ability to 1.300 tons and a length of 520 meters, the train is composed of private wagons in blocked composition that offer the possibility to transport until 36 container, enclosed those of 40 feet. The service is managed by Hangartner Terminal, society controlled from German group DB Schenker and situated inside of the Europe Quadrant.
"The new service - it has emphasized the managing director of the Interporto Vespucci, Bino Fulceri - is a positive sign who comes from the market and confirmation is the central role of the port of Livorno and of the Interporto Vespucci for the companies of Veneto, Emilia Romagna and the Lombardy it is the efforts that we are making with the E region to the Harbour Authority in order to make of the Vespucci a hub that is of international level for operating conditions and offer of infrastructural assets".
"2015 and 2016 - it has found the extraordinary commissioner of the Harbour Authority of Livorno, Giuliano Gallanti - have been two rich years of changes for the Vespucci: the fast customs corridors from the port, the system of weighing certifyd of the container, and now the new connections with the important interporto of Verona, crown a good period of development. We have all papers in order in order to propose the tirrenica portualità as via economically competitive for the direct or coming traffics from the Europe center. We go ahead so".
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