In Italy the rail shipment of the goods is in increase, but it must still rise to the average European



The rail shipment and intermodal in Italy is in increase and the objective is to elevate the quota these modalities of transport to the average European, "with a scissor between the 15 and 18%". It has explained Giancarlo Laguzzi, president FerCargo, the association that reunites about 16 railway enterprises specialized in the transport goods, specifying that "the first meaningful effects of the "cure of the iron" we have had them from 2015, after eight long years, with a radical change of direction. But the year a lot important is 2016, in which all the field it has grown of 7% while FerCargo beyond 20%".

Taking part tuesday to Rome to the convention on the topic "the first effects of the ‘Cure of the iron’ - carried out Beginning of", organized from FerCargo and Fercargo a Maneuver and held in the Room of the Queen of the Chamber of Deputies, Laguzzi has specified that "the merit is of the entire field of the logistics, that was keen on the train and has brought of the increments to the services". "The approach confirmed in the "manovrina", of the economic support waiting for the investments that are being realized thanks to Italian Railway Net (RFI) - has found Laguzzi - it very leaves to hope on the long-lasting effect. To the extent that our enterprises are returned to invest instead with trains from 750 meters that 500 and from the weight of two thousand tons, without shape limits, approaching us so the withins European standards".

The president of FerCargo has perceived, but, than the railway cargo "it is not at all outside danger". According to Laguzzi, carried out needs to be structured with other actions, between which the more important it is "to eliminate the only big difference that separates from the remainder of the great transeuropee nets goods to us", that is the faculty for the railway enterprises to adopt also in Italy the module of crew to Agent Solo, that is with an only machinist to the guide of the train. This module of conduct, in fact, previewed from the standard of the nets TRIES, affords a reduction of costs of the goods transported pairs to two Ferrobonus.

Evidencing that the data of the first six months of the 2017 confirm the total course of the rail shipment goods that has made to record positive increments of the intermodal traffics and on track, the minister of Infrastructures and the Transports, Graziano Delrio, has emphasized that "the objective is to make to become Italy protagonist of the logistics in Europe, than together with the portualità, is an element of absolute competitiveness".

Delrio has specified that, besides the greater investments on the railway infrastructural net in order to form longer and heavier trains online with the European standards, to the increment of the transport goods on track they have contributed also the reduction in price on the toll for it I use of the railway infrastructure and the total efficientamento of the system realized with the creation of Polo Mercitalia in the group Italian Railroads of the State, the incentives Ferrobonus and Marebonus and the reform of the portualità.