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Railway intermodal transport: to safeguard the logistics to the times of the coronavirus

If the railway intermodal transport is vital for the economy and supplyings, it goes put and guaranteed and, where possible, upgraded with aids and specific measures that can be synthetized as it follows:
  1. Clear and transparent communication to institutional level, avoiding counter-productive alarmisms, with fort callback to the strategic role of the intermodal transport in this sanitary emergency
  2. The intermodal terminals represent the ring of indispensable conjunction for the operation of the intermodal transport and so demand a particular attention as all the services on rubber of taken and to delivery of the cargo units (first and last mile)
  3. Safeguard of the intermodal transport through participations and processes coordinated with the Civil Protections and the involved Regions, but coordinating such actions to central level for having uniformity of action procedures. It would be useful to define, through the participation or the presenziamento of the Civil Protection, the functionality of the security measures and the continuity of the job
  4. Eventual blocks of the rail shipment would be counter-productive from the point of view of the public health and therefore they go absolutely avoided
  5. The services will be managed according to safety procedures times to in agreement with avoid the risks of contagion through the control of the number of the contacts between the people and the definition of specific modalities the sanitary dispositions in vigor without they rerun the conditions in order to activate the prescription of the quarantine
  6. Digitalisation and administrative simplification, comprised the velocizzazione of the processes of authorization of the customs railway corridors
  7. To preview actions of support to the operating companies in the chain of the transport using procedures with tested administrative systems (you see Marebonus or Ferrobonus), distributed but pro tempore on the new transports carried out in this phase of emergency, without complicated proportionality criteria
  8. To preview actions of support for the costs of labor in the companies that had to reduce the activity for a meaningful decrease of the volumes (redundancy fund in exception)
  9. Deferral of the payments previewed for lack liquidity
  10. Deferral of a month for all the administrative implementations towards Public Administration
  11. Hyper: to facilitate the investments and the capital goods interconnected re-entering in Flat Industry 4,0 with the aids previewed in the hyper-amortization plan.
We remember that the phenomenon coronavirus currently turns out particularly critical in Italy, but is expanding in all Europe. For protecting the Italian and European economy, he is indispensable to act in fast, thin, pragmatic way. Every threat carries with if of the opportunities and therefore has reached the moment to push with determination towards a model of sustainable, sure and resilient transport as that intermodal one.

We remain on hand in order to exceed, with, this critical moment.
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Original news
The associations of the railway intermodal transport emphasize the strategicità of the field in order to exceed the emergency
Letter opened to the Italian and European institutions
March 11, 2020

Today thirteen associations of the field of the intermodal and railway transport, the logistics and shipments have introduced an open letter revolt to the Italian and European institutions in which they emphasize the strategicità of the railway intermodal transport in order to help the economy to exceed the current phase of criticality determined from the fast and which extended spread in Italy and Europe of the contagions from COVID-19.

The letter, that we publish below, has been undersigned by ANITA (National Association Enterprises Railway and Intermodal Automotive Transports), Assoferr (Association Operating), Assologistica, Fercargo, Fercargo Maneuver, Fercargo Rotabili, Fercargo Terminal, Logistic Sos (Association for the Sustainable Logistics), UIR (Union To interpose Reunited you), ESC (European Shippers' Council), ERFA (European Rail Freight Association), NEE (Netzwerk Europäischer Eisenbahnen) and UIRR (International Union for Road-Rail Combined Transport).


Letter opened to the Italian institutions
Letter opened to the European institutions

Crisis coronavirus: to safeguard the railway intermodal transport as strategic asset for the economy

The crisis coronavirus has heavy repercussions on the Italian and European logistic rows. Today Italy is in front line, with restrictions taxes from the government in date 8/9.3.2020 that do not limit the transport directly goods, but however has remarkable effects on the logistics and the economy. Own in these hours, moreover, ulterior actions could be undertaken for the protection of the public health in Italy and other European countries.

Particular attention deserves just the European dimension, considering the industrial interdependence of the companies of our continent and the fast extension of the epidemic in many Countries. The Italian economy closely is connected to the markets of the Europe center-north. If the flows of goods do not work, the collapse is risked to the entire economy.

In this context, the rail shipment, is intermodal that conventional, it plays a strategic role, as enlivens great amounts of goods on long distances, with fixed and trackable distances, and with I use of the limited and easy controlable staff from the sanitary point of view beyond to very known smaller ones environmental impact for transported ton.


The intermodalità in figures

In Italy the volume of goods transported on railroad piles to 97 million annual tons, of which 60 million with the type of the intermodal transport road/track. Particularly important it is the international quota, with 62 million tons in import/export.

The merceologia regards is supplying of private (medicinal ones, alimentary fuels, commodities) that the industrial production (raw materials, semifinished ones).


A sure system

The railway intermodal transport uses the railway modality for the long distances and that street one for the final distribution.

Draft of system a closed, controlable, traceable and easy adjustable making hinge on a limited number of intermodal centers. Until from the beginning of the emergency coronavirus, the several actors of the logistic chain have adopted a series of measures to protect the health and safety of the people involved in the production processes, recependo and often anticipating the indications of the authorities.

Today the companies leader of the logistic field are transferring much goods on railroad in order to diminish mobility of people (drivers) through Europe. This happens especially in the corridor north-south for the traffic da/per Italy. It is considered that on the rail shipment a crew the train (maximum 2 people) enlivens 40 semitowings, while an intermodal terminal that manages 20 couples of trains daily uses 60 railwaymen in order to move goods that otherwise would mobilize 800 drivers.


Intermodal management "contactless"

The measures adopted from the actors of the intermodal transport afford of being compying regarding the new norms. There is a relative certainty that the contagion occasions truly are reduced lessened.



Actor


Characteristics


Adopted measures


Railway enterprise


A single crew of machinists enlivens the cargo of 40 trucks through all Europe
Equipment of the machinists of individual devices of sanitary protection

Disinfection of the cabins and the machinery

Management "contactless" of the turnazione of machinists on the long distances


Intermodal terminal
They are located in proximity of the highway tollbooths

It is approached through gate guardianati (often managed in via computer science) from staff in protected area (closed sentry-box)

The driver leaves the cargo unit in the indicated areas. Often a cargo unit withdraws in arrival and exits from the terminal

The operator of the terminal takes part with a crane without to enter in contact with the driver; discharge and charge the train without having contacts (except the connections radio) with the operating office

The train is enlivened with independent teams of maneuver who place it on the operating railroads; the convoy comes then carried on the connecting lines and therefore it begins its travel online
Equipment of staff and customers (drivers) of individual devices of sanitary protection

Reorganization of the processes of check- in/checkout with social distanziamento and computerized conversion

Wide resource to smart working and teleconferencing

Reorganization or closing of common spaces as canteens, dressing rooms, salt pause

Regular participations of disinfection

Suspension of the carried out work not closely necessary from external companies, as widening work

In phase of appraisal: termoscan to every beginning turn on indication of the business doctor


Haulers
The drivers carry out the delivery and the withdrawal of the cargo units near the terminal

They carry out travels of first/last mile in a beam that usually does not exceed the 50/70 km around the terminal, more compatible with the geographic and technical characteristics of the intermodal transport
Equipment of individual devices of sanitary protection

Constant callback to the respect of the hygienic and behavioural rules

Accomplishment of practical the administrative ones to the door in modality "contactless"

Street handling inside of the terminal without contact with the terminalistico staff
›››News file
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London Government presents its strategy for decarbonising maritime transport
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DATABASE
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Naples
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››› Meetings File
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››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
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››› File
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Luxembourg
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Beijing
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Genoa
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Ismailia
Collision between two ships near the port of Hull
Southampton / Jacksonville / Rotterdam
Fires broke out on both units
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