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For the first time DB Cargo Italia Services transported over one million tons of steel by rail
In 2020 it was 645 thousand tons
February 22, 2022
g src="/images/iMinizionotizia.gif" width="70" height="17" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle;">In 2021 the railway company DB Cargo Italia Services transported for the first time more than a million tons of steel on rail compared to 645 thousand tons transported in 2020 when traffic, due to the effects of the pandemic, had recorded a decrease of -20% compared to to previous years. The company, which is the Italian branch of the German DB Cargo, specified that last year the steel transport not only marked a recovery compared to the collapse due to the health crisis, but it also benefited from a strong increase compared to the period before the pandemic. To this end the effect of acquiring new customers was added. Massimiliano Caglio, sales manager of DB Cargo Italia Services, and Sarah Erian, who is specifically involved in the sector at the company of steels, they explained that to contribute to growth are there was also a shortage of truck transport and the increase in sea freight rates.
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