The Association of Freight Forwarders of the Port of La Spezia criticizes the decision to suspend work on the junction from 14 August Santo Stefano-La Spezia coinciding with the end of the high container shipping season, without holding So I account for the needs of the port operators. 'After months in which shippers and transporters from La Spezia have hard paid, in terms of efficiency and yield, halving of the capacity of the Spezia-Santo Stefano junction - ha commented the president of the association, Alessandro Laghezza - Here comes the "good" news of the suspension of work from 14 August, to encourage tourist flows. The Santo junction Stefano-La Spezia - recalled Laghezza - is the main access road to the port and also the only axis connecting the itself and the Interporto di Santo Stefano. In these months our trucks spent hours in queues, with loss of efficiency and costs for hundreds of thousands of euros that, of course, none it pays off."

"Today - continued Laghezza with a note of sarcasm - Here comes the "good" news of the suspension of work in the only period in which traffic on the junction is reduced due to the closure of production activities and the consequent slowing down of port ones. As often happens, they are neglected the needs of goods and especially truck traffic, thus significantly limiting the efficiency of the port."

"Even in the face of the resumption of work and the criticality of the road axis Santo Stefano-La Spezia - highlighted the President of the Association of La Spezia Freight Forwarders - VA strongly relaunched the idea of creating an area in Santo Stefano buffer, where in case of congestion of the port or siding motorway, transporters can leave containers full, from then forward to the port at night with special shuttles. The more efficient this buffer area is, the more efficient it is the more carriers will be able to avoid access to the city, leaving containers full and picking up empty ones directly to Boxing Day. The revival of the port of La Spezia also depends on Simple but forward-looking operations like this».