In recent days, the first and only International Customs Rail Corridor in Europe with the 190 km journey of a train from the port of Trieste and arrived at the Logistik Center Austria Süd (LCA-Süd) in Villach/Fürnitz, Carinthia. The convoy, loaded at the Trieste Marine Terminal with destination Villach, consisted of 17 wagons and carried 19 containers. Traction in Italy was carried out by Rail Cargo Carrier Italy and in Austrian territory by Rail Cargo Austria.

The International Customs Rail Corridor has been made possible by the signing of a protocol signed a year ago in Vienna, which also has among its signatories the customs agency Italian and Austrian countries. The aim of the corridor is to speed up the entry into the European Union of goods from from all over the world and to transfer an increasing number of of containers unloading at the port of Trieste with destination Austria and potentially to other Central countries Europe.

Through the corridor, the customs procedures of the goods in arrival at Molo VII in Trieste and forward to the Logistk Center in Fürnitz are carried out directly at the Customs of Villach, carrying out in Trieste only the control of the on the safety of goods.

"This operation," the president pointed out of the Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Orientale, Zeno D'Agostino - represents a great success because It is a vision born on a public level that is beginning to find a good demand in the market, thanks also to the cooperation between the customs of the two countries and all partners involved in the operation'.

Emphasizing that the most important result of this synergistic project is respect for the environment and the reduction of of the negative impact of heavy goods traffic, Julia Feinig-Freunschlag, project manager for LCA and ÖBB and Director General of LCA-Süd, specified that, however, "Currently, the route is dominated by transport on and the goal is to change this situation unfavourable. For this reason, together with our partners, the Austrian and Italian customs authorities, the Carinthia, ÖBB, the owners of the bonded warehouses from both the sides, RCA Rail Cargo Austria and Adriafer - explained Feinig-Freunschlag - we have been working to create an offer of competitive transportation. Our joint project will have Above all, it has a positive impact on environmental protection."