The new railway connection was inaugurated today intermodal transport between the Central Tuscany Freight Village in Prato and the Terminal Darsena Toscana (TDT) of the port of Livorno which will be, immediately, used for transporting mineral water from the site production of Acqua Panna in Scarperia, in the province of Florence, up to to the port of Livorno passing through Prato thanks to an agreement signed by the Sanpellegrino group with Logistica Uno. The project object of the agreement was also achieved thanks to the contribution of of the Prato and Logtainer Freight Village, which has recently launched a new rail freight service, connecting the Prato freight village with the DTT. Water intended mainly to the United States and other international markets will be transported in containers by train that can be reused on the return from the port of Livorno for import, optimizing further logistics.

The new railway section will move in the phase 25 containers per week and, thanks to its 500 meters in length, will be able to replace the equivalent 1,500 trucks per year with a 12% reduction in emissions of CO2 on the Scarperia-Livorno section. This will result in significant environmental benefits and a reduction in traffic, in particular on the congested road artery Florence-Pisa-Livorno. The long-term goal is increase the service at full capacity up to three complete trains Weekly.