The Unione Interporti Riuniti (UIR) expressed appreciation for the green light for the funds that the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, with the decree allocating the PNRR resources allocated to the freight terminals signed on 30 August, has assigned to the FVS-ELODIE project that UIR has promoted to increase and make the digital equipment of Italian freight terminals more efficient. FVS-ELODIE plans to bring all intermodal nodes in the network of freight terminals at the same level of technological equipment and interoperable with each other, as well as developing a between knots to comply with the dictates of EU Regulation 2021/1056 which establishes a legal framework for electronic communication between public and private operators at EU level.

"The allocation of funds for the digitization of - underlined the president of the UIR, Matteo Gasparato - has considerable importance, for a multiplicity of profiles. First of all, it testifies to the constant attention and consideration that the current government has towards the network Italian Interport. In fact, this financing with funds PNNR, which aims to digitize the logistics chain, follows previous measures in support, also of the MIT, which have allowed Italian freight terminals to modernise and strengthen their infrastructure. It should be remembered that in recent years MIT has disbursed approximately 115 million euros for projects concerning the sector, activating co-financing of 145 million euros and supporting an industry that has proven its role as a service essential, even in a historical phase of great difficulty general. Finally, a not insignificant note, it is worth mentioning the great vitality of the Italian interport network, as evidenced by the fact that as many as 16 freight terminals have joined the tender, obtained the financing, by investing own capital. They are mature - he concluded Gasparato - the time for the successful conclusion of the process of the interport reform law".