After an initial test phase that took place in recent weeks, it has been a new rail link between the platforms of the Vecon-PSA Venice terminal in Marghera and the terminal intermodal hub of Montirone in the province of Brescia, one of the main areas on which the MIS - Magli Intermodal Service group operates, specialized in the logistics of steel products. The train provides for a conformation of 23 60-foot wagons with a capacity of loading 46 containers and the initial programming provides for 50 rotations per year with the aim of increasing the frequency of intercepting other containerized cargo. Paolo Magli President of the MIS Group, thanking you for your trust by GME Metals, which uses the new service for the import of of ferroalloys, said he was certain that "together with the partner Vecon-PSA Venice we could further develop the frequency of the intercepting additional volumes of containerized goods extending the range of action of the port of Venice".

The expected further development is also based on the possibility of further forwarding of loads to markets thanks to the active connection between Montirone and Rotterdam, always operated by the MIS group with the traction of SBB, the customers of the new service will be able to extend the reference market to Benelux and the United Kingdom, saving time and emissions of CO2 compared to the transit time of services to and from the East they pass through Suez and continue beyond Gibraltar to Northern Europe, UK, Ireland and Scandinavia.

Specifying that GME Metals has been reviewing the processes for some time focusing on rail transport, "now - explained Andrea Quaresmini, CEO of the company - we have decided to take a further step forward, withdrawing by train from the port of Marghera material to be stored in our warehouses. Thus a new warehouse was chosen in Montirone opposite the dry port that manages MIS. After the first tests we are sure that the this is the way to be pursued. Europe asks us to reduce CO2 emissions, customers (steel mills and cast iron foundries located throughout Europe) therefore must act accordingly; we We do our part by choosing suppliers who meet this need more and on the other hand using rail transport as much as possible to have Thus ferroalloys with lower carbon footprint possible".

Expressing satisfaction with the partnership with MIS, Daniele Marchiori, general manager of PSA Venice-Vecon, highlighted that "one of the business objectives of Vecon-PSA Venice is to ensure a sustainable supply chain: why transport 40 containers by truck from the port of Venice to Brescia When can you make a block train? It means reducing CO2, greater safety on the roads and certainty of transit times".

Commenting on the launch of the new connection, the president of the Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Fulvio Lino Di Blasio, recalled that "in the years the railway mode in the port of Venice is constantly grew and, while in 2023 we recorded a handling of over two million tons, from January to September 2024 we have already exceeded 1.6 million tons with an increase, compared to the same period of the year by 6%". Di Blasio also recalled the investments in progress by the port authority in the "Just think - he specified - of the interventions already started up such as the new railway bridge over the west canal, 24 million euro project that will allow the elimination of interference and bottlenecks also in favor of terminals commercial or traffic rationalisation works in the of Electricity, worth 19 million euros, and to the Interventions expected soon, such as the resolution of the Via node of Chemistry for 15 million euros and the intermodal platform the design of which provides for an amount of 1.2 million euros. We are convinced - he underlined - that, also through these interventions, the Authority can contribute to increasing the environmental sustainability of the port of Venice, bringing the Veneto system to transport standards at European level as well as ensuring greater logistical efficiency at the airport by allowing sectors, such as containerized goods, to reach new markets and stimulate a decisive modal shift from road to iron".