Since 2016, the year of the launch of the first direct trains to Dunajská Streda, the railway traffic between the port of Trieste and the Slovakia have shown a steady increase arriving in 2023 to an annual traffic of about 27,500 TEU containers with over 400 trains operated. The development of intermodal transport on this was highlighted today during the event "Port of Trieste - Slovakia: Economic Relations and Opportunity" held at the Lloyd Tower in Trieste.

Currently the port of Trieste is connected by railway with two main Slovak destinations, Dunajská Streda and Bratislava, and on these routes are operated respectively three and two weekly rotations. Starting from the next few months, significant upgrades are planned, with the aim of achieving 500 trains in 2025, tripling the number compared to 2017 when the connections were about 150.

"The strengthening of the railway service between Trieste and Slovakia - noted the extraordinary commissioner of the Port System Authority of the Adriatic Sea Oriental, Vittorio Torbianelli, in his speech - is not increase in the numbers of freight transport, but represents a strategic element for strengthening logistical relations between the area of Friuli Venezia Giulia with a country that is already an important reference market for our system and today's event is a good sign in this direction. And in the future, we must not forget the role of the Slovakia as a path of connection with Ukraine".