The Logistics Hub of the Italian State Railways group and the Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea signed a memorandum of understanding to promote integration between the Port Community System of the Port Authority and the of the companies of the Pole. The agreement was signed by the CEO of Mercitalia Logistics, Sabrina De Filippis, and by the extraordinary commissioner of the institution Ligurian port manager, Massimo Seno.

The agreement provides for the launch of a computerized exchange of data related to the main processes dedicated to transport services that originate or arrive in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado. Communication between information and digital systems of the two realities will allow a better planning and management of railway operations of the various actors involved in the supply chain, speeding up both the processes and operations, such as manoeuvres or loading and unloading operations, both commercial consignment notes, such as waybills. The All to the advantage of greater competitiveness of transport rail and intermodal transport to/from the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado, in which Mercitalia Rail operates with daily connections.

The protocol follows those signed by the group's Logistics Hub FS with the Port System Authorities of the Ligurian Sea and the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea within a broader program that the Logistics Hub is promoting with all port and interport entities.