The Volkswagen car manufacturer will bring a traffic of at the new Vezzani terminal in Porto Marghera with activity that will be launched in October with the airport of a first ship. The Piedmontese company has recently obtained a twenty-five-year concession for the former SIRMA quay and the adjacent to Porto Marghera ( of 22 November 2024 and 4 February 2025), previously unused site that will be completely redeveloped with an investment of more than five million euros to make it an intermodal hub dedicated to traffic ro-ro. "The choice of the port of Venice - explained Peter Hörndlein, Head of Vehicle Logistics at Volkswagen Group Logistics - meets our ambitions in a number of ways. It's not just an important step forward to make it more flexible and resilient Volkswagen Group vehicle logistics, but also a decisive lever to simultaneously reduce costs and CO2 emissions".

Commenting on the initiative, the Port System Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea recalled that it had supported the growth of the automotive sector with investments strategic infrastructure for over 60 million euros aimed at to increase internal rail capacity and connections with the national railway network, to reduce interference between road and rail traffic and to improve accessibility logistics to the industrial and terminal areas of the port. "The Volkswagen's decision - highlighted the president of the body port manager, Fulvio Lino Di Blasio - is yet another demonstration our ability to attract strategic investments. The port of Venice is becoming a privileged destination for global logistics and automotive operators. It is not - he added - only of new traffic flows, but of a development platform that connects us permanently to the markets Far East and Central and Eastern Europe, strengthening our international positioning. This project - has Di Blasio again - highlights the urgency of responding to the growing demand for space within the port for activities Logistic. It is essential to identify new areas to support the growth of a sector that has become a Structural pillar for our port and for the whole territory. The Port Authority continues to invest in intermodality, sustainability and regional attractiveness (also thanks to the FTA) to offer concrete answers to the needs of operators and generate value for the entire Veneto system".