"In 2025, rail freight traffic in Italy will be down by about 8% compared to the previous three years. Yet, Despite the proclamations, the sector continues to receive no enforcement measures Adequate support: undersized incentives, definanced even to investments already started, complexity bureaucratic problems that hinder its implementation". He denounced him the president of Fermerci, Clemente Carta, recalling that "the sector is going through a crisis that has been going on since 2022", in occasion of the fourth edition of "Fermerci Incontra", The annual event that brings together the members of the Association and the main institutional decision-makers in the regulatory sector, was held yesterday at the auditorium of Ferrovie dello Stato Italians in Rome.

While Fermerci has asked for proportionate and consistent with the operational needs of freight logistics, in terms of of the support instruments, the association's request is that of giving continuity to measures that are currently expiring or greatly reduced - from the Ferrobonus to the Norma Merci, up to the national contribution for ERTMS technologies - which Fermerci urges to extend and refinance together with the swift implementation of the tools already provided. To this Ferrci adds a Cross-cutting request on timing: contributions recognized and disbursed with certainty and speed, because - he explained The Association - The time to market of the measures has a direct impact on the liquidity of companies and on the effectiveness of the incentives.

"The trains of our members - concluded Carta - are continuing to ensure the logistical continuity of the country in extremely penalizing conditions. For this reason, from the remodulation of the PNRR we expect that resources will finally be allocated to compensation for the damage that operators are suffering precisely because of effect of the implementation of the Plan. The risk, otherwise, is that at the end of the work the country will have a more modern, but with a drastically reduced freight rail sector downsized, no longer able to support the objectives industrial, logistical and environmental sectors of Italy and Europe".