Rearrangement of 5 million TEU from northern ports to the south 27/10/22

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Source: https://www.supplychainitaly.it/2022/10/27/kunz-hupac-momento-di-opportunita-storiche-per-il-sistema-logistico-italiano-e-mediterraneo/

 

Kunz (Hupac): "Moment of historic opportunities for the Italian and Mediterranean logistics system"

 

Transit times exceeding 5 days, drought limiting the capacity of rivers, railway bottlenecks, port congestion and terminal shortages are putting the northern European logistics system in crisis, serving Italian and Mediterranean ports in particular a historic opportunity to recover ground , with a traffic potential to hook up to 5 million containers.

Heavy words because expressed - during the international Forum Un mare di Svizzera 5, which took place in Lugano - by none other than Beni Kunz, Executive Board Member of Hupac, the Swiss intermodal railway operator which for years has represented the spearhead of the port Northern Europe in the Italian productive fabric.

The manager also criticized the delays that compromised and postponed by 25 years, to 2042, the northern connection of AlpTransit with the German high-speed railway network, highlighting instead that he sees opportunities represented by the productive reshoring of companies in North Africa and in Middle East, which could make the Tyrrhenian ports in particular the preferential gateway to Europe for these trades. Kunz, who also praised Italy's ability to meet its commitments on rail infrastructure and intermodal terminals, added that Hupac plans to invest in its Italian intermodal terminals.

In this direction, he highlighted, the Adidas and Kuehne Nagel project is also going which, thanks to an investment of 300 million, will lead the sports brand to create a logistics hub in Mantua that will serve 19 European countries as well as the expansion (for over 2, 5 billion euros) of the rolling stock fleet announced by Mercitalia Logistics .

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