General States of Logistics closed, North-East strategic European hub
Two-day conference in Trieste - Destro: 'Alongside transport, competitiveness requires robust energy and digital networks'
by Barbara Ganz
Key points
The Stati Generali della Logistica del Nord-Est, organised by the Autonomous Region of Friuli Venezia Giulia and concluded yesterday 3 December in Trieste, became an opportunity, in a rapidly changing geopolitical context, to consolidate the area's role as a strategic European logistics hub supporting the economy, transport networks, sector operators and the entrepreneurial fabric.
The occasion for a confrontation between institutions and operators in the sector, to discuss and develop innovative strategies in the logistics and goods transport sector, within the permanent interregional technical table for the coordination and promotion of the logistics system in the North-East, envisaged by the Memorandum of Understanding signed in March 2023 by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, the Regions of Veneto, Lombardy, Emilia Romagna and the Autonomous Provinces of Bolzano and Trento.
The region
'One of the challenges is the further strengthening of our infrastructure, which is already functioning adequately,' said Regional Councillor for Infrastructure and Transport Cristina Amirante. Our motorway system supports traffic that is the highest in Europe, which is very positive. We have to do the same for rail transport and make our logistics platform consisting of rail and road networks and ports and freight villages more efficient and sustainable'.
The picture is broad: "For a very rich logistics platform, made up of ports and freight villages, such as that of Friuli Venezia Giulia, casting a glance towards the future within the context of the North East is a just ambition, and the two days in Trieste made it possible to focus on the prospects of the Imec corridor, which runs from India to the Mediterranean and the upper Adriatic, and to take stock of the key development hubs of a strategic area such as ours," underlined Amirante, who defined the two days as "a very valuable comparison because the logistics system is strongly interconnected and requires working in synergy. It is a question of managing the transport of goods by road, sea and rail in the best possible way, promoting the latter rationally, with the right balance and always taking into account the opportunities of combined transport. That is why we wanted to set up a regional control room in Friuli Venezia Giulia'.
There are two key points indicated by the councillor to overcome the main critical issues: the Udine railway junction and the railway capacity on the Trieste-Monfalcone section.
