G20-Germany-Hamburg-2017

ADVOCACY
PORT OF TRIESTE
Intermodal links
Trieste, a
sustainable
rail port
Located in the heart of Europe, the Port of Trieste is the
only Italian port with an international outlook, thanks to
daily rail links to all major European destinations.
A
naturally deep sea floor – up to
18 meters – suitable for the latest
generation of container ships and
excellent, high-frequency intermodal
connections to manufacturing and
industrial hubs in northeast Italy and in Central and
Eastern Europe make Trieste the ideal access point
for trade to and from the Far East and throughout the
Mediterranean.
Trieste has made multi-sectoriality its strength:
it is the leading Italian port for total cargo handling
and the leading oil terminal in the Mediterranean,
in addition to being the main European access point
for Ro-Ro traffic from Turkey. But first and foremost,
Trieste is the leading Italian port for train traffic,
which has grown by 68% in 2014-16, with over 7,600
trains handled in 2016.
Economic hinterland
More than 400 trains a month link Trieste to the
manufacturing and industrial areas of Northeastern
Italy and Central Europe. Different destinations in
Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Slovakia, Switzerland and Luxembourg serve
a developing and highly organised economic
hinterland.
In recent months was also added a new
destination: Kiel, on the Baltic Sea, which allows
the port to quickly re-route semi-trailers heading to
Sweden, Norway, and soon Saint Petersburg as well.
The Port of Trieste has an internal rail network
ZENO
D’AGOSTINO
President
Port Network
Authority of
the Eastern
Adriatic Sea
Italy
Padoa interport, Milano shunting,
Bologna interport, Rubiera/Modena, Novara
Austria
Direct connection:
Villach Süd CCT, Wolfurt CCT,
Graz Süd CCT, Salzburg Hbf CCT,
Salzburg Hbf, Linz Stadhafen,
Wien Fraudenau, Wels
Wien N.W. Banhof links to:
Praha, Brno, Rostock
Germany
Direct connection:
Kiel – Göteborg, Munchen, Ulm,
Burghausen, Ludwigshafen,
Frankfurt am M, Köln, Duisburg
Munchen Riem links to:
Köln, Duisburg, Liepzig, Berlin, Hamburg
Luxembourg
Bettembourg
Hungary
Budapest Bilk
Slovakia
Dunajskà Streda
Czech Republic
Ostrava
(70 kilometres of tracks) connecting the national and
international network.
All docks are served by rail with the possibility
of shunting and/or assembling freight trains directly
in the various terminals. A direct junction and a
flyover within the Port area grant easy access to the
international motorway and national road networks.
A unique feature
Finally, its special regime as a free port is a unique
feature at the international level, with numerous
advantages such as major customs and tax incentives.
The Free Port of Trieste is a unique feature in
the Italian and EU legal systems to the advantage of
the economic activities of the area as a whole. The
Customs clearance exemption entails a number of
favourable conditions. Goods arriving from non-EU
countries, for example, can be unloaded and stored
(without time limits) without paying Customs duties
or any other tax until such goods cross the borders of
the Free Port to be imported into Italy/EU countries.