If children can’t go to the port in Trieste, the port visits them at home!

The Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale, is an active member of AIVP since 2016 AIVP – How is the Covid-19 affecting your territory? What are the consequences on the port activities, especially on the logistical and economical dimensions? Zeno D’Agostino, president of Port of Trieste - The Covid-19 outbreak heavily have impacted Northern Italian regions (mainly Lombardy) that represented, in fact, the first area where the Covid-19 sprawled in Europe. As a consequence, a quite comprehensive emergency lockdown has been issued since the beginning of March and it is expected to be relaxed over next weeks. Although lockdown, our free port with its railway logistics remained and still is fully operational, anyway. With regards to traffic, our port through intermodal railway services, plays mainly a gateway role for further European countries (Germany, Hungary, Austria, Slovakia, Luxembourg, etc.). As a consequence, our traffic is mainly affected by lockdowns in other countries, where the pandemic outbreak, however, emerged later than in Italy and with different patterns. In general, we expect that lockdown management in such countries will allow the Port of Trieste to maintain substantial traffic levels, although quantitative reductions will be unavoidable. AIVP – How does Port of Trieste contribute to fight the…