It was signed by Interporto Bologna, Dinazzano Po S, SAPIR and Rail Traction Company
Interporto Bologna, Dinazzano Po S, SAPIR and Rail Traction Company today signed a network contract for the development of intermodal services in Emilia-Romagna, with the aim of contributing to the increase in rail freight transport volumes through the integration of specializations, innovation and the reduction of environmental impact.
The ROLER initiative – Emilia-Romagna Logistics Operators Network provides for greater synergy between the four realities, making pivot on the specializations and vocations of each in the segment intermodal freight transport, to offer intermodal transport services intermodal transport unitary to the regional production system, the creation of an innovative logistics model to position Emilia-Romagna as a strategic hub between Central Europe and the ports of the Tyrrhenian and Adriatic Seas, the development of commercial activities at the service of regional industry and a structured dialogue with the institutions – Emilia-Romagna Region and Port System Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea Northern – for investment planning and coordination of infrastructure policies.
“While 235 million tons of goods travel on road – recalled Gino Maioli, president of Dinazzano Po Spa, on the occasion of the signing of the agreement – railway flows to regional terminals fell from 21.8 million to 19.2 million tons between 2022 and 2024: not only a local crisis, but also a national and European countries. The ROLER network is our answer: a Acting together to develop more efficient logistics services and sustainable, and to be credible interlocutors with the Region and the Port Authority of Ravenna in the upgrading of railway infrastructures regional elections”.
“Faced with the national drop of 3.7% in freight transport on rail in 2025 – added the president of Interporto Bologna Spa, Stefano Caliandro – this alliance is the choice forward-looking vision that serves: strengthens connections with the port of Ravenna and the Brenner Pass, and prepares the ground for the new terminal of the 2027, with five 750-metre tracks and two gantry cranes”.
