Italy Special

47·48 | 21 November 2014 English edition ITALY

Italy Special

Speeding up processes Pre-clearing at sea test phase extended in Italian ports 5

Market in flux Logistics real estate market attracting large corporations 7

Flying in formation Building an airbridge for the Expo Milano 2015 world exhibition 19

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4 Editorial 47·48 | 21 November 2014 www.transportjournal.com International This Special is a part of Transport ENGLISH EDITION Journal (also available in an identical ITJ German and French version) ITJ 47-48/2014 5 Slimming down customs formalities Clearing goods through customs – at sea

Specials 39 Asia Italy Supplement

Suez Canal scores Lines shifting more 7 Foreign investment in logistics properties services there from 12 Panama Canal

Congestions costs Study puts figures to Back in business price of traffic jams 32 to economy

Cross-subsidies Railfreight operations support Indian 44 passengers

8 Grimaldi’s 18th Euromed Convention: Seeking a new balance

9 Italian forwarders’ situation Fedespedi president Piero Lazzari’s view Rays of hope for forwarders 9

Piero Lazzari, the president of the Italian freight 11 Fercam increases sales forwarders’ association Fedespedi, has reported Growing more strongly than the market that the situation improved for the country’s hauliers in the first half of 2014, even though Italy still lags behind the EU. 11 Tuvia cooperating in the south and the east New partnerships

12 In conversation with Sauro Martinelli Personal networks 12 Relationships are key Sauro Martinelli knows that personal relationships and trust are essential in day-to-day business. He 14 Southern ports seeking EU support too is the senior vice-president for commercial activi- A slice of the Brussels cake ties of the ECS Group, of which the GSA organisation Accsys has been a member for two years.

16 New Grimaldi Group service From Apulia to Corfu Gearing up for the future 14 17 Trailer leasing in Italy TIP Italy gaining ground The association Intermed Gateways has called for the new TEN-T programme to assist Mediter- ranean ports, as well as northern European hubs. 19 Alitalia and Etihad Southern hinterland connections need to be Fights to serve Expo Milano 2015 expanded and modernised.

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When those of us who live north of the Alps used to think of Italy, The Italian economy considers the country’s inter- we frequently thought of sunshine, beaches and summer holidays. national links to be very important. The forwarder Today a country in financial crisis has become superimposed over Tuvia, for example, is countering the downturn by that image, with ever-growing youth unemployment and seem- extending its activities to the Mediterranean states of ingly never-ending disputes between leading politicians. Demands Malta and Cyprus (page 11). The ECS Group’s Sauro most often made of the government by the country’s entrepre- Martinelli emphasises the fact that relationships are neurs include tax-relief measures and a reduction in red tape, as the fount of success for a GSA (page 12). Intermed well as investment in the nation’s infrastructure – all to no avail so Gateways, an alliance between the Italian port of far. So is Italy facing a bleak future? We don’t think so, and have Genoa and two more Mediterranean hubs, is working taken the opportunity of this week’s Italy Special to prove that the to improve links to its hinterland up to the continent’s southern European country’s efforts will help it secure a promising northern ports (page 14). And last but not least, future. we can safely assume that the Euromed Convention which, to a certain extent, is also a networking event (it is almost always held in the Mediterranean region – Crete hosted it this year), was not staged in vain for MOVINGMOVING INTO INTO THE THE the 18th time recently (page 8). There is more good news in the form of some GLOBALGLOBAL VILLAGE VILLAGE firms’ success, such as the South Tyrolean transport IL VOSTRO SPEDIZIONIERE PER IL MERCATO ITALIANO and logistics enterprise Fercam (page 9), which in- creased sales and the number of consignments it handled. So the Italians are successfully tackling their problems and re-invigorating their economy. And we northeners can look forward to enjoying the sunshine on the Italian beaches again next year. WWW.TSTCARGO.COM

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Cutting through red tape in customs declaration Customs declarations at sea

Speed and efficiency are the key launched by the Italian customs authori- criteria when it comes to processing ties, and enables officials to take care of the customs clearance of goods before the import containers at ports. Italian vessel arrives at one of the ports in the country. stock hubs show how it is done. ink Th

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After the roll-out of faster and simplified Canal and is in the Mediterranean, the Pho customs declarations processing by the customs documents can be transmitted Eleven Italian ports now process customs Italian ports of La Spezia and Genua, to the authorities in charge. For this pur- declarations submitted from the high seas. which introduced what has been termed pose, the papers must contain informa- the pre-clearing-at-sea process in Febru- tion on the precise type of the goods been reduced markedly – from 5.5 days ary, nine further cargo gateways have fol- being carried, the sender and recipient, as previously to 3.3 days now. 30% of all lowed their lead. well as the ultimate intended destination. the goods can now even be delivered in The participation of the hubs in Vado, Thanks to this new process, imported twelve hours of arriving in the Ligurian Savona, Ravenna, Venice, Trieste, Civi- containers’ dwell times are shortened. In hub. For the organisation of post-carriage tavecchia, Livorno, Bari and Taranto in the case of the hub of La Spe- processes this offers quicker deli- the pilot scheme means that key Italian zia, for instance, the aver- veries and at the same time ports will now be involved in this pro- age time a loaded box enables the better plan- cess, which is still in its test phase, how- spends waiting for ning of transport pro- ever. The project is based on an initiative delivery there has cesses. Antje Veregge

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Foreign investment in Italian logistics properties are gaining momentum Back in business

Following several lean years the market for logistics properties in Italy is increasingly company, says Riva. A persistent trend is piquing the interest of foreign investors. Companies such as Vailog, Prologis and emerging in the industry, however, away from pure investors and increasingly to- Logicor recently revealed their strategies. ward real-estate developers.

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Pho the strategy of Prologis: seek the highest Italian logistics real estate is again offering good returns, according to investment fund Blackstone. quality facilities in the real estate in the domestic market. High and especially se- The return of foreign investment capital the average in recent years has been cure returns are the goal, he said, and the to Italy is a continuing trend. At the first 625,000 sqm. Added to the figures for method is «to hold and develop.» real estate summit in Italy, organised by the first nine months of 2014, however, When queried, all of the providers the law firm DLA Piper, executives from were investments in new logistics centres emphasised that such investments could Coca-Cola Italy, Prologis, Logicor and amounting to roughly EUR 325 million. not be made on the basis of speculation. Vailog participated in a podium discus- Over the past two years, however, the Problems with vacancy rates and with sion entitled «Investment in Italy’s logis- market has not seen any great movement. customers jumping ship are just part of tics – Where is the growth potential?». the business routine these days, they said. It was moderated by Alfredo Mauri, the Europe looking particularly attractive The real estate investor Vailog, which head of logistics at GVA Redilco. Logicor, a European entity belonging is owned by the Fabrizio Bertola Holding, to the investment fund Blackstone, is has been particularly active in the domes- Clear contrast to 2013 continuing to pursue its network strat- tic market over the past few years. Its ac- The lawyer Francesco De Blasio pointed egy. «Since 2012 we’ve acquired tivities included commissioning out that a rising demand for legal services, 6 million sqm of logistics two new logistics centres for related to the acquisition of individual areas, with 480,000 sqm the e-commerce giants properties, and for new development thereof in Italy.» The Amazon and Yoox in projects had signalled a «return to in- fund is aiming at Castel San Giovan- vestments in logistics properties.» Mauri a mix of new real ni, Piacenza, and underscored the influence of foreign estate acquisitions Bologna. investors. According to GVA Redilco’s and the expan- «In the past few figures for 2014, newly-leased logistics sion of existing years, however, areas totalled about 470,000 sqm by the locations, says we’ve turned our end of September. Logicor purchas- attention to other The figure for the entire year of 2013 ing manager Marco markets, such as came to just 430,000 sqm. In contrast, Riva. The selection of those in France, the new properties is based Netherlands, and even on returns. In 2014, Riva in China,» said Sabine said, the fund achieved gross Hutter, a real estate and project revenues of 9% in Italy. Precisely be- manager at Vailog. cause of its low real-estate prices, Logi- But in Italy specifically, she said, the cor currently considers Italy strategically company has developed numerous in- more attractive than markets in the Neth- teresting projects, as recent orders have erlands, the United Kingdom, and Ger- amply demonstrated. «In future, Vailog many, for instance. will concentrate even more heavily on The decision as to how long Logi- the construction of logistics properties in cor will hold the properties depends on the area of e-commerce. We see attrac- The Italian real estate market has undergone a Blackstone’s decision concerning whe- tive possibilities in that segment,» Hutter degree of rejuvenation this year. ther to take Logicor public or to sell the closed. Angelo Scorza 8Italy Special International Transport Journal 47-48 2014

18th Euromed Convention – focusing on a new framework Seeking a new balance

The eco-regulatory conditions that are corrections. He predicted that those ship- being imposed on the shipping industry ping lines which possess their own large vessels and can attain the necessary high were in the limelight at 2014’s Euromed investment rate in modern technology Convention, organised by the Grimaldi will be most successful in future. Group and held on Crete. Capacity reduction needed The 350 conference participants included The industry in Greek waters «has to face representatives from 30 nations, who first the end of its daydreams,» Grimaldi be-

listened to a speech given by Emanuele up lieves. The number of lorries carried on Grimaldi on the basic framework facing ferries has sunk from 410,000 to 340,000 di Gro

the shipping industry, as well as on the imal in the last three years; that of cars from Gr

Grimaldi Group’s results. In a difficult : 500,000 to 330,000. 2.2 million passen- to

market environment the enterprise in- Pho gers carried has declined to 1.5 million to- creased the size of its fleet by 11 units, Emanuele Grimaldi hosted the Euromed congress. day. Shipping lines have not yet been able established new services in the Western to break the vicious circle of obsolete ves- Mediterranean and in the Baltic Sea, to EUR 505 million and its net profits to sels, low passenger and freight volumes and invested around EUR 100 million in EUR 179 million. Grimaldi was proud of and recurring losses. Grimaldi said that modernisation and in green technology. the fact that «we haven’t reported a single he expects the corporation’s own fleet in Last year the group generated overall euro in losses since 2001.» He believes that the trade to just about break even in the sales of EUR 2.68 billion. Its ebitda came the industry will continue to face market third quarter of 2014. International Transport Journal 47-48 2014 Italy Special 9

The view of Fedespedi’s Piero Lazzeri

What is your assessment of the forwarding industry? The Italian transport association Confetra’s latest assessment of the economy has shown that forwarders’ turn- over grew in the first half of 2014. National and international overland volumes improved by 0.9% and 1.7% respectively. But problems persist – Italy’s GDP is expected to shrink by around 0.4% this year. up What is different, compared to di Gro

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Pho EU countries. If we compare our The meeting focused on environmentally and economically sustainable mobility. economy with Algeria’s, Tunisia’s or Morocco’s, then we see that Grimaldi’s talk was followed by a panel discussion asking how up to growth is possible – even in rather date the Greek coastal shipping industry is. Hercules Haralambides, the complicated economic situations x Gima president of the port of Brindisi, pointed out that the market is likely such as theirs. Libya is an excep- : to

to remain highly seasonal. He suggested better promotion for regional tion there. Turkey improved its Pho hubs, instead of concentrating excessively on Piraeus. The latter port’s GDP by more than 15% in the Fedespedi president P. Lazzeri. president, George Anomeritis, countered this by saying that a market- years between 2011 and 2013, and driven capacity reduction is called for. The participants generally agreed even Iran is back in business. These places could repre- that an adjustment is necessary, especially for aged freight space. sent the «promised land» for the Italian transport industry, as we can exploit our favoured geographical position The LNG age is coming and good commercial relationships with these nations. A second panel addressed the new legal short sea shipping framework for the protection of the environment. Jussi Sarvikas of the shipper What priorities need to be set according to Fedespedi, UPM said that cost-intensive scrubber technology and the more effi- the forwarders’ federation that you preside over? cient utilisation of fuel could help for the next ten years. In 2025 then We estimate that up to 900,000 containers full of Italian the LNG age will commence. cargo are handled in northern ports, on account of Ital- Grimaldi said that many ports see LNG in a critical light and do not ian bureaucracy. Fedespedi has calculated that the state sell it – not to mention its volatile price. The ECSA’s Patrick Verhoeven could be losing EUR 4 billion a year in duties because believes that the 80 ports in the EU’s TEN-T programme that have been of this. On top of this the logistics industry loses an esti- prioritised represent a potential solution. Mike Sturgeon, the director of mated EUR 2 billion annually. We have to convince the the ECG, said that a new approach can be determined in 2018, when public entities of the value of regaining this traffic, a goal the renewed assessment of a global limit of 0.5% for the sulphur content which could be attained if Italian ports worked 24 hours of fuel, planned for 2020, is due to take place. Christian Doepgen a day, or if the country had a single-window import system. Another priority is a better legal situation, as logis- ticians have to look after issues that shouldn’t really be in our charge. This creates unfair competition vis-à-vis other countries. We have other priorities, frankly speaking, but we just hope the economy will pick up in 2015.

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Milanese forwarder expanding network New partnerships in the south and the east

The Milan-based forwarding firm Tuvia recently entered Looking beyond these Mediterranean islands, Tuvia has found that the into cooperation deals in Cyprus, Malta and Tunisia. ongoing political instability affecting Egypt and Libya has transformed Tunisia into one of the best routes for delivering goods to North Africa. The enterprise has established a new groupage line, arranged Tuvia started cooperating with the Cypriot shipping line in partnership with CMC Tunisia, a major national logistics operator and forwarder Blue Ice Navigation in September. The and NVOCC founded on the southern Mediterranean coast in 1990. new options have turned Tuvia into a leading operator The option foresees three weekly departures, offering door-to-door for general cargo between Italy and Cyprus, with the services pivoting on the two partners’ on-property customs warehouses firm doubling its volumes in this trade. Tuvia previously in Milan and Radès. Freight mainly includes semi-finished goods exported 4,000 t of goods (15,000 cbm) annually to the (including textiles), spare parts for the automotive industry, foodstuffs Mediterranean island. The company ships part and full- as well as dangerous goods management. The range is rounded off by load consignments by sea and air from major Italian air- the arrangement of last-mile deliveries. Angelo Scorza ports, offering door-to-door options, customs-clearance assistance, warehousing, last-mile logistics, real-time tracking solutions, logistics assistance for industrial plant equipment as well as oversized transport options. «Our investment in Cyprus consolidates our recent strong development in the project cargo segment, with the possibility of expanding activities to Libya and Israel too. These could also be included in the near future,» a statement issued by the company had it. The services are operated via Malta, a key hub for Tuvia. It has focused on groupage services since 2010, operating three weekly trailer links in partnership with local agent Jet Service. These cover 1,000 cbm of freight a month, and concentrate on foodstuffs, consumer goods and households equipment (70% of the overall volume). am rc Fe : to Pho EYES WIDE OPEN Transit times for general cargo being shipped from Italy to the rest of Europe have been cut to 1.6 days. Fercam’s Bologna branch is shown. Growing more than the market

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In conversation with Sauro Martinelli, the ECS Group’s senior commercial vice-president Relationships key in this people business

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Genoa, Barcelona and Marseille to improve their hinterland connections A slice of the Brussels cake

Mediterranean countries should continually work for efficient and sustainable logistics solutions, as they have consistently done in the past. In order to realise their plans they now have their sights on an EU funding programme – a move which has, to a certain degree, led them into confrontation with northern ports.

In a media release the Intermed Gateways industry to achieve a less congested, more greater efficiency and productivity, Medi- association, which was founded by the efficient and more sustainable transport terranean hubs are being recognised ever three Mediterranean ports of Barcelona, system. This trend can be accelerated if more as a competitive alternative that can Marseille and Genoa in 1998, called for Mediterranean gateways can benefit from improve the supply chain for European a recently-announced EU funding pro- more efficient connectivity.» industries and consumers.» This develop- gramme to apply to the Mediterranean re- ment in Mediterranean gateways, which gion too. The EU Commission has funds Focus on Mediterranean centres has been supported by EU policies and available to ensure that European trans- The body said that southern European funds in the past, should continue in the port links are sustainable and scalable hubs are willing to exchange views with coming years. (see box on page 15). The centres in the the commission on how to allocate TEN-T This will assist the continent in Intermed Gateways group were reacting funds efficiently, and to discuss the key «achieving a balanced freight transport to a northern hubs statement, which had role that Mediterranean gateways can and logistics system in two complemen- said that the latter had legitimate claims play in producing competitive European tary port regions, namely the Mediter- to a large part of the funding. freight connectivity. «Logistics activities ranean and Northern ranges. They can The Mediterranean ports’ release said currently generate unnecessary environ- guarantee balanced, efficient and sustain- that «the new TEN-T represents a rath- mentalstressforEurope’s citizens.Thanks able access to EU markets,» representa- er unique opportunity for the logistics to infrastructure improvements as well as tives of the Mediterranean gateways said.

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Pho transport network and act as the economic Genoa is a key link in the supply chain to northern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. backbone of the single European market. The funding is expected to further reduce bottle- The Genoa–Rotterdam railway connec- has generally been privatised, thus offer- necks, revolutionise east–west links and tion can serve as a shining example. It is a ing considerably more reliable and pro- streamline cross-border transportation for part of the European high-speed network ductive transport and logistics activities. businesses and citizens in the entire union. and probably the most important Euro- In a growing process many European The new core network, which is set to be pean north–south railfreight corridor. operators are shifting parts of their goods established by 2030, will connect 94 main Moreover, Mediterranean hubs repre- flows to Mediterranean ports. The trend ports with rail and road links; set up rail links sent a key element in the construction of couldbeacceleratedifMediterraneangate- between 38 key airports and major cities and European neighbourhood policy, as they ways were to benefit from more efficient upgrade 15,000 km of railway lines to high- are important centres for cargo and pas- road and rail hinterland connectivity. speed status. senger flows to and from North African The southern European representatives The almost EUR 12 billion represents the and Middle Eastern countries, the media are convinced that the continent’s trans- largest single amount of European Union funding ever earmarked for transport infra- release added. Labour costs can be lower port network will benefit from greatly structure. The results of the bidding and the in Mediterranean ports compared to the reduced congestion, pollutant emissions allocation to projects will be announced in levels in other European basins, and car- and wasted money if overall connectivity summer 2015. it go and terminal handling in the region becomes more effective. 16 Italy Special International Transport Journal 47-48 2014

New Grimaldi Group connection From Apulia to Corfu

Grimaldi has linked the Italian port of Brindisi with of Corfu from July 2015 onwards, augmenting a the Greek hub of Igoumenitsa since 2012. Now link between Brindisi, Igoumenitsa and Patras (Greece) which the Neapolitan group offers. the line is increasing the service’s frequency, The line deploys the modern units Euro- and adding a call in Corfu. ferry Olympia and Euroferry Brindisi on the latter route. The Grimaldi Group’s maritime service The Brindisi–Igoumenitsa–Corfu link between the Italian region of Apulia and will be served by the Catania, a modern Greece’s Thesprotia sub-division is set to ro-pax ferry. The vessel is 186 m long be enhanced. The new option will con- and has a gross tonnage of 26,000 t, nect the Italian port of Brindisi, the Greek enabling the Grimaldi Group to transport hub in Igoumenitsa and the Greek island 2,250 line metres of rolling cargo, 170 cars and 1,000 passengers per sailing from the summer of 2015 onwards. The option between Brindisi and Corfu will offer a frequency of four times a week. From the end of July to the end of August the service will sail every day, however, in order to satisfy higher summer demand. The introduction of this new call increases the number of scheduled Grimaldi sailings between Brindisi and Igoumenitsa and vice versa by seven, bringing the total to 14. Grimaldi has been offering links between Apulia and Greece since 2012. av stock ink Th : to Pho New inland barge routes

The port of Venice has launched a weekly barge service on a recently-opened inland waterway, linking the city’s inland terminal to a hinterland facility in the Lombardian city of Mantua. The international shipper Tecnoservice will charter class V connectingWorlds. barges that can carry 2,000 t of cargo from the centre’s barge- owning subsidiary, Fluviomar. Paolo Costa, head of the Venice Be it in France, Russia or Italy: Port Authority, said the new connection will help promote the Road,air or seafreight:Yourgoodsare always in good hands aim of the Italian government and the European Commission with Militzer &Münch. Fullytailoring ourtransport logistic to transfer the transportation of goods to inland waterways, to solutionstoyourindividualrequirements,wecustomize a help cut congestion on Europe’s roads. perfect concept foryourorder.Benefitfromour safe and The option will later ply its trade to and from a proposed reliable networkofover100 locationsinover30countries. offshore container handling platform serving cargo terminals in the lagoon city and the Po delta hubs of Chioggia and Porto Levante. The barges will use a partly-canalised route along the river Po to deliver cargo to a terminal with connections to www.mumnet.com Milan and the rest of Italy’s industrial heartland. International Transport Journal 47-48 2014 Italy Special 17

Dutch trailer leasing company strengthens Italian presence TIP hitches up Piedmont

The Acerbi Viberti group, which formerly owned the company SAM, based in Tortona in TIP Trailer Services offers a broad range of the Italian province of Alessandria, has sold its trailer rental and leasing business unit to low-loaders, container and reefer trailers. Photo: TIP TIP Trailer Services, which is now planning a big push into Italy.

Since 1987 SAM has been in charge of aiming at the EUR 12 million mark,» the Acerbi Viberti group’s trailer leas- explained Giorgio Noce, the ing and rental activities in Italy. In 2010 sales director of TIP Acerbi Viberti merged with Margaritelli, in Italy. He added a holding company that owns the Merker that the company and Cardi brands, to form Compagnia has ordered an- Italiana Rimorchi. Following the merger other 140 trailers the group sold off the SAM business unit in its efforts to to TIP Trailer Services. The company, al- reach that goal. ready one of the leading international On top of short- truck rental and leasing companies, has term contracts, which are now gained more than 2,300 units in valid for periods as short Italy as a result of the buyout. Of the to- as a day and as long as a year, and tal, 1,400 units will bear the company’s medium-term leasing contracts, running colours, 450 will be operated under the from one to six years, TIP wants to in- particularly attractive in these economi- names of third-party companies, and 450 troduce its smart services in Italy as well. cally tough times – and secondly, the will come from SAM. Overall, approxi- This package allows large transport and general benefits of outsourcing, which mately 130,000 trailers ply their trade on logistics companies to outsource the are realised by improving quality whilst the Italian roads. maintenance of their fleets, whilst retain- at the same time reducing costs. TIP Italy, one of 16 European national ing ownership of their units. TIP takes TIP’s other development plans call for subsidiaries of TIP Trailer Services, which responsibility for vehicle inspection, tyre setting up a new testing division at SAM’s has been owned by China’s HNA group management and similar services. «We headquarters in Tortona. This move is de- since 2013, is getting a healthy boost when want to present Italian companies with signed to harmonise the company’s Ital- the matter is expressed in figures too. «The two main reasons why they should opt for ian services with the European strategy combined revenues of TIP (EUR 6.8 mil- leasing solutions,» Noce elaborated. The of TIP Trailer Services, whilst simultane- lion) and SAM (EUR 3.6 million) will two arguments Noce puts forward are, ously offering all its services to customers reach double digits in 2014. For 2015 we’re firstly, high flexibility – which should be in the Italian market. sco/ah

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2015 world exhibition – Latin American partner Flights to, from and for Milan

Alitalia and Etihad will be the official airlines of Expo Milano 2015, which is due to be held in the Italian metropolis from 1 May to 31 October 2015. They are already parading the message of the world exhibition across the skies, and have other extensive plans.

More than half a year before the opening sation is «more than happy to have this of the next world exhibition, an Alitalia combination of global airlines, Etihad and an Etihad Airways Airbus A330-200 and Alitalia, by our side in this intense Alitalia and Etihad Airways flying in formation are carrying the expo’s message period.» Alitalia CEO Gabriele for the next world expo. Photo: Expo Milano 2015 to the skies: «Feeding the del Torchio added that «the planet – Energy for world exhibition rep- which flew for the first time on 12 No- life». The two expo resents an incredible vember, underlined this statement. Etihad sponsors simulta- opportunity for the Cargo will now connect Milan to Bogotá neously presented country to present (and thence Bogotá with Amsterdam) in two planes with itself to the world, partnership with the Colombian carrier a special livery so we’re pleased Avianca Cargo. The twice-weekly service

on 20 October at n that Alitalia has will see a Boeing B747-400F deployed. i their facilities at l seized the day and The unit has the capacity to carry 105 t, d Milan Malpensa n is on board.» which is expected to consist largely of a and Abu Dhabi air- h raw materials, perishables, machine parts, W g/ ports. The carriers ar sin Strategic market consumer goods and fashion items. «Italy will need more planes ehou Etihad’s president and has the third-largest European airfreight to carry out the around CEO James Hogan pro- market, and has thus been in our lime- 100 daily flights scheduled to pounded the same message, light since 2007», Etihad head planner and from Milan during the exhibition, saying that «Italy represents an impor- Kevin Knight said. He added that the however. Giuseppe Sala, the head of tant strategic market for us.» A new full- airline has flown 130,000 t of air cargo Expo Milano 2015, said that his organi- freighter link announced that same day, to and from Italy in seven years. ah

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