MASSA-CARRARA – A new rail-rubber-sea synergy starts from the province of Arezzo for the integrated and sustainable transport of large concrete products to arrive at the port of Marina di Carrara and then embark for Cagliari.
Thanks to the collaboration between the Baraclit group, the Logistics Hub of the FS Group and the Grendi Group, for the first time in Italy concrete products travel first by train, then by national maritime transport to Sardinia and finally by truck delivery of last mile. A combination of transport modes that optimizes yield and minimizes environmental impact as much as possible.
The concrete products, produced by Baraclit in its factory in Bibbiena in Arezzo, are loaded onto the train directly at the factory and, thanks to Mercitalia Rail, reach the port of Marina di Carrara in a few hours. A method that allows 600 trucks to be removed from the roads of Tuscany and, according to the calculation estimates of the Logistics Centre, to avoid the emission of approximately 210 tonnes of CO2 compared to transport by heavy vehicle on the road.
The load, positioned on special boxes, is loaded by Grendi onto its ship bound for Cagliari where the material, once disembarked, is stored and, finally, transferred onto trucks for the last kilometres, reaching the final destination of Elmas for the construction of a shopping center.
With this project, operational and economic efficiency marries sustainability in terms of reducing environmental impact, demonstrating that it is possible to pursue these objectives in a synergistic way.
A virtuous example of mixed mobility, one of a kind, to develop a low-emission intermodal network, in line with the sustainable objectives of the three companies.
