An
extensive road and rail infrastructure is planned, necessary for the project’s
success. The port will be linked to the Southern Italian regions by rail
and will operate a shuttle service corresponding with vessels’ schedules
and responding to the needs of maritime cargos. Development will also depend
upon Malta Freeport feeding traffic through to Brindisi. Malta Freeport
handles over one million TEUs per year and since its foundation in 1988
it has rapidly climbed the league table, presently enjoying third place
amongst the Mediterranean transshipment ports.
It
is planned that container cargo originating from the Far East, North America
and Northern Europe destined for the Mediterranean will be shipped to Malta
Freeport and relayed to the Brindisi Terminal using a regular shuttle feeder
services, which will operate between the two ports. The cargo will then
be transported to various other Italian ports by means of rail and road
connections. This system will also operate vice-versa.
Brindisi Terminal Italia, the operator of the container
terminal intends to provide clients with a total logistics package that
includes all the activities necessary for the transfer of container cargo
from the place of production up to the loading on the vessel and vice-versa.
This will be undertaken at a pre-established tariff, thus offering clients
the certainty of costs and the security of a fully integrated service.
