Hub to the Far East - ÖBB Rail Cargo and Port of Trieste Strengthen Cooperation

Lifestyle & TravelTravel ♦ Published: March 22, 2019; 15:06 ♦ (Vindobona)

At a critical time when the question of Italian economic independence from China is being discussed throughout Europe, ÖBB's Rail Cargo Group is intensifying its cooperation with the port of Trieste in order, among other things, to be able to use the transport connection of the Adriatic port to the Far East.

Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB and Port of Trieste intensify cooperation / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Gigi26970 at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)]

The Port of Trieste is a central logistics hub for the economy of Italy and Austria, as well as for the entire Central and Southern European region, and also an important gateway to the maritime Silk Road (One Belt One Road Initiative).

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