The Interporto Regionale della Puglia, one of the mostadvanced logistics and intermodal systems of Southern Italy, introduce atTransort Logistics in Munich two innovative  logistics services linked with the Port of Bari: the newconsolidation NVOCC service for export called LCL MED (www.lclmed.net) and the new shuttleservice from Port of Bari and interporto BARIEASYPORT (www.barieasyport.net), in association withIstop Spamat, a company specialized in customs and port operations, andrealized both with the financial support of the Chamber of Commerce of Barias  partner of the GIFT 2.0  project of the cross-border cooperationprogramme Italy-Greece 2007-2013 cofunded by the European Union.

The LCL MED service , involving the use of a InterportoRegionale della Puglia warehouse as consolidation platform with the next shipmentof containers from the port of Bari to the most important redistributiveplatforms worldwide, allows us to offer the most competitive rates to companiesfrom Puglia and more generally the whole South Italy, Western Greece and Balkanarea, who currently are obliged, for the shipment of small quantities of goods,to use consolidation platforms located in Northern Italy with shipment from theports of Northern Italy or Northern Europe.

To promote export to the countries of the Islamicreligion more and more interested in the excellence of the italian products theconsolidation warehouse at Interporto Regionale della Puglia is HALAL certifiedallowing companies with the same certification for the production process toensure to their customers compliance with this standard for the whole supplychain.

The BARIEASYPORT service involves the set-up of a customstemporary storage area within the interporto equipped for the depot of any kindof containers, dangerous goods (IMO/ADR) included, connected with the Port of Bariby a dedicated and customs regulated road shuttle service.

The presence at interporto of a customs agencyoffice  will allow the clearance ofgoods before the transfer to its final destination.

Through the project GIFT 2.0, which sees as Lead Partnerthe Department for Transport and Mobility of the Apulia Region, the Chamber ofCommerce of Bari has financed the

start-up of LCL MED service, ensuring a contribution inthe initial phase in order to compensate the unsaturation of the containers andthe retrofitting works in the customs temporary area to allow the storage ofthe IMO/ADR containers. Delegates of Apulia Region, Chamber of Commerce ofBari, Interporto Regionale della Puglia and Istop Spamat will be available formore informations at Transport Logistics next 6-7th May at GIFT 2.0 booth(stand 124, Halle A6)

The new office of the Customs Agency within Interporto has been  opened  last March 21th due  to a specific agreement signed at the headquarters of the regional transport department by the Director of the Customs Agency  Lorenzo Clemente and the Interporto's CEO Enzo Vailati.'' for Guglielmo Minervini, head of the regional transport department, this agreement it's a good result that accomplishes two goals. The first is the elevation of the level of competitiveness of this important infrastructure of the regional system, which can then offer a new service to transport and logistics operators.The second one concerns the positive impact that this action will have on the city of Bari. Indeed part of the heavy traffic that now clogs the access roads the city for the customs controls at the port, may be diverted to interporto, avoiding the transit of trucks with clear benefits on the quality of mobility and environmental protection.

Interporto Regionale della Puglia and Taranto Port Authority presented the apulian logistics platform during the China International Logistics Fair, the most important exhibition of the logistics industry in Asia, held in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province in China, last  12/14 October.  During the fair with the organizational support of INVITALIA, the Government Agency for the attraction of foreign investments in Italy, several meetings were held with the Port of Shenzhen, with which the Port Authority has signed Taranto a  memorandum of understanding, and its terminal operators and the port of Guangzhou (Canton). The Apiulia Region, with its system of ports and logistics platforms, it’s candidate to become the privileged interlocutor for the logistics industry of the Far East as an alternative to established logistics systems in Northern Europe. In the picture on the right the President of Taranto Port Authority, Sergio Prete, and the CEO of Interporto Regionale della Puglia, Enzo Vailati, with Mr. Ou Yuwei, Deputy Director General at Guangzhou Port Authority.

In the month of may a delegation of Apulia Region has visited, in the framework of a commercial initiative promoted by the Ambassy of the Netherlands in Italy, the Port Authority of Rotterdam to  find common activities aimed to promote the collaboration of Apulia and the Netherlands in the field of logistics. In the picture the President of Apulia Region, Nichi Vendola, the regional councilor for strategic infrastructures and mobility, Guglielmo Minervini, the Interporto Managing Director, Charley Dietvorst, and the three candidates at the apulian port authorities (Sergio Prete, Hercules Haralambides, Francesco Mariani).

INTERPORTO REGIONALE DELLA PUGLIA has partecipated in Bruxelles at the round table organized by SYMBIOS and University of Ghent about the sustainable solutions to facilitate the interconnections between transport infrastructures, in paricular Ports, airports and dry-ports. During the meeting ing. Giancarlo Giannetti on behalf of INTERPORTO REGIONALE DELLA PUGLIA has presented the Bari Logistic District Case Study focusing on bottlenecks about the connection between Port ansd INTERPORTO and the possible solutions. During the meeting Case Studies of Port of Amburg, Port of Cologne and Milan Airports were discussed.