From the southern gateway to Switzerland
In Italy, the Contship Italia Group and La Spezia Port Authority recently welcomed a delegation of clients of the Swiss freight forwarder Lamprecht at Contship’s flagship gateway La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT).
Contship, a private terminal operator in Italy, showcased the benefits that the southern gateway alternative offers for Swiss seaborne import and export flows. Twenty managers of several cargo owners and traders visited La Spezia as part of a business tour organised by the freight forwarder Lamprecht.
Hannibal, Conthsip’s multimodal transport operator, has upgraded its service between LSCT and Frenkendorf-Basel (Switzerland) to five weekly round trips (up to six during the peak season).
2018 saw an increase in the cargo volumes transported by Hannibal between all Ligurian ports and Basel by 66% year-on-year and La Spezia accounts for more than 76% of this figure. (cd)