PRESIDENT OF EUROPLATFORMS
The European Association of freight villages
Thessaloniki, November 2006

FIGURES
Italy –Spain–Germany–Denmark–Portugal–Luxembourg–Greece–
France –Hungary-Ukraine

THE MAP

DEFINITION
A freight village is a defined area within which all activities relating to transport, logistic and distribution of goods, both for national and International transit are carried out by various operators.
A freight village must also be equipped with all the public facilities to carry out the above mentioned operations. In order to encourage intermodal transport for the handling of goods, a freight village must preferably be served by a multiplicity of transport modes (road, rail, deep sea, inland waterway, air).

LOCAL AUTHORITIES
POLICY
FREIGHT VILLAGE
INFRASTRUCTURES
LOCATION

ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
Public-Private Partnership
Public Authorities support for: policies on economic and territorial developme nt
1
3
2 environment al policy synergies with ports/rail infrastructures (multimodality)

Maritime Connections
CATCHEMENT AREA
Town
Road Connections
Rail Connections
Industrial Districts

THE ROLE OF FREIGHT VILLAGES
1.Offer alternative transport solutions more efficient and complete
2.Move part of the freight transport from road to other modes of transport
( intermodality/multimodality )
3.Manage
the exponential increase of freight transport in the optimal way

Moving heavy traffic from residential areas to the freight village
1985
Congestion
1990 First transport operators (60.000 smq)

Specialized and dedicated logistics area

Specialized and dedicated logistics area
Post-effects
• More productivity ton/sqm (+30%)
• More competition among transport and logistics companies
• More service quality
• Less personnel (-30%)

More intermodality
1.Handling operations
2.Shunting operations
3.Intermodal terminal mangement on behalf of RFI (Trenitalia)

New rail connections
1.Sinergy between maritime port and freight village: Bologna-Ravenna rail service connection
2.Gravel trains

1. Total freight transport
2. Intermodal trains
3. Wagons
4. Transport and logistics companies
5. Increase of logistics demand
Figures 2005
2000
3.561.639 tonn
132/month
29.102
78
150.000 covered sqm
2005
4.510.000 tonn
196/month
43.212
100
300.000 covered sqm sqm

Location
Freight Village
Port of Nürnberg

Freight Village
Port of Nürnberg
Location advantages
 central geographical location in Europe
 main european seaports in a radius of 700km

Intercept point of the trans-european networks
(Corridor No. 1, 18, 22)
 central distribution point in South Germany (27 million people live within a 200 km radius)

Freight Village
Port of Nürnberg
Current projects along TEN-Corridors
TEN-Corridor No. 1:
-Cooperation with Quadrante Europa / Verona (Berlin – Palermo)
-Developing of Container "Hinterland"-Traffic with Adria-Ports
(Trieste, Venezia)
TEN-Corridor No. 18:
-Market research for developing combined services by barge along
Danube
TEN-Corridor No. 22:
-Developing combined services (trailer, swap-bodies) by rail
(Central Germany – South Europe and Brasov/Romania)

Location
Ideal for disfribution into Europe
Amsterdam
Brussels
Paris
Frankfurt
Munich
Lyon
Toulouse Marseilla
Milan
Barcelona, the logistics platform for the South of Europe, the Mediterranean and Oriente Medio
Zaragoza Barcelona
Madrid
Tanger
Casablanca

Connections - multimodality
BARCELONA AIRPORT
Llobregat river
ZAL
BARCELONA town
PORT OF BARCELONA
• BY SEA Direct access to port facilities.
• BY ROAD Connection via the urban road system with the long-distance routes
• BY RAIL Direct connection to the Iberian-gauge rail system and with the planned
European-gauge line
• BY AIR Direct access by highway to Barcelona airport,

Quality Real Estate Offer
MULTI-USER WAREHOUSES FOR
RENT IN MODULES WITH INTEGRAL
OFFICES
FLEXIBLE & FUNTIONAL
STRUCTURE
TURNKEY PROJECTS FOR SINGLE
USERS

Service Quality
SERVICE CENTER
CENTRAL SERVICES AREA

MODULAR OFFICES

PARKING AND ARCHIVES
 MEETING AND TRAINING CENTER
 AUDITORIUM
AND ALSO…

GREEN SPACES AND TERRACES

CHILD-CARE CENTER

COMMERCIAL AREA WITH SERVICES
 SECURITY & MAITENANCE
 IT COMMUNICATIONS