LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURES
Strategic position
The Emilia-Romagna region is a bridge: it is at the crossroads of the communication routes connecting Northern Europe with Adriatic and Mediterranean countries. The regional logistics system for handling freight is one of the most advanced in Italy, a major road and railway junction between Northern and Central-Southern Italy.
Access to markets:
- 1st Italian region for export per capita (2022)
- Export-oriented - Exports (84.1 billion euros in 2022) much higher than imports (53.2 billion euros in 2022)
- Main countries for export in 2021 are: USA, Germany, France, Spain, UK, China, Poland, Japan, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, …
TRANSPORT NETWORK
The following map shows just the main regional infrastructures.
VIA EMILIA
Is the road that crosses the region from southeast to northwest and is surrounded by a high concentration of businesses and logistics hubs.
4 STRATEGIC INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS
The intercontinental “Guglielmo Marconi” Airport of Bologna (the region’s main air transport hub), “Federico Fellini” Airport of Rimini, “Giuseppe Verdi” Airport of Parma, the "Luigi Ridolfi" Airport of Forlì.
MAIN FREIGHT VILLAGES
Interporto Bologna and Parma CEPIM. Main Freight Terminals: Piacenza, Dinazzano, (RE), Rubiera (RE), Marzaglia (Modena), Villa Selva (Forlì), Ravenna.
HIGH-SPEED TRAINS CONNECT THE REGION WITH MAJOR ITALIAN CITIES
From Bologna to: Turin - 2:14h, Milan - 1:04h, Florence - 0:37h, Rome - 2:03h, Naples - 3:26h. Main rail companies are Trenitalia, ItaloTreno and Ferrovie Emilia-Romagna.
THE PORT OF RAVENNA
Is one of the top ports in the country.
Highlights
SOME SPECIALIZED PRODUCTION AND PROVINCES
Data in 2021
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Bologna airport
Data in 2022
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in infrastructures and renewable energy in the Port area
Ravenna Port
CAAB is leader for fruit and vegetable distribution in Italy, comprising warehouses for frozen and fresh goods, logistics platforms, and offices. CAAB is part of the new Network of the Regional Agri-food Centres - also including Parma, Cesena and Rimini - that aims to strengthen effectiveness and internationalisation of the distributon system.
CAAB (Bologna)
Includes the main regional transport and logistic actors and aims to develop collaborative activities and to promote the Emilia-Romagna Region’s system of intermodal platforms on the national and international stage.
