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The aim is to shift part of freight flows from road to sea, using the port of Trieste as a starting point to connect the North with Apulia and central Italy.<\/p>\n<p>According to Agrusti, the infrastructure criticality that emerged in Molise highlighted the <strong>fragility of land connections along the Adriatic corridor<\/strong>. For this reason Confindustria, together with Apulian representatives and the national delegate for logistics, is working on <strong>an experimental solution based on the Motorways of the Sea<\/strong>. The proposal is also attracting attention among port operators. <strong>Enrico Samer has assessed the technical sustainability of the route: between Trieste and Bari there are around 323 nautical miles, which can be covered in about 17 hours at a commercial speed of 19 knots.<\/strong> This is longer than by road, but with potentially lower costs thanks to the transport of the semi-trailer only, without the tractor unit.<\/p>\n<p>The operational hypothesis would involve two weekly rotations and, from a technical standpoint, vessel availability would not be a constraint. The main issue remains demand: <strong>for the line to work, it must guarantee regular loads in both directions,<\/strong> avoiding empty sailings that would undermine its economic balance.<br \/>\nSimilar experiences already exist. On the Venice-Bari route, for example, Autamarocchi moves around 400 semi-trailers a month in cooperation with Grimaldi Lines, showing that the model can hold up when adequate volumes are in place.<\/p>\n<p>On the institutional side, <strong>the president of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea, Marco Consalvo, urges caution<\/strong>: before launching the service, a concrete market assessment is needed, involving logistics operators and potential customers, including international ones. Trieste is indicated as a strategic node for this type of traffic, thanks to its projection towards the markets of central and eastern Europe. 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