Trieste Threatens Hamburg as Southern Ports Deploy Rail: Freight
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Mediterranean ports are luring trade from Hamburg and Rotterdam as upgraded rail links allow shipping lines to unload containers earlier in the journey from Asia and complete deliveries overland.
Trieste on the Adriatic is 22.5 days sail from Singapore, Asia’s No. 2 port, or a week closer than Hamburg, according to A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, owner of the No. 1 container line. The rail journey from the Italian port takes a few more days.