PSA and Logtainer move ahead with Padua intermodal terminal

Logtainer PSA Intermodal Italy and Logtainer have signed a final agreement to manage the intermodal terminal at Interporto Padova, establishing a new operating company to strengthen Padua’s role in European inland logistics. The new company, PSA Padova, follows the tender award secured in December 2025 and will take over the management and development of the terminal. PSA Intermodal Italy, part of PSA Italy, will hold the majority stake and assume operational responsibility. Interporto Padova will remain a shareholder, keeping the terminal anchored within the regional logistics system, while Logtainer will contribute its experience in multimodal transport operations in Italy. The project forms part of PSA’s broader node-to-network strategy, which seeks to connect ports, inland terminals and transport corridors into more integrated logistics ecosystems. Located in northeastern Italy, Interporto Padova is already connected to the Trans-European Transport Network and serves as a key inland gateway for freight moving between Italian industrial regions, seaports and wider European markets. PSA said the aim is to develop the terminal as an open, multi-user platform, improving rail, road, and port connectivity while supporting more efficient, lower-emission inland logistics. The move gives PSA a deeper foothold in Italy’s intermodal market, complementing its existing port terminal operations in Genoa and Venice. PSA Italy operates PSA Genova Pra’, PSA SECH and PSA Venice-Vecon, handling more than 2m teu annually and around a quarter of Italy’s containerised import and export traffic. Sam Chambers Starting out with the Informa Group in 2000 in Hong Kong, Sam Chambers became editor of Maritime Asia magazine as well as East Asia Editor for the world’s oldest newspaper, Lloyd’s List. In 2005 he pursued a freelance career and wrote for a variety of titles including taking on the role of Asia Editor at Seatrade magazine and China correspondent for Supply Chain Asia. His work has also appeared in The Economist, The New York Times, The Sunday Times and The International Herald Tribune. Read Next June 26, 2026 DOF books three-year subsea vessel charter June 26, 2026 Splash Wrap: Hormuz hope dashed June 26, 2026 A Career in Shipping: The truth about getting a job in maritime June 26, 2026 Seized tanker tests the limits of shadow fleet enforcement June 26, 2026 France boards another Russian shadow fleet tanker off Sicily