{"id":17927,"date":"2026-05-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/alberto-grisone-speed-as-the-main-challenge-for-romania\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T00:00:00","slug":"alberto-grisone-speed-as-the-main-challenge-for-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/alberto-grisone-speed-as-the-main-challenge-for-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberto Grisone: Speed as the main challenge for Romania."},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Director of Strategic Projects and Network Development at Hupac Intermodal S.A. Alberto Grisone, speaking at the BLACK SEA TRANSPORT CORRIDORS 2026: PORTS, RAILWAYS, SHIPPING conference, highlighted a critical issue in Romania\u2019s rail sector \u2013 <strong>the ongoing decline in transport speed<\/strong>. According to him, while in 2012 a freight train crossed Romania in around 21 hours, today the same transit takes 27\u201330 hours. He stressed that <strong>the industry needs to return to a benchmark of 18 hours<\/strong> in order to make the Constan\u021ba corridor truly competitive.<\/p>\n<p>Grisone also <strong>criticized the growing trend of so-called \u201cgarden terminals\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 small private logistics sites that become unprofitable once subsidies end. Instead, <strong>he called for greater synergy <\/strong>across the sector, including consolidation of cargo flows from different operators and more efficient use of empty return wagon capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Another key issue raised was <strong>the language barrier in European rail transport<\/strong>. Unlike aviation, rail operations in Europe still lack a unified working language, and train drivers are required to obtain national certifications (such as E1) for each country they operate in, significantly slowing cross-border traffic.<\/p>\n<p>On digitalization, Grisone pointed to T\u00fcrkiye as a benchmark, where exporters submit a single unified declaration that covers both railway and customs procedures. However, he noted that at the international level, <strong>progress remains limited due to national conservatism<\/strong> and reluctance among countries to share data systems.<\/p>\n<p>For more interviews and news from the world of logistics, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/transportcorridors.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TransportCorridors.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also take part in international logistics events organized by <strong>RDL \u10ef\u10d2\u10e3\u10e4\u10d8<\/strong> \u2013 visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdl.group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>website <\/strong><\/a>for more details.<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director of Strategic Projects and Network Development at Hupac Intermodal S.A. Alberto Grisone, speaking at the BLACK SEA TRANSPORT CORRIDORS 2026: PORTS, RAILWAYS, SHIPPING conference, highlighted a critical issue in Romania\u2019s rail sector \u2013 the ongoing decline in transport speed. According to him, while in 2012 a freight train crossed Romania in around 21 hours, today the same transit takes 27\u201330 hours. He stressed that the industry needs to return to a benchmark of 18 hours in order to make the Constan\u021ba corridor truly competitive.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17928,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-caucasus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gruzingeo.com\/ka\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}