Autamarocchi and Lorma Logistic announce the birth of AL Steel Transport

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Date

May 06, 2024

Business Unit

Trucking and Intermodal Services

By combining the skills for the success of the Italian steel logistics of Autamarocchi and the Cosulich Group through its subsidiary Lorma Logistic, we are pleased to announce the foundation of AL STEEL TRANSPORT. This new reality, born from the union of the skills and experience of the two companies, aims to contribute significantly to the needs of road logistics in the Italian steel sector for the industrial realities of the North-East. AL STEEL TRANSPORT sets itself apart by addressing the current gaps in the steel sector’s logistics chain. We guarantee dedicated services, rapid delivery times, total safety, and maximum operational efficiency. As we grow, we remain committed to environmental sustainability through investments,the use of the latest-generation road tractors, and route optimization to reduce empty journeys. AL STEEL TRANSPORT aims to become a point of reference for companies in the steel sector, a crucial industry for the Italian economy. It represents one of the pillars of our national production system. The sector’s efficiency is closely tied to the quality and reliability of its logistics, including road transport, which continues to play a pivotal role. AL STEEL TRANSPORT is committed to providing innovative solutions from the point of view of approaching critical issues tailored to customers’ specific needs in this crucial sector.

Lorenzo Momigliano, General Manager of the Fratelli Cosulich Group with responsibility also for Trucking and Intermodal business, expresses his excitement about the collaboration: “We are thrilled to join forces with Autamarocchi, a renowned player in the logistics sector, and with Lorma Logistic, a strategic company of Cosulich Brothers Group. This collaboration will enable us to offer unprecedented logistics services in the steel sector, leveraging the skills and resources of the Fratelli Cosulich Group. The steel sector is crucial to our economy, and we are determined to contribute to its success with innovative and reliable solutions”.

Roberto Vidoni, CEO of Autamarocchi, comments: “Our company has consolidated experience in steel transport since the early 1990s. It works for the main Italian companies in the sector, using specialist skills and equipment for the various types of products. I want to highlight how this unique project has multiple links in the logistics chain to the precise objective of creating dedicated and competitive services. Achieve all this with the prestigious Cosulich Group, which, among its many activities, boasts great skills and expertise in logistics, projects this initiative towards significant horizons”.

ABOUT AUTAMAROCCHI: Born in 1986 after the merger between Auta and Morocco, the Trieste-based Autamarocchi is one of Italy’s most significant transport and logistics companies. Full truck load (FTL) transport in Italy and Europe and Türkiye, road and intermodal road-rail and road-sea is one of the sectors core businesses of the company. Currently, the Autamarocchi fleet consists of 700 trucks and 1,450 semi-trailers. All FTL equipment is highly specialized for the different types of transport: tautliners for general cargo with coil compartments are available in both standard and mega versions of 100 m3, in the huckaback type for transport on railway wagons and IMO for maritime transport with Ro-Ro ships. The container fleet and swap bodies for 20’, 30’, 40 and 45’ units are also significant in the “tipper” type. The tractor fleet also includes 275 vehicles equipped with GenSets for feeding the “Reefer Containers”.

 

ABOUT LORMA LOGISTIC: Founded as a family business in the 1950s, LORMA has progressed from traditional transportation to excellence in transporting general cargo, chemicals, fertilizers and steel, above all in Northern Italy and the main ports such as Genoa. Its development was supported by the entry into Fratelli Cosulich Group, which now holds 100% of the shares. This has strengthened its presence in the container transport, logistics and tank container sectors. Expanding intermodal services and depot, LORMA focused on transporting containers by truck, giving birth in 2011 to LORMA Logistics. In a short time, the company has emerged as a protagonist in the national market, boasting a fleet of over 100 road tractors distributed among the offices in Northern Italy (Genoa, Padua, La Spezia and Rubiera) and the Marghera Container Terminal, under the Ambro Terminal brand.