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...scheme was downright startling. Concluding that the only long-term solution to the city's port problem was to look for space elsewhere, he got the backing of 170 leading Genoese businessmen, built a new landlocked "port" on the other side of the Apennines, 40 miles inland at Rivalta Scrivia. Linked to the sea by its own railroad and highways, the new facility is designed to ease pressure on the existing port. The way it works, incoming cargo is unloaded in Genoa directly onto freight cars or trucks, then whisked to Rivalta Scrivia for customs clearance, sorting and warehousing...
...operation just four months, the $12 million venture is moving only 20,000 tons of cargo a month, but Costa predicts that volume will at least triple by 1970. As much sense as Rivalta Scrivia makes, many of Genoa's stodgier merchants have characteristically fought its development every step of the way. But Costa is determined to see it through. "For too long we have regarded the port as a place to make money," says he. "The time has come to begin thinking about what service we can offer." And of course making more money in the process...
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