E' possibile connettere la navigazione fluvio-marittima italiana con quella europea ?

Italian and european river and sea navigationcould be integrated: researchers from Politecnico di Milano studied an ambitious project tha would, yes, involve the realization of complex and costly works, but with googd logistic results in terms of efficiency and the reduction of the environmental impact. To make the connection, it would be necessary, on the one hand, to compolete the canalization along the Po, from Mantua to Milan; in addition it would be important to build brand new works to connect Trieste with Bratislava. The Adriatic-Danube connection (which was already a hypothesis during the period of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) would require a tunnel 120 km long to cross the Carso-Alpi Giulie mountain system, which would be navigable only after the ships were lifted vertically 8on the side of Trieste) in mechanical elevators. It would continue as an open air waterway in the territory of Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary, where difference in altitude would be serviced by navigation locks. Scholars have calculated the cost of construction and management, with detailed comparisons agiainst intineraries and modes used today.