Italian oil giant Eni is partnering with the state-owned rail freight operator Mercitalia Rail, for the rail transport of four of its products. The contract will last three years with an option to extend it for two more.

More specifically, the partnership involves Enilive and Versalis, respectively Eni’s mobility and chemical branches. The products that will be moved on the rail will be liquefied petroleum gas, hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), Ethyl tertiary-butyl ether and butene.

This initiative should remove over 3,000 tank trucks from Italian roads for a total of 80,000 tonnes every year, according to the CEO of Mercitalia Logistics Sabrina De Filippis. This is not the first time that Eni and the Italian railway holding Ferrovie dello Stato are collaborating. Since the summer of 2023, for example, a few passenger trains in the southern region of Calabria have been running on HVO.