"FITA CNA, the union representing Italian truckers, has forecast 100,000 more trucks on Italian roads by 2012, making the use of the sea almost obligatory... "We must realize," Lunardi, the minister, said, "along with the other countries that border the Mediterranean, that this vast sea is no longer a hindrance that makes commerce more difficult but rather a new means of transport. The sea has to become an extension of the freeway system so companies will realize this is the best way to move freight." (Quoted from article)