ASTL was founded in 2012, on the initiative of TrasportI Pesanti and Magli Intermodal Service. Their purpose was the creation of a logistic model for the integration of co-modality in the world of steel material.

ASTL's mission is a growing integration between rail and road transport, (aiming) to become a reference point in the intermodal transport of steel products.

Astl mainly operates in the port of Cremona (Northern Italy). Thanks to its network, it connects from here Italy to Germany (Ruhr), Poland, Romania, France, Spain and the United States, managing the entire B2B logistics cycle of the goods.