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Confitarma wishes that the Supreme Defense Council takes care of piracy
"The recent events in North Africa and in Middle East - Paolo has explained d' Amico - emphasize still more the gravity of the phenomenon"
March 7, 2011
The Italian Confederation Shipping (Confitarma) wishes that the Supreme Defense Council, convened for next Wednesday from the President of the Republic, places attention to the threat represented from piracy. "He is of fundamental importance - the president of the shipowning confederation has explained, Paolo d' Amico - than in such occasion the emergency in Libya does not place in second floor such phenomenon, but indeed of it he emphasizes the greater risk for mercantile navigation in waters of the Indian Ocean, to discapito of the ships, the world-wide economy but above all of safety of the crews that manifest increasing worries".
"The recent events in North Africa and in Middle East - it has observed of Friend - emphasize still more the gravity of the phenomenon of piracy, above all for a country as Italy, import fort of raw materials and in particular of oil. In fact failing of the Libyan crude oil has already carried to increase the every day production in the Countries of the Middle East. This wants to say that the marine transport of coming oil from that area will still increase with a greater number of operating ships in zones to piracy risk. Already today more than three Italian ships every day they navigate in waters to risk piracy".
Confitarma has evidenced that currently 2,000 pirates somalis threaten the world-wide economy and that however the governments do not seem to have comprised to full load the increasing gravity of this phenomenon that, for intensity and place of he attacks, is assuming characteristic of a real war offshore. War that, is by now clear - it has emphasized the Confederation - with the single alignment of naval means of the international missions antipirateria, cannot be won, held also account of the current impossibility to put into effect controls in the territory somali in order to neutralize the bases of the pirates to earth and in sea (ships mother).
"Memory - it has concluded of Friend - than the Italian ship attacked Savina Caylyn a month ago in the full Indian Ocean, more than 800 miles from the coasts somalis, is still under seizure of the pirates with its crew, and that from the August month 2010 Confitarma has asked the government urgent measures to protection for our ships".
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The Italian Confederation Shipping (Confitarma) wishes that the Supreme Defense Council, convened for next Wednesday from the President of the Republic, places attention to the threat represented from piracy. "He is of fundamental importance - the president of the shipowning confederation has explained, Paolo d' Amico - than in such occasion the emergency in Libya does not place in second floor such phenomenon, but indeed of it he emphasizes the greater risk for mercantile navigation in waters of the Indian Ocean, to discapito of the ships, the world-wide economy but above all of safety of the crews that manifest increasing worries".
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
