The national convention of the ANPAN is opened today to Venice 40°



40° the national convention of the ANPAN (National Association Provveditori Naval Contractors) is opened today to Venice, accommodated near the Erizzo palace from the Ligabue group, leader in the services of catering naval and industrial. The association, than takes care to represent the category of the ship chandlers near the public administrations, has been born on November 16, 1970 to Genoa under the sponsorship of first president Anacleto Ligabue. Between the other purposes of ANPAN figure the promotion and realization of studies, understandings and relations between the categories on customs, monetary, fiscal issues in the marine and harbour field.

Currently the association is presided by Alfredo Tosato (Pedrotec Srl), that he is also vice-president of the OCEAN (European Organizzazione of the Ship chandlers). "With great emotion - it has declared Sheared - we prepare ourselves to celebrate 40° anniversary of the association the hosts to Venice in the splendid residence of the Ligabue family from we all considered, in the person of the patriarch Anacleto, origin and foundation of all our companies. Launches and important arguments attend to us in the development of the work, and are sure that numerous and the important present authorities will allow an open and profitable debate in the attempt to improve the relationships and the possibilities of increase and development of the numerous companies that operate on the national territory".

"I am pleased - it has said Inti Ligabue, grandson of Anacleto and executive councilman of the association - of being able to accommodate this important convention to Venice, the place where the association has been born and where my family has created to a new ring of the chain of the supplies of services to the ships. The naval contract, our job, imposes always greater challenges. It is necessary to be to the step with the times, to make own the best technologies for the logistics of the goods and to search all the possible synergies for being able to compete and not to lose positions in a more and more total and competitive market. All that through a strong sense of belongings to our trade association ANPAN who must support to us and help in the location of such synergies. The development of the marine transports but also of the market of the crocieristica, than to Venice in particular does not have quickly bendings indeed it grows thanks to the destagionalizzazione of the offer, shows new goals to reach".

The convention will conclude next Sunday.