According Federmar-Cisal, must participate in the Region of Sardinia with Italian capital of the Company and representatives of Navigation (CIN), the company formed by shipowners Aponte, Grimaldi and Honored with the aim of acquiring Tirrenia.
Recalling that in the course of this week, the government will meet with stakeholders in the privatization of Tirrenia, in a statement the union said that "it is essential to restore the tariff always performed by the moderation in Tirrenia ferry services between the mainland and Sardinia. Ensure territorial continuity to the island population and its economy - noted Federmar-Cisal - is a duty that the state must perform, keeping in mind, as has happened in all these years, the containment of the cost of transportation of both passengers goods.In the absence of a phase of a carrier used for this function (the Convention for Tirrenia will start with its privatization) and the simultaneous upward leap of the tariffs of other owners - said the union - then appeared more than justified the 'initiative of the Sardinian Region to exercise at moderate prices services on different routes with vessels chartered through its subsidiary will be: in the end - and not many people remember him - the matter of transport, including shipping, is the responsibility of each region. "
Therefore - according Federmar-Cisal - as collateral for various business bodies, political and social, is "necessary to reach an agreement that will see the society in the process of acquiring Tirrenia well as the participation of representatives of capital and the Sardinian Region."
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