The ports of Genoa and La Spezia are mobilized in order to assist the populations of from Liguria East and the Tuscany hit by the cloudburst



The ports of Genoa and La Spezia have been activated in order to in recent days carry support to the populations of from Liguria East and the Tuscany hit by a terrible cloudburst. The president of the Harbour Authority of Genoa, Luigi Merlo, in occasion of the reunion yesterday of the Harbour Committee has made an appeal the harbour community so that he put on its technical competences and the structures useful in order to face the serious emergencies.

"United to admiral Angrisano and together with the Civil Protection and the Region - it has said Merlon - we will estimate in that way the system port can guarantee support to the municipalities so hardly hit. Task above all as contributing to help those truths in great part isolated as Monterosso, Vernazza and Ameglia that have necessity of aids by sea. In particular I would propose to ideally adopt Vernazza totally isolated from earth and via railroad and in a situation that very many time will demand before to return to normality and that currently it is lacking in all".

"It is necessary - it has concluded Merlon - a great overhong of solidarity towards this immense tragedy that has hit territories to which Genoa and Marina Mercantile Italiana they are strongly legacies because from always hometowns of entire generations of commanders and Italian crews. For this I hope that Confitarma and the other associations, knowing the particular attention and sensibility that the world of the sea characterizes, find the world to join, in the forms that will consider more opportune".

Always yesterday the Harbour Committee of - spezzina has announced the president of the Harbour Authority, Lorenzo Forcieri - "has expressed unanimously own total availability to take part. Means, men and genres first necessity already are sent in the crisis zones". Forcieri has explained that the harbour agency has already prepared "an operating unit of emergency coordinated from the general secretary Davide Santini and is supplying to the transport of the staff of operating means".

"On indication of the Civil Protection - it has continued the president of the agency break - in the day yesterday they are acquired and already delivered to the which dispersed population, numerous genres first necessity. Draft above all of food, scatolame, powdered milk, pasta, diapers. Also we have acquired and put on of the Civil Protection three tanks for drinkable water of the total ability 10,000 liters that, as soon as reopened the communication ways, will be transported and placed with a carrellone to Rocchetta Vara. Two tugs, the Pieran and Tuono of the Reunited Tugs Spezzini, for aids from the sea, are waiting for orders in order to operate". To this other which put on means of the Municipality of Ameglia join, of the Prefecture and the Civil Protection.