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Also critical Assagenti the management of the genoese terminal TRI bulk
Cerruti: "we wish a timely participation of the Harbour Authority"
January 20, 2012
Assagenti, the association of the genoese shipping agents, has joined to the express worries yesterday from the unions Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl and Ulitrasporti with respect to the loss of traffics and competitiveness of the only pole dedicated to the solid bulk of the port of Genoa managed from Terminal Bulk Italy - TRI ( on 19 January 2012). "On the argument - the president of Assagenti has explained, Giovanni Cerruti - we have already recorded gripes and uneasiness by some our associates, that they are forced to divert on other ports the ships that they represent, because of the impossibility of the Terminal Bulk to receive some merceologiche types".
Remembering that the terminal still has not been adapted to the prescription of environmental type expressed from the agencies preplaces, Cerruti has emphasized that "this behavior is incomprehensible and the consequences are under observation of all. A total must unfortunately be rimarcare - it has continued - negligence by the managers of the terminal on this fundamental point, and the consequences are unfortunately damaging Genoa, its port, the workers and the companies that operate to you, with serious losses of traffic and image".
Assagenti has evidenced the continuous necessity that Genoa to maintain a diversification merceologica, than from always represents the force of the port: "as category - Cerruti has explained - we wish a timely participation of the Harbour Authority that resolves this spiny issue in times breviums, wishing us that the TRI summits are activated ready to the aim to avoid a hemorrhage of traffics and customers, than it could be revealed very dangerous if not ready checked".
"The geographic position of Genoa for the majority of the traffics of destined bulk to the industrial area of the Italy North is strategic - it has concluded Cerruti - and not to guarantee an adapted terminalistico service from our port is simply unacceptable".
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