The consul general of Russia to Palermo has visited the port of Gioia Tauro



Today the extraordinary minister and plenipotentiary consul general of Russia to Palermo, Vladimir Korotkov, has made visit to the port of Gioia Tauro within a series of institutional visits that the Russian diplomat has started in Calabria, having made stage in the several regional cities and meeting the institutional representatives calabrians. The consul has reached Gioia Tauro accompanied by Salvatore Federico, honorary consul of Ukraine for the Calabria, and by Giuseppe Pedà, national vice-president of the Young people of Confcommercio.

In the early afternoon, before to carry out a tour guided inside of the harbour area, Korotkov has met the summits of the Harbour Authority and is received by the general secretary of the agency, Salvatore Silvestri. Al consul Silvestri has illustrated the history of the port and described the activities of the port of call, that it is the first Italian port of transhipment inside of the international circuits of the Mediterranean: "draft - it has explained Sylvan - of an important port of call for the economic development of the Calabria, as it produces to 50% of the GDP private of the Region, guaranteeing job and maintenance to 3.000 families. The recent entrance of MSC in the share compages of the terminalista Medcenter Container Terminal - it has continued - ago very to hope for the increase and the future development of our port. Anyway, we are speaking about the second company of greater navigation to the world, in joint venture with the company of CMA navigation, than together with the Maersk they represent the gotha of the shipping world-wide".

"The vision and the acquaintance of this harbour infrastructure - consul Korotkov has declared - me have pleasantly impressed because famous an optimal internal organization. To such purpose, taking into consideration the volume of the commercial exchanges between our Countries, than in the 2011 has recorded an increase of 30% regarding 2010, can be very hoped in a greater cooperation between our Countries. I will transmit the received information, in this my first visits - it has concluded - to the Russian institutions, in the specific one to the Chamber of Commerce and the ministries of the economic Development and the Transports, with the objective to favor, in a spirit of effective collaboration, an increase of the commercial exchanges between our Countries".