Agreement of cooperation between the ports of Venice and Santos



Today, in the within of the mission of the Italian government in Brazil, the ports of Venice and Santos have signed an agreement that constitutes one of five memoranda sign from the ministries of the Economic Development and Foreign countries visiting near the South American State with the objective "to stimulate the contacts and the exchange of know-how-how between the European Union and Brazil and to improve the bilateral relations, promuovendo moreover a sustainable development from the environmental point of view". The understanding between the two marine ports of call is sealed by the signature of vice Italian minister to the Foreign policies Esteri, Marta Dass ù, and from the Brazilian minister for the Ports, Leonidas Cristino.

The memorandum between the port of Santos and Venice realizes the bilateral agreement in the logistic field and carries on May 26, 2011 signed between Italy and Brazil and defines between the areas of common interest and that they will be cooperation object: education and formation; atmosphere; crocieristico field; Port Community Systems; innovation in the harbour field; development projects.

In particular, the interest of the port of Santos towards Venice is concentrated on the best practice in environmental field, developed from the Venetian port of call seen the particular delicacy of the lagoon atmosphere, and in the field fleeting, being the leadership of Venice as first crocieristico home port of the Mediterranean.

The Harbour Authority of Venice has evidenced that remarkable interest and attention are demonstrated for the ingegneristiche solutions that Venice is studying in order to maximize the efficiency of the intermodalità ship South Sea islander-barge that will be realized in the harbour platform of height. In fact difficult Brazilian orography does so as that the ways of communication on which is invested mainly are own the ports are fluvial that oceanic, heading also at the intermodalità between the two.

"The logistics - the president of the Venetian harbour agency has commented, Paolo Costa - is one of the strategic fields of cooperation between Italy and Brazil. The negotiation between the two ports is concluded today with the signature of the agreement that places to the center own the cooperation realized through the exchange of experiences and best practice and technical and managerial know-how-how. Today the Venetian port of call has in being a traffic bulk with the Latin America but, in perspective vision and considering it is of the future infrastructural developments of the Venetian port of call is of the market served from the port of Santos (from the State of Saint Paulo until Paraguay and to Bolivia), the which signed agreement today represents an important first step in order to establish a privileged relation more wide that involves the entire arc of Alto Adriatico".