Positive the outcome of the mission of the harbour community of Livorno in India



Positive the outcome of the mission in India carried out beginning from on 19 September from a delegation composed from the Harbour Authorities of Livorno and Piombino, from the Chamber of Commerce of Livorno, from trade associations of the terminalistiche enterprises (Assoterminal), of the shippers (Spedimar) and agents maritimmi (Asamar). In particular, a possible agreement with the ports of Jawararlal Nehru and Chennai focused on the exchange of the know-how-how in the field of the infrastructural management, the systems of port community and the policies of port management is in sight.

"Until now - the leader has explained promotion and reports external of the livornese Harbour Authority, Gabriele Gargiulo - the port of Chennai had tightened agreements of cooperation only with two ports: that of Halifax Regional Municipality, in Canada, and that of Zeebrugge, in Europe. Now also with we a strategic understanding for the definition of a memorandum could be under way of understanding. We wait for the green light from the competent ministries".

Thanks to this mission - it has added Gargiulo - "we are successful to activate of the communication channels is with the institutions (ministries and Italian embassy) that with the operators. We have introduced the port of Livorno, than in India it was not known. For us draft of a first absolute: our port of call has all papers in order and can become a point of reference for the commercial exchanges between the Indian State and the markets of the Triveneto and central Italy".

The mission had also the scope to throw the bases for the activation of new lines of traffic. "India - it has found Roberto Alberti, president of Spedimar, that it has participated to the mission - needs people that it invests in the realization of great infrastructures and needs to widen the horizon of own traffics on the front of project the cargo and the breakbulk, commercial types in which Livorno it excels".

"India - the president of the Chamber of Commerce of Livorno has confirmed, Roberto Nardi - is a complex truth that deserves our dedication in order to implement the economic relationships. There are enormous commercial spaces to take advantage of. The next step aerobic will be that to go to convince the shipowners of the opportunity to activate a line directed on Livorno".