Aponte (MSC), Battistello (Contship Italy) and Eckelmann (Eurokai) have visited the port of



Today the president of the shipowning group Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), Gianluigi Aponte, has visited the port of, of which the Genevan shipowning group she is the main customer. Aponte was accompanied by Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello, president of Contship Italy, group to which is under responsibility the terminalista society La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) that work the main container terminal of from Liguria port, and by Thomas Eckelmann, president of Eurokai, shareholder of majority of Contship Italy.

Al they arrival in the city Aponte, Battistello and Eckelmann, accompanied by the president of the Harbour Authority of, Lorenzo Forcieri, are received to Civic Palace from the mayor of Massimo Federici, to which the contents and the investments previewed from LSCT in the port of in the within of the contract of concession are illustrated renewed recently from the terminalista society ( on 4 July and 31 October 2012). "The given concession to LSCT - it has found Forcieri - affords to realize the Portuale Town development plan so as approved of, without to resort to public resources. The development of the port is indispensable condition for being able to answer to the requirements of the operators. With the realization of the works previewed from the concession - it has added - the handling ability container will grow from 1,3 to 1,8 million teu, increase that will carry operatively to beyond 700 places of job stable (between direct and indirect). In this period of crisis they are indeed meaningful numbers, not only for this territory, but for the entire Country". Forcieri has turned a thanks to Aponte "for the support - it has explained - than has intentional to offer to us today, coming to visit our port. Support to our engagement and that of the private operators, that they want to call of the port of more and more efficient and in a position to competing to international level".

"I must make mine compliments the president Forcieri - it has replied Aponte - for all which is making not only for the development of the port but also for its users. We are ready to increase to our engagement increasing the volumes to when the potenziamento is realized. La Spezia is an important example for Italy. Servants in fact not to construct new ports, but it is necessary to develop and to upgrade convinces it of the current ones, that they are in number than more sufficient".

Also Cecilia Eckelmann-Battistello, on behalf of the Contship group, has turned a thanks to Aponte: "for this port - he has observed - to have MSC between the shareholders of the terminal container it is a thing a lot important, a great point of force. We are here in order to testify our engagement for 200 million investments that will guarantee in the future the potenziamento of the terminal and beyond 700 new places of work between direct and indirect staff. It is the first time that the private ones invest in the construction of harbour infrastructures and this happens in spite of the economic crisis. It is the only case in Italy".