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Federagenti, the increase of the anchor duties weakens the competitiveness of the Italian ports
Pappalardo: the immediate benefit is made useless by possible, if a not sure one, reduction of the traffic
January 11, 2013
Federagenti, the federation of the Italian shipping agents, is associated to Confetra in denouncing the impact negative of the increase of the anchor duties on the competitiveness of the national ports (of 10 January 2013). "This provision - the president of Federagenti has explained, Michele Pappalardo - was in the air for a long time, but nobody expected times of application tight whatchamacallits. As usual, one has not held in some account that the shipping works with details times of programming and to go now to explain our shipowners that the made forecasts of expense for a long time are not more valid is not what simple".
"It is certain - it has continued Pappalardo - than in a period of lean as those current these taxes clearly become the greater if not only returns of the Harbour Authorities and therefore for indispensable they, but it must also be said that the serious risk is run to see made useless the immediate benefit for a possible one, if not sure, reduction of the traffic cause the loss of competitiveness of the port (like happened with the tax parking for the nautical one) and to prime moreover a distorted competition between ports to advantage of those which for details types of traffic and regional economic political details they will be able to operate consisting discouragement of such pays".
"Once again - it has concluded the president of Federagenti - the lack of a direction is felt that considers the portualità in its together and acts second a program very defined of costs and benefits and wishes that the next government, with which we intend to open a frank but locked dialogue, can move in this optical".
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Federagenti, the federation of the Italian shipping agents, is associated to Confetra in denouncing the impact negative of the increase of the anchor duties on the competitiveness of the national ports 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
