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Assologistica exhorts the Italian government to take care of the infrastructural adaptation of the ports
Mearelli: with growing of the dimensions of the ships our ports become dangerous little ones more and more and
May 10, 2013
. Expressing deep mourning for the tragedy been necessary in the night between tuesday and Wednesday in the port of Genoa, when a ship has hit against the Tower Pilots provoking some the collapse in which seven people are died, four are hurt and two still turn out missing persons, the association have manifested also strong worries: "if in Europe the harbour infrastructures grow to growing of the dimensions of the ships that journey to you - the president of Assologistica has explained, Carlo Mearelli - in Italy are remained static and our ports risk to become little ones, and therefore dangerous more and more, to growing of the tonnages that scale them. This tragedy - it has found Mearelli - demonstrates also that, although the maneuvers in entrance and escape of the ships from our docks can be assisted correctly from the services dedicated to this, the unexpected that can be tramutare in drama is always behind the angle. It becomes, therefore, right to interrogate itself shortly on because it is erected on the sea, the distance from the stern of the ships in maneuver, the construction that accommodated pilots and Harbour-office, in total safety absence".
Assologistica therefore has asked the minister of Infrastructures and the Transports, Maurizio Lupi, "than to this tragic accadimento make to follow provisions that they face the development of our harbour system in terms of effective feasibility of the ports and substantial infrastructural adaptation".
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. Expressing deep mourning for the tragedy been necessary in the night between tuesday and Wednesday in the port of Genoa, when a ship has hit against the Tower Pilots provoking some the collapse in which seven people are died, four are hurt and two still turn out missing persons, the association have manifested also strong worries: "if in Europe the harbour infrastructures grow to growing of the dimensions of the ships that journey to you - the president of Assologistica has explained, Carlo Mearelli - in Italy are remained static and our ports risk to become little ones, and therefore dangerous more and more, to growing of the tonnages that scale them. This tragedy - it has found Mearelli - demonstrates also that, although the maneuvers in entrance and escape of the ships from our docks can be assisted correctly from the services dedicated to this, the unexpected that can be tramutare in drama is always behind the angle. It becomes, therefore, right to interrogate itself shortly on because it is erected on the sea, the distance from the stern of the ships in maneuver, the construction that accommodated pilots and Harbour-office, in total safety absence".
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
