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Disappointment of Confetra for the absence of the Italian government to the table where harbour politics of the EU are defined
the Confederation emphasizes as the governments and the Commission of the EU must estimate the impact of the shipowning new alliance on the economic increase
October 17, 2013
Confetra, the General Confederation Italiana of the Transports and the Logistics, has expressed disappointment for the absence of the Italian government to the European table where harbour politics of the EU are defined. "News of prints disarming - Confetra has explained - supports that the representatives of the Italian government were absent when is decided to communitarian level a strong acceleration in order to conclude before the European elections the iter of Regolamento Kallas on the ports".
Confetra has remembered to have marked some months ago to the minister of Infrastructures and the Transports, Maurizio Lupi, the necessity to convene the interested parts because contribuissero to define a possible common position and that, meantime, many national associations of field have separately introduced amendments to Regolamento through their organizations to Brussels.
Taking into consideration the European agenda Confetra therefore it has newly asked the minister a convocation shortly. "It is necessary - it has found the Confederation - to discuss also on the possible consequences for for operators logistic ports and deriving from the alliances (so-called Network) about traffic and being able in course between the portacontenitori shipowners of ships that, second the greater analysts, will determine an aggressive competition in all the system".
In particular, Confetra considers that the governments of the European Countries and the Commission must estimate "if and how much the oligopoly that will determine from according to trimester of the next year between the greatest shipowners world CKYH (COSCON, "K" linens, Yang Ming, Hanjin), G6 (APL, Hapag-Lloyd, Hyunday, MOL, NYK, OOCL) and P3 (Maersk, MSC, CMA CGM) will influence the economic increase of the single Countries and the Union".
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