Appreciation of pilots, society of towing, shipowners and agents for the position of Assoporti on the technical-nautical services



The associations that represent the operators who supply technical-nautical services in the Italian ports let alone the associations of the Italian shipowners and the federation of the Italian shipping agents have second manifest own taken appreciation for the recent one of position of the Association of the Italian Ports (Assoporti) which to the Harbour Authorities it must be granted a greater power in the disciplinamento of the technical-nautical services ( on 13 November 2013).

Today in a note the National Association Groups Ormeggiatori and Barcaioli Italian Ports (Angopi), the Italian Association Shipping of Tugs (Assorimorchiatori), the Confederation Shipping Italian (Confitarma), the Italian Federation Armament of Line (Fedarlinea), the Italian Federation of the Pilots of the Ports (Fedepiloti), the National Federation Marine Marine and Mediating Agents Raccomandatari (Federagenti) and the Italian Federation Shipping of Tugs (Federimorchiatori) have evidenced that from the reading of the official notice xdi Assoporti "the sharing of the content of the interassociativo agreement of the April of 2007 emerges, trasfuso in the bills in harbour matter of reform currently in argument to the Senate. They are, therefore - they have found the associations - to consider itself dispelled the perplexities emerged in the past about a changed attitude of the Association of the Italian Ports in confronts of the cited agreement, that they had erroneously induced more than someone to consider it old".

"Draft, instead - they have emphasized the associations - of a still current understanding, whose possible evolution could be characterized between the signers in the within, opportunely already evidenced from the Assoporti, of the tariff criteria and valid mechanisms for the national portualità and in the rigorous respect of the principles of communitarian source of treatment parity and not discrimination between the users".

According to Angopi, Assorimorchiatori, Confitarma, Fedarlinea, Fedepiloti, Federagenti and Federimorchiatori, "the position assumed from Assoporti contribute to consolidate in meaningful way the front of which, as the writing associations, they wish a fast approval of the bills in harbour matter of reform in argument to the Senate. Emanating the provision - they have explained - will be useful to strengthen the role of coordination of the Harbour Authorities, today never necessary how much, not only in the port but also in the logistics, in coherence to the attributed tasks to these last ones".

The associations have concluded expressing also sharing about "proposed how much from the president of Assoporti in the recent assembly ( on October 29, 2013, ndr), with particular reference to the elimination of the roof to the autonomy financial institution and the hypothesis to constitute a bottom near Cassa Warehouses and Loans, effective technical solution to guarantee an ulterior increment of jettison at sea in favor of the Harbour Authorities for the improvement of indispensable harbour infrastructures in order to compete to international level and to afford I use it of all the financial instruments presents on the market".