Grimaldi (Confitarma): in spite of the crisis the Italian armament has maintained its position on the scene of world-wide the marine transport



Today to Rome the private session of the Shipping assembly of the Italian Confederation (Confitarma) in the course has held of which president Emanuele Grimaldi has evidenced that in the general situation of crisis, than by now he lasts without interruption from 2008, the Italian armament, also thanks to the job of Confitarma, it is successful to maintain the position on the scene of world-wide the marine transport. The reduction of 2% of the fleet of flag at the end of 2013 - it has specified - does not alarm and is previewed new constructions that they will enter in exercise between 2014 and 2015. At the same time, for the ships enrolled in the International Registry an increment of communitarian the Italian occupation/of about 9% for the lowland forces and of 6% of the officials has been found. The greater increments have been recorded in the fields of the cruises and the ferries.

"The field - it has found Grimaldi - has held. For this we hope that the institutions continue to look to the marine transports as an important resource, in the knowledge of having of forehead strong and credible economic actors. Anyway we shipping Italians have known to act with caution and without to leave too much to involve us from initiatives risky financial institutions and today we are in a situation better than that than armaments of other Countries. The shipowners moreover - he has added - know that the guard does not have itself to be never wound down, above all in front of the courses of the altalenanti hires who have characterized the last months".

Observing that the competitiveness challenges go hand in hand with the requirements of environmental and economic sustainability of the marine transport, Grimaldi it has specified that "the engagement in all will have therefore to be maximum the centers where is decided the norms that they regulate the marine field, so that the shipping Italian is more anticipates and makes to feel its voice in order to avoid to endure measures that do not hold account of the peculiarity of our fleet".

In remembering that finally in 2013 Italy it has ratified Maritime the Labour Convention (MLC 2006) of the ILO, Emanuele Grimaldi has then emphasized the elevated level of attention of the Italian shipowners for adapted to conditions of job of the boarded marine staff on board of their ships let alone the engagement of Confitarma in topic of formation and valorization of the seafarers. "The human resources - it has explained - are the fundamental element to guarantee of a sure, efficient marine transport and respectful of the atmosphere and the recent constitution of the Education Commission of it is the new evidence".

Grimaldi has been stopped also on the phenomenon of the piracy that, thanks to the numerous measures of defense adopted by the ships, has recorded a remarkable reduction of attacks in the Indian Ocean, even if piracy somali has not been still defeat and without to count that the phenomenon is in increase in West Africa. The president of Confitarma has found that he is therefore vital that the Italian ships can continue to embark armed security guards, if of outage of the Military Nuclei of Protection. Unfortunately - it has remembered - on 30 June the last delay of the exception for the boarding of security guards in antipirateria function in absence of the course expires theorist-meadows previewed to us from the law. "If such delay is not emanated as soon as possible - Grimaldi has asserted - in fact would be impossible the resource to the private armed teams on board of our ships".

The assembly of Confitarma has renewed also the auspice of a fast conclusion of the event of the two riflemen Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, still withheld in India.

The assembly moreover has approved of the budget and the relation anniversary on year 2013 and has deliberated that the public session of the assembly of Confitarma will hold to 15 Rome next October.