Initiative to Taranto in order to develop the cooled producing traffics of through the port



Today, thanks to the propulsive action and to the coordination of the Harbour Authority of Taranto, formally C.I.A.O is constituted. Italy (International Consortium Sour Italy), agricultural cooperative consortium composed by organizations of producers of Apulia, operating Basilicata and Calabria in the field ortofrutticolo. The consortium, that it has own registered office to Taranto, has for scope the valorization and the commercialization of the agricultural productions of the enterprises partners and the protection and development of the productive activities.

Until from last year, after to have undersigned a protocol of understanding with one of the greater European operators of the field, the Harbour Authority of Taranto has promoted the aggregation of the ortofrutticoli producers of Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria. The role of the harbour agency is placed in the within of the widest project "Fresh Port" finalized to encourage new forms of commercialization and distribution of the "coolness" also through the Jonian port of call that sets about to equip of specialistic structures and systems for the cooled producing traffics of import/export of, perishable and not

The initiative, which supported from the Embassy of the Low Countries and from the consul of the Low Countries of Apulia, Basilicata and Molise, in its complex has seen until from its incipit the support of the Region Apulia, the Region Basilicata and the Municipality of Taranto. , Moreover decisive it has been the role of the Province of Matera to the aims of the involvement of the lucane companies.

The Harbour Authority has specified that the realization of a project of this type is previewed in the mission institutional of the agency in which is comprised the promotion of the development of the competitiveness of the productive sections of the bordering territories through the implementation of guiding greater a logistic-distributive system that optimizes the connection with national and the international ones. The implementation of such progettualità - it has found the harbour authority - will contribute, in fact, to the diversification of the marine traffics of the port of Taranto let alone to intercept on the territory a part of the wealth generated from the chain of the processes of fallen back production and exchange with positive it is on the local economy is on the attrattività of the port.

Chief executive officer of consortium C.I.A.O. Italy is named Giorgio Mercuri, current national president of Fedagri agricultural and food- Confcooperative and AAA road service. After the today's subscription the next step aerobic will be that of the constitution in the end of July of a society of commercialization with the international partner.