Delrio: we have asked and obtained from the companies investor I renew of the engagements for the development of the port of Taranto



Yesterday afternoon to Palazzo Chigi has held the table convened from the undersecretary to the Presidency, Graziano Delrio, on the bound associate-economic-environmental emergency to the development of the port of Taranto in the course of which the government has emphasized that all the obstacles of administrative and bureaucratic order already are removed or exceeded and that there are therefore the conditions because the intense activities happen in sure times, with a decided velocizzazione in the realization of the necessary works.

"we have asked and obtained from the companies investor - the Delrio undersecretary has declared - I renew of the engagements taken with regard to the development of the port. The government considers strategic throws again of the harbour activities of Taranto for the economic ripartenza of the Meridione and the Country. We have already allocated 377 million euros for the works to realize and now we are ready to guarantee the agreed respect of the cronoprogramma. As President Renzi has said during its last visit - he has added - we engage ourselves to guarantee a constant monitoring and an action of stimulus and coordination so that not there are ulterior delays and all the parts in cause carry out own task completely. To Taranto, like in Southern Italy and other strategic areas of the Country, the government will spend all own energies in order to attract the private investments and to create new opportunity of increase of the occupation and development".

To the encounter was anticipates representatives of the Region Apulia and the local authorities, the unions and the economic operators interested private publics and, between which in particular Taranto Container Terminal (TCT), the Evergreen Line and Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH). The trade-union representations of Taranto di Cgil, Cisl and Uil have manifested appreciation for "the affirmations of the government approximately the strategic importance of the port of Taranto for the Country and more in general terms of the new model of development that own to Taranto can consolidate. This for we labor organizations - they have evidenced Giuseppe Massafra (Cgil Taranto), Daniela Fumarola (Cisl Taranto) and Giancarlo Turi (Uil Taranto) - is absolutely essential in order to comprise which it is the type of participation that the government can put in field for the development of the territory. Our declared necessity has been that to focus the attention of all the subject signers of the agreement 2012(of the 20 june 2012, ndr) in order to comprise like the availability manifested from the government can find collectability. To such purpose the Delrio undersecretary, recependo also our demands, has declared the urgent necessity to update an agreement that contains the engagements that every subject signer must assume in order to do so as that the investments can come true in fast times and the respect of the new one cronoprogramma. Such engagements are necessary moreover in order to clear the minds, particularly exasperated of the workers, in redundancy fund from 29 months, for which we have restated the necessity of guarantee of the occupational levels and location of the instruments of social ammortizzazione for the management of the phase of realization of the intense activities. We at last share - they have concluded Massafra, Fumarole and Turi - the invitation to the corresponsabilità and the cohesion from all subjects in order to make so that the investments can really be realized for the benefit of the development of the territory and the entire ionic community".