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The ports NAPA confirm the engagement to support mutual the future projects of development of every port of call
Adhesion to the association of the ports of Monfalcone and Chioggia
January 12, 2015
Today to Trieste, reunited in shareholders' meeting, the association of the ports NAPA (North Adriatic Ports Association) has confirmed the cohesion of attempts of the four ports of call that constitute it - Koper, Rijeka, Trieste and Venice - and, in a note, has specified that the presidents of the respective Harbour Authorities, "in taking note of the optimal obtained results in recent months, have reaffirmed the intention to continue to work jointly realizing initiatives focused mainly on the promotion and the institutional cooperation between the ports of call".
Moreover in the today's reunion a new memorandum is signed of understanding in which the ports confirm own engagement to support mutual the future projects of development of every port contributing so to the creation of international a strategic plan for the realization of a model of development of harbour infrastructures online with the requirements of the European markets. The assembly has moreover received the demands for both "comprehensive" ports of the European net.
In the 2014 ports of the association they have enlivened altogether a traffic of the container pairs to 1.835.960 teu, in increase of +9% on the year precedence, "sign - it has evidenced the association - than the cooperation strategy is it win and that it has allowed to grow the traffic today container from the 2010 (year of foundation of the association) of +43%".
In particular last year the Slovenian port of call of Koper has enlivened 673,885 teu (+12%), the Croatian port of River 200,000 teu (+17%) and the Italian ports of Trieste and Venice respective 506,007 teu (+10,3%) and 456,068 teu (+2,1%).
Following the outline spin of the presidency of NAPA, by today and for next the six months the turn presidency it is passed by Koper to Trieste.
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