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Repealed it obligation of the service of towing for the ships in departure from the port of Civitavecchia
the resource to the tugs is time optional
November 5, 2015
The Harbour office of Civitavecchia with decree 165/2015 has repealed decrees 32/1997, 67/2000 and the 32/2001 disciplining modalities of I unmoor of the ships in the Latium port, that the ships of advanced tonnage to 4.000 tons previewed the obligation to make use of the service of harbor tug by all. The three decree imposed the prohibition to it use of the main propellers and at a distance inferior maneuver to the 25 meters from the edge dock.
The extraordinary commissioner of the Harbour Authority of Civitavecchia, Pasqualino Monti, has emphasized as the abrogation of the towing obligation constitutes an opportunity for the port, than in the last years was left by some shipowners own because of such obligation. Remembering that the towing service was already previously optional for the ships in entrance in the port, as it has become now also for those in escape, the commander of the Harbour office, Giuseppe Tarzia, he has explained that the harbour port of call is not more same from 15 year ago and that being changed the conditions has decayed the necessity to maintain obligation to it of the service of towing for the ships in departure.
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