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Assocostieri and Confcommercio exhort to continue on the road of the reform of the portualità
To Rome the workshop "the Economy succeeds"
April 12, 2017
Today to Rome the General Confederation Italiana of the Enterprises, the Professional Activities and the Independent Job (Confcommercio) and Assocostieri, the association of the companies that operate in the field of the energetic logistics, has made the point on the reform of the governance of the Italian ports launched last summer from the government. In the course of the specific workshop from the title "the Economy succeeds", that they have organized with the sponsorship of the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports and the support of Edison, Offshore Sodeco and OLT LNG Tuscany, is evidenced that, even if steps important still remain to complete, the operating car is proceeding, the nominations of the presidents of the Authorities of Harbour System almost is completed, is working itself to those for the Committees of management, the secretaries and the tables of partnership of the resource sea, so as shortly is attended the entrance according to the national Conference of coordination.
Al beyond the within of the reorganization of the management and administration of the ports, the undersecretary to the Transports and Infrastructures, Simona Vicari, has observed that between the indispensable nodes to the full realization of the reform there are also the strengthening of the railway connections, the increment of the efficiency of the ports of call in a strategy of logical old multiport and the abandonment of individualistic: "in a globalizzato market of the shipping - it has found - it does not have more sense to reason for single ports. With these objectives the map of the reform already is designed".
Enrico Maria Puja, director of the Vigilance marine transport of the Ministry of Infrastructures and Transports, have emphasized that "the reform has been fundamental for the strategic development and for I throw again of the portualità. Now - it has added - the ports must make system and pick the challenges that we have in front of. Task in particular to the realization of energetic infrastructures and to the connected one I use of new fuels as the GNL, decisive for the discouragement of the emissions in the marine transport. They are sure that Italy has all the abilities in order to reach the objectives of 2025. Now we must pass to an operating phase beginning to move to us in concrete terms".
With regard to liquified natural gas, Gilberto Dialuce of the Department of the Energy of the Ministry of the economic Development has explained that the ministry "is working to the authorization for the entrance according to strategic infrastructures for uses it of the alternative combustible which liquified gas natural as necessary for the development of our Country also to light of the first expirations previewed for the investments to realize in the field of the GNL beginning from 2025 with consequent modernization of the fleet".
Marika Venturi, president of Assocostieri, have asserted that "the solution of many problems of a so vital field as that energetic one is in our hands. Many - it has evidenced - can be resolved with our determination, hand in hand with the reform of the ports".
Vice-president of Confcommercio and president of Conftrasporto, Paolo Uggè, has specified that the companies expect very from this reform: "if the ports of call are not connected, if system is not made, - have observed - all it stops itself".
The representatives of Assocostieri and Confcommercio have specified that, if the completion of the reform of the ports is on top of the priorities indicated from the association and the confederation, also other actions are indispensable and regard a coherent design of performance of strategic the national Plan of the portualità and the logistics (last railway mile, waterfront, digitalisation), the realization of necessary infrastructures to the development of alternative fuel, a package of specific measures for the marine transport short beam and the realization of a cabin of national direction for the promotion of the ‘blue economy’ participated from the main ones stakeholders.
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