Mission of a delegation of Assoporti in Qatar



In recent days a delegation of the Association of the Italian Ports (Assoporti) composed from the general secretary Francesco P. Mariani and Angelo Giordano, collaborator of the association, is invited by the Italian Trade Agency (ITA) of Doha and by the Ministry of Transportation of Qatar, starting how much previewed from the protocol of collaboration undersigned on Rome 15th January, between Assoporti and the Ministry of the Middle Eastern Country.

Accompanied from ambassador Pasquale Salzano and the director of ITA Doha, Giosafat Riganò, the delegation has met Mohammed Bin Mansoor Al-Thani, Deven Karnik and Arturo Carta of Qatar Investment Authority, representatives of the Sovereign Bottom, illustrating they the role and the potentialities of the Italian ports. The representatives have demanded of the cards of potential infrastructural investments in the Italian harbour areas by the Bottom. The delegation then is received by the minister of the Transports and the communications, Jassim Saif Ahmed Al-Sulaiti, accompanied from Abullac Al Khanji of Qatar Ports Company Management. The engagements assumed in the protocol and from quickly started the distance of activation of the operating activities with visit in the port of Hamad are renewed.

Successively, with the director of ITA Doha, Giosafat Riganò, and to its structure, the delegation has been able to united deepen various operating aspects in the port to the only administrators of the societies of management of the computer science companies and digitalisation of the procedures. The president of Qatar Development Bank is met moreover, Abdulaziz N. To - the Khalifa, the aim to favor processes of internationalization of the enterprises qatarine. The encounter with minister Ahmad Mohammed Al-Sayed of the so-called Zones Free is followed, that will has shown to deepen the topic of the Bonded areas, in particular in reference to the ZES and ZLS, besides the Bonded area of the port of Trieste.

The next autumn is previewed a mission in Italy of a delegation of Qatar. Draft - it has emphasized the president of Assoporti, Zeno D' Augustin of "an optimal occasion for the Italian ports that will be introduced to the institutions of Qatar. After I have seen and read the report of the numerous activities carried out in the two days - it has added - I have had the confirmation of the usefullness of the subscription of the protocol and are sure that our AdSP will be able to trare of benefits for the development and the investments in the ports and the bordering areas".