Guido Grimaldi retort to Honored confirming the full support to the demand for revocation of the concession to Tirrenia



Replying to the announcement of Vincenzo Onorato to have jutted complaint for defamation regarding Mauro Pili, that a petition has launch in order to demand the revocation of the convention granted from the State to Tirrenia of the Honored group Shipping(on 18 September 2018), legal action of which the shipowner it has given to news calling in cause also Guido Grimaldi, corporate short sea commercial director of the Grimaldi group, president of the Corto Raggio Commission of the Confitarma and president of the Alis association, this last one has specified that, in this context, its role is not at all ambiguous, as supported from Honored that it has denounced as the considered campaign libellous "would be articulated also through direct participations of the short-sea director of Grimaldi Lines", indeed is of full support to the initiative of demand for revocation of the concession.

"We appreciate - Guido Grimaldi has explained - the initiative of president Mauro Pili, let alone that of president Ugo Cappellacci (deputy and former president of the Sardinia Region who has launch an analogous petition asking the revocation for the concession Tirrenia, ndr), and we brighten ourselves for the subscription of the petition by beyond 60.000 citizens which ask the revocation for the convention for the enforced territorial continuity between the Italian State and Tirrenia".

"Ours - Grimaldi has confirmed - it is not therefore an ambiguous role but clearly a support to a praiseworthy initiative that defends the interests of the Italian nationals. Be a matter yourself of a convention that is not put in contest, with the exception of the only convention undersigned from the Grimaldi group (with the formula "Public Service Obligation") with the Maltese State which has been contest object in order very three times in the arc of last the 10 years. Such convention - it has specified Guido Grimaldi - previews a most modest annual amount of 200.000 euros in order to connect, with Italy, a larger nation of the island of Elba (for which they are distributed beyond 20 million euros annual). Moreover, our group work regular services between the Pireo and the island of Crete (Heraklion and Chania) with most modern ferry boats (constructed by Fincantieri) without to receive some contribution from the Greek State, contrarily to 72 million euros annual distributed to Tirrenia in order to connect the Sardinia to the continent".

"In order to be constructive in it confronts of the new Italian government - it has added Grimaldi - I propose is adopted the Spanish model in alternative to the current enforced convention between the State and Tirrenia. Such model has collected smash hit having offered an effective and efficient system of territorial continuity between the Iberian peninsula and the Balearic Islands and the Canaries. With this system, the contribution distributed from the Spanish State comes directly destined to native and the residents of such islands and is reimbursed, advance exhibition of the relative documentation, to the shipowning companies. It comes so guaranteed great transparency and fairness, as well as satisfaction by the city beneficiaries. Regarding the field goods, a contribution similar to the sea can be previewed bonus in order to support the territorial continuity. I conclude - it has emphasized at last Grimaldi - asserting that, in case our group only benefitted of the half of the distributed contribution to Tirrenia, could free of charge transport all the native residents and of the Sardinia between the island and the continent".