Independent journal on economy and transport policy
12:28 GMT+1
This page has been automatically translated by Original news
Financing of 75,5 million euros for the dry dock of Palermo
Monti: this news marks historical carrying out
May 10, 2019
The government has confirmed the financing of 75,5 million euros for the ship yard of Palermo. Adriano Varrica, vice-president of the group Movimento has announced 5 Stars to the Chamber, explaining that from the visit to Palermo of the vice prime Minister Luigi Di Maio last November he has worked with the president of the Authority of Harbour System of the Sea of Western Sicily, Pasqualino Monti, and the competent ministries in order to find the resources necessary financial institutions. "Today - it has announced Varrica - the result is realized with the financing of 75,5 million euros by the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports for the dry dock from 150.000 tpl that, in the within of the agreement which signed between Fincantieri and the Harbour Authority of Palermo, it will give back a central role in shipbuilding of the Mediterranean to our plant, creating occupation and throwing again the induced one and allowing with many young people to remain in our city".
Satisfaction for the green light to the financing is expressed by the president of the AdSP of the Sea of Western Sicily: "it was - Pasqualino Monti has remembered - one of the characterizing points of the program who as Authority of Harbour System we had only launch a year makes. Today, in thanking the government, the ministers, firstly the vice prime Minister of Maio that had made its this engagement visiting the port of Palermo last November, the parliamentarians between which in particular member of parliament Adriano Varrica, with which we have technically constructed the distance and the general manager Coletta with all its staff, we cannot that to express our enthusiastic satisfaction for to have unblocked an operation that will allow with Fincantieri to construct to Palermo cruise ships guaranteeing with its yard an occupation that between directed and induced will carry extraordinary increments in the number of occupied". "After the carried out one which printed own in the crocieristico field in order to conquer the confidence of the great companies - it has concluded Monti - this news marks carried out historical for Palermo and an affirmation of a pulling ahead role of the port in order to guarantee job and productivity to the entire Sicilian economy".
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
phone: +39.010.2462122, fax: +39.010.2516768, e-mail
VAT number: 03532950106
Press Reg.: nr 33/96 Genoa Court
Editor in chief: Bruno Bellio No part may be reproduced without the express permission of the publisher