The Federation of the Sea invites to the maintenance of the current norm on the international Registry



The maintenance of the current norm on the international Registry is indispensable in order to assure the competitiveness of the Italian flag and the development of the national fleet, that it constitutes the hinge around which the main marine activities of the Country rotate. It has emphasized the president of the Federation of the Sea, Mario Mattioli, in the course of an encounter had yesterday with senator Mario Turco, undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council with delegation to the economic programming and the investments.

Mattioli has emphasized incongruity of provisions that consider every fiscal or contributive benefit to national the marine section as "harmful subsidy", when the marine transport is considered, for unit ambientalmente transported, that less negative under the environmental aspect. In purpose, the president of the Federation of the Sea has put in evidence the engagement of the shipping world-wide for the reduction of the emissions through it uses of new fuels and a limitation of the speed of the ships.

To the encounter with senator Turco the president of the Federation of the Sea was accompanied by vice-president Vincenzo Petrone, president of Assonave, and from the general secretary Carlo Lombardi. To the starting phase of the reunion Luigi Giannini has participated also, president of Federpesca.

The general secretary of the Federation of the Sea has evidenced as the development of the economy of the planet bases on commercial integration and, considering that this happens by sea for 90%, to penalize the Italian ships - he has observed Lombardic - he would go exclusively to advantage of those of foreign flag, than however they would carry out the same services of marine transport.

Vincenzo Petrone has emphasized the requirement to constitute a center of coordination of the several competent administrations for the marine matters near the presidency of the Council, if the occasion given to Italy from the increase of the Suez Canal and the consequent increase of the marine traffics is wanted to be effectively taken advantage of. A delegation in merit entrusted to a department of the Presidency of the Council, that a effective overcoming of the current dispersion of competences between the several civil administrations allows and military - has specified vice-president of the Federation of the Sea - appears a prerequirement to every effective politics of development of the field.

The Turkish undersecretary has sped up proposed above all for the development of the portualità in Southern Italy, noting down with interest than remembered in merit from the Federation, than that is for a development of the Italian ports, an adaptation of their structures to the new requirements deriving from naval gigantism is indispensable, let alone from they better connection with the nets of terrestrial transport, removing them moreover to constraints set up from the urbanization and the positioning inside historical centers.