Confitarma asks the government to make more in order to support the field of the marine transport



The Italian Confederation Shipping (Confitarma) asks the government to make more in order to support the field of the marine transport. Taking part today to the informal audition near IX the Commission Transports, Posts and Telecommunications of the Chamber in the within of the examination of the bill C. 2500 of conversion of the decree-law n. 34/2020 that brings urgent measures in health matter, support to the job and the economy, let alone of connected social policies to the epidemiologica emergency from Covid-19, the general manager of Confitarma, Luca Sisto, have evidenced that "in this period the ships never have not been stopped in order to assure supplying of sanitary headmasters, drugs, assets and energy. This does not mean - it has emphasized Sisto - than the companies has not suffered the effects from the emergency. We attended more - it has specified - instead in Decreto I throw again the marine section she is absentee, it is not considered, besides two participations that regard a single marine destination and a solo the three nautical services technical".

Sisto has remembered that Confitarma has demanded to the government ten first urgent measures. Of these, the measures for the liquidity partially turn out met in the norms for all the enterprises together with the Solimare Bottom, while, neither the demand for the abolition of additional for 0.5% on the Naspi neither the discouragement of the harbour costs they are recognized.

"Therefore we are turned our minister of reference - the representative of the Confederation has explained - in order to at least obtain two priority participations in this moment. First of these it regards the more important Italian tourist operator, Costa Crociere, than work, only in the crocieristico field, with Italian flag on 29 wonderful units. These ships - it has specified Sisto - are firm from months, but people are fitted out with 300-400 for which the company must support the costs without turnover. Well: for a restrictive reading of the law n.30 of 1998 - she has continued Sisto - we what we make? We do not allow with this Italian company to carry out for two months economically sustainable crocieristici traffics with the competitor between national ports, not to confuse with other types of traffic. I restate that this participation is to cost zero because such ships already are enrolled in the international Registry".

Sisto has explained moreover that according to participation asked from Confitarma, it regards the support to the companies with unit enrolled in the first Registry: "we have demanded - it has clarified - a bottom at least 30 million in order to eat the turnover of all partially the companies with unit enrolled in the first Registry, and not only for those of the cabotage smaller, as for example those which operate in the marine bunkeraggio, without which the other ships cannot be resupplied in our ports, that they have evidently suffered the reduction from the traffics".

"In the end of this emergency - it has concluded Luca Sisto - it will have seriously to be spoken about a governance structured and dedicated to this important industry of the Country, less visible than others but necessary and perhaps sure indispensable as we have wide demonstrated in this emergency".