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ART welcomed MIT's market audit of maritime links with the islands
40% of the lines previously subsidised by the Stat have been liberalised
January 11, 2021
ART pointed out that "the prospect of greater level of market liberalisation, which results from the subtraction from the award by tender of four of the ten routes previously in agreement, will produce a significant savings in public resources used to ensure territorial continuity with the major islands and Tremiti.
In addition, ART considered that it complied with its regulators the willingness of MIT to proceed with the request for expressions of interest in the imposition of obligations to public service applied horizontally (e.g. regularity of continuity of service), to all operators, on the Civitavecchia-Olbia connection.
Finally, the Authority welcomed the choice of to maintain the tendering with the Service Contract of the lines: Napoli-Cagliari, Palermo-Cagliari, Genoa-Porto Torres (only for the winter period), Civitavecchia-Cagliari-Arbatax, Termoli-Tremiti. With regard to these sections, art has acknowledged the lack of guarantees that the free market, without public intervention, can meet the needs of demand. However, the Authority has also provided some indications for subsequent custody procedures, in line with the own adjustment.
ART recalled that in 2019 cabotage services maritime sector recorded a total of about 79 million passengers boarded and disembarked, of which about 2.5% is attributable to cabotage services with the islands covered by the MIT-CIN Convention. Compared to the market for these services covered by the MIT-CIN Convention have transport of about 30% of the total passengers.
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ART pointed out that "the prospect of greater level of market liberalisation, which results from the subtraction from the award by tender of four of the ten routes previously in agreement, will produce a significant savings in public resources used to ensure territorial continuity with the major islands and Tremiti.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
