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Blackbird (Federlogistica): it is necessary to speed up the installation of cold ironing systems in ports
It is also essential - he specified - a single national direction to start effective and concrete projects
January 3, 2022
'Almost all ships from cruise, an increasing share of ferries and many cargo ships - has observed Merlo - in port they could already connect today to the electrical network of the docks as they are already prepared. But clear answers and indications are needed that only a direction the only national one even among the competent ministries is able to today to unlock: that is, we need a structure at the head of the Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility able to prepare adequate projects, ensure timing of procurement and, through a structural relationship with suppliers of energy, ensuring adequate supplies to energy needs for each port'.
The president of Federlogistica has specified that answers equally rapid will have to be provided in terms of costs of these "supplies" of energy today - he underlined - too high for ships and incomparable compared to higher costs lows resulting from the use, as it happens today, of fuel traditional.
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