Next 16 October (6 October the Authority of Harbour System of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas has announced that the event has been postponed to October 17, ed) from 1 pm to 2 pm in front the customs entrance of the port of Gioia Tauro will be held a flash mob entitled "The port does not stop" for draw national and European attention to risk Closure of the Calabrian port due to the European directive 2023/959 which includes emissions from maritime transport in the EU ETS scheme for EU emissions trading and imposing shipowners to offset polluting emissions annually Produced.

Anticipating that the event will see the participation the President of the Calabria Region, Roberto Occhiuto, and the port workers, regional institutions, mayors Calabrians, trade unions, port companies and trade associations, the Authority of Harbour System of

Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas recalled that the port of call Calabrese offers work to about 4 thousand employees between direct and induced, produces almost 50% of Calabria's private GDP and represents the most large logistics platform of Italy and southern Europe being one of the largest port hubs in the Mediterranean.