The Genoese freight forwarders' association denounces the seriousness of the the status of health checks in the port of Genoa, with disruptions that have been repeatedly reported by companies Associated with. "The numbers," explained the general manager of Spediporto, Giampaolo Botta - they speak for themselves. UVAC Offices (Veterinary Offices for Community Compliance) and PCF (Veterinary Offices for Community Obligations) border control) of Genoa and Vado Ligure went from 32 operating units in 2022 to just 14 in 2023, with a decrease of 56.23%. Of these, only four are doctors, the others they are, instead, technical or administrative. A situation unsustainable, especially given the number of consignments of goods that This very small team of operators is located in Dover Check: Regarding products of animal origin - HA specified Botta - we estimate that there may be about 150,000 containers subject to annual inspections in the ports of Genoa and Vado Ligure, equal to 25% of the entire national traffic, while, on plant-based goods we could reach over 100,000 containers, a figure that represents 50% of national traffic." "Basically," the director general emphasized of the Association of Freight Forwarders - The dishes of an Italian on four are filled with food products landed in Genoa. To think, therefore, that an essential security activity is carried out by only four doctors, and dangerous for citizens as well as disrespectful even in against those who have to take on this titanic undertaking." At In this regard, Botta pointed out that the only four doctors "survivors" "every day are called to issue between 400 and 500 certificates. A truly unsustainable."

Announcing that Spediporto was planning to launch the next year, a campaign to demand, forcefully, that the the staff of the bodies responsible for these activities has been strengthened Botta pointed out that the association has "decided to to anticipate the times and denounce this situation now. The problem, he noted, is far-reaching and does not concern not only the PCF but also the other bodies involved such as Arpal and Agecontrol. Moreover, in the new year, the required controls European regulations will grow further and the port of Genoa will have to support a very large amount of work. High. A critical situation that may also occur in other strategic hubs such as Milan Malpensa or the ports of Trieste and of Venice'. "You can't," Botta continued Navigate by sight. Just think that in Vado Ligure the activity, for need to be carried out, requires staff to be moved from a port to the other."

The general manager of Spediporto has directly called in caused by the Ministry of Health which, to date - he underlined - Knowing in detail the critical elements, he was unable to provide solutions: "the port of Genoa - concluded Botta - represents an essential element for the national economy, the Logistics is the most important sector of the industry Italian. We can make as many investments as we want, study the implementation of all possible infrastructures and Imaginable; But if, then, we are faced with these situations absurdities, which are experienced in everyday life, the work done In order to develop our ports, it ends up losing its credibility. We will oppose this debacle by making people feel the voice of the operators in all the locations where we deem appropriate to do so."