The Association of Shipping Agents of La Spezia hopes that the the next presidency of Confindustria should pay attention to the sector "The time has come," explained the president of Assagenti La Spezia, Giorgia Bucchioni - to change and to develop a core within the Confederation strong and competent, able to face as a protagonist the themes of the sea, Mediterranean scenarios, ports and a logistics system that today represents an average of 20% of the value of industrial production. A first sign - he detected Bucchioni - came from the Confindustria Studies Office but It is now essential for the Confederation to apply for play a leading role in this debate on the inseparable between the sea and industry, which is of vital importance for the country and that must be pursued decisively."

Expressing this hope, Assagenti noted that "Italian industry, especially in emergencies such as the geopolitical tension in the Middle East, risks pay a double price because for years it has been almost totally disinterested in issues related to the sea, underestimating their strategic importance for the efficiency and competitiveness. Today, the country timidly, he seems to have rediscovered, at least in part, his among other things, by setting up a Ministry of the Sea, but that the Middle East crisis and in particular the risks that loom over the sea routes in the Red Sea and via Suez are likely to have a serious impact on traffic in and Italy's role at the heart of it, is urgent and indispensable that the productive apparatus, and therefore also Confindustria, make its voice heard by getting to the heart of the matter these issues with a position of strong involvement."