Today in Rome, at the Chamber of Deputies, The celebratory conference "1994-2024: 30 years together in ports" organized by the General Command of the Harbour Master's Office and by the Association of Italian Ports (Assoporti) to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the years from Law no. 84 of 28 January 1994, by which the Port Authorities (now the Port Authority) have been established. Port System) in the main national ports and was established the General Command of the Port Authorities - Coast Guard.

"Today," said the president of Assoporti, " Rodolfo Giampieri, in his speech - we are celebrating an anniversary important. For 30 years, the Port Authorities and the Command General of the Harbour Master's Office working together for development of the main Italian ports. The world is in constant turmoil transformation and the modern port is transformed by consequence. As a Port System Authority, we are working hard also in consideration of the funds available from the PNRR and the complementary fund to make ports even more innovative and sustainable. The maritime and port supply chain works thanks to all the stakeholders in the sector, made up of people who operate in port in collaboration, with a certain organization that It has always ensured that it works."

Talking about the development prospects of the Harbour Master's Office Coast Guard, the Commanding General, Admiral Chief Inspector Nicola Carlone, noted that 'the direction and the strategic assets of the Corps must necessarily go through the digital evolution and its impact on the world shipping. The challenge, he explained, is to innovate services, adopt a new operating model and a modern organisational set-up in order to improve the services provided to the citizens in terms of simplicity, innovation and efficiency, and all of this is achieved thanks to the 11,000 women and men of the Coast Guard who deal with passion, competence and professionalism their daily work at the service of the country. But this is possible because You can count on the solid foundation of 30 years of values, experiences that those who preceded me have been able to trace, with wit and farsightedness, and which we celebrate today with great emotion and satisfaction'.

In his video message that concluded the conference, the deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Matteo Salvini, pointed out that "the Port Authorities carry out a key role in the development of port traffic in Italy. For this reason - he added - the objective I hope for is that of having numbers adequate to the responsibilities. 'Re working to reach 15,000 people by 2030 our Coast Guard."