The wretched reform - at least that's how we judge it - of the legislation on ports implemented with the Legislative Decree No. 169 of 4 August 2016 on "Reorganisation, rationalisation and simplification of the rules on Port Authorities referred to in Law No. 84 of 28 January 1994" which - again in our opinion - has amended provisions of the 1994 by worsening what was not to be spoiled and carefully avoiding regulating issues that the law does not had regulated, replaced the then 24 Authorities Port Authority with 15, and then 16.

A reduction in the number of port authorities that many had welcomed as it would have allowed for a rationalisation of the organisation of these public bodies and offered an answer to the overwhelming power of shipping companies which, with the formation of consortia and alliances, have been able for years to to decide where to direct large volumes of goods and, where to attract much-needed public investment to adapt port and logistics infrastructures to traffic Maritime. A pressure that some thought could be alleviated by giving port authorities the necessary critical mass to answer them. Eight years is perhaps enough to assess what it is like And today it seems that this objective has not been achieved. On the other hand, it seems that the reduction in the number of port authorities has led to the paid (by way of reimbursement?) a significant increase in the areas subject to the jurisdiction of the System Authorities Harbour.

An expansion that is still in progress. It is the case, among many others, in the area of Eastern Sicily where until the 2016 the ports of Catania and Augusta were managed by two Authorities Dockers who have become one with the establishment of the Authority of the Port System of the Sea of Eastern Sicily whose territorial district, in addition to including the airports of Augusta and Catania, today it also includes the port of Pozzallo and tomorrow, almost certainly, the one in Syracuse.

The Port Authority of the Eastern Sicilian Sea welcomed the The Senate gives the green light to the bipartisan amendment, which is shared by Sicilian parliamentarians of all parties - he underlined the authority - to include the roadstead of S. Panagia and the Port Large within the AdSP chaired by Francesco Di Sarcina; now - the port authority specified - it's up to the Chamber of Deputies final approval in order to start the process bureaucratic." He has no doubts about Sarcina: "I believe - he has is an example of good policy, focused on interests of the territory, without fences or related oppositions to the different memberships. I'm very glad they took the decision in a short time so that I can, once I have the various ritual formalities related to the passage have been completed of deliveries, to take action for the good of the port of Syracuse, at the sooner."

The Sicilian Port Authority pointed out that "on the annexation of the the port of Syracuse have also shown considerable appreciation the Regional Councillor for Territory and Environment Elena Pagana and the ARS regional deputy and member of the IV Environment Commission, territory and mobility Carlo Auteri who yesterday met with President Di Sarcina, together with the mayor of Augusta Giuseppe Of the sea."

The port authority explained that "during the meeting, that The aim was to illustrate the many activities underway carried out by the institution, the idea of a memorandum of understanding was born useful for activating a virtuous process of recovery of some areas of the Municipality of Augusta and the salt pans, using a that the PSA has made available, possibly supplemented by the with additional resources that the Region would reserve ad hoc. The will be updated at the end of the month of March to speed up this important collaboration."

So everyone happy. Probably also the Commercial and tourist navigation always grateful to be able to count on on a "widespread port" that weakens a "critical mass" of reaction to their overwhelming power that does not there has never been either in Italy or abroad.