The president of Confitarma, Mario Zanetti, in a note sent to the candidates for the presidency of Confindustria identified by the nominating committee, Garrone and Orsini, affirmed the need for greater centrality to the demands of the transport industry national maritime sector in the action of Confindustria, an organisation in to which the Italian Shipowners' Confederation adheres. "We believe It is a duty - underlined Zanetti - that, in consideration of the strategic importance for the Italian industry and for the the country, maritime transport finds the right space in the programme for the governance of the common home of Italian companies and a adequate representation in its governance'.

In the note, the president of Confitarma highlighted the priorities of the domestic shipping industry, and has addressed common wide-ranging themes, from the green transition the simplification and digitalisation of the investments and specific instances of the sector. These include: loss of competitiveness of the Italian flag, work with a specific request for simplification of the legislation governing the requirements for access to the professions of to counter the now structural shortage of workers Italian seafarers, the heavy impact on the ETS sector, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme, and the important role of modal shift incentives.

"All our demands," Zanetti concluded, "are united by a common factor: competitiveness of the Italian maritime industry, which must be enhanced, promoted and relaunched with systemic actions that must necessarily to involve Confindustria first and foremost".