Road haulage companies operating with the port of Genoa have decided to introduce compensation to cover the costs resulting from congestion of operations to and from terminals of the Ligurian capital. In a communication to the Representatives of businesses, local and port institutions Genoa, the road haulage associations Aliai, Anita, Cna-Fita, Confartigianato Trasporti, Fai, Fiap, Lega Cooperative and Trasporto Unito, referring to the 'well-known situation of the serious problems in the performance of the cycles truck operations' in the port of Genoa and recalling the "Various discussions that have taken place as a result of the continuous blockades trucking operations that have taken place in recent weeks in the basins have complained that 'the operational times of the port system and terminals of the port of Genoa, at the moment the arrival of trucks in the port basins, for the performance of the document and authorisation processes - more specifically - for container loading and unloading activities, allow the regular planning and execution of transports causing enormous inefficiencies, the burdens of which, at present, are borne by the exclusively by road haulage undertakings'. In addition highlighted that "the loss of productivity generated by the inefficiencies of the port system and the terminal of the port of Genoa can no longer be supported only by road haulage companies, but must be shared by the entire supply chain of service to goods".

To this end, the associations have asked 'companies to of the supply chain that commissioned transport services, a responsible sharing of the extra costs generated by the inefficiencies generated port operations of the terminals, which are currently supported by the exclusively by road haulage companies. Such extra costs - underlined - are likely to cause a serious detriment to the continuity of transport services, economy and employment, as well as jeopardizing the minimum levels of road safety'.

'Road haulage undertakings, the communication goes on to of the associations - have therefore decided, in compliance with the freedom of the negotiation between the parties, provided for by the sector regulations, which from 3 June 2024 for each transport of goods carried out on routes whose origins/destinations include the basin port of Genoa, will apply to the companies commissioning the transport and for each level of subvection, a "congestion fee" with a non-deferrable value between € 120.00 and € 180,00 per c.u. trip, on the fees freely agreed between the parties. This allowance will be highlighted on the invoice with the item: "Congestion Fee loading and/or unloading port of Genoa'.

Aliai, Anita, Cna-Fita, Confartigianato Trasporti, Fai, Fiap, Lega Cooperative and Trasporto Uniti have specified that this form 'will be applied until such time as the Normal conditions of full functionality will be re-established the operation of the port system and terminals'.

In the communication, road haulage associations have expressed the hope "that the Port System Authority take action to ensure that dealers are respectful of the time required for the proper performance of the operating cycle road transport and social security and traffic insurance. It is also desirable, they pointed out, that this situation of exceptional operational criticality is recognised, in the modalities that will be deemed appropriate, by all subjects public and private sectors that make up the entire logistics chain in a that this "congestion fee" is not considered to be a consequence of a unilateral decision, but is identified as the partial compensation for additional costs incurred by transport undertakings operating to and from the port of Genoa'.