The Association of Genoese Freight Forwarders and the Federation of the category asked hauliers to operate with the port of the Ligurian capital to freeze the announced "congestion fee" in view of a confrontation to resolve the problems of accessibility of heavy vehicles at the port of call ( of 29 May 2024). On the occasion of today's meeting at Palazzo San Marino Giorgio, headquarters of the Port System Authority of the Sea Western Liguria, convened by the body to analyze the situation that was created after the acronyms of road transport have announced their intention to apply an extraordinary tariff for delays in port operations, Giampaolo Botta and Massimiliano Revello, General Manager and Director of Spediporto, is the president of Fedespedi. Alessandro Pitto, have The position of the two organisations was explained: "We are willing - explained Botta - to enter into the problems highlighted by the world of road transport, to find solutions also from an operational point of view. But one condition is necessary: the stop to the request for the surcharge for the time necessary for an in-depth analysis of the situation, with regard to a month'. For Spediporto and Fedespedi, the results of this The survey will then have to be shared among all operators while the PSA will be responsible for translating them into new "rules of the game."

On the occasion of the meeting, Botta pointed out that even the Freight forwarders are heavily penalized by the countless delays In the port area: "Suffice it to say - recalled the director General of Spediporto - to those, from us several times reported, linked to health checks. A further increase in costs would indiscriminately affect operators and would be economically unsustainable'.