Perhaps it depends on how the results on the port are judged of Legislative Decree no. 169 of 4 August 2016 aimed at the reorganization, rationalization and simplification of the regulations concerning Port Authorities established in 1994 with Law No. 84. Those who frequently consult the pages of inforMARE knows that our newspaper considers the reform of port legislation to be detrimental introduced in 2016 also because it was born with intentions contradictory situations, starting from the desire to concentrate in Some port systems functions and competences until then dispersed in a national system based on a port but also by the desire to overcome localisms considered excessive that would have prevented the improvement of the competitiveness of Italian ports.

The conformation of national port systems capable, under the guidance of of the Port System, to be competitive with respect to the port but also - as far as ports are concerned of the Italian South - compared to North Africa, since then The contradictory nature of the legislation seems to have reflected in a port that in the Italian North seems anchored to localisms that were intended to be overcome and in the Southern Italy to a widespread port scheme that would have liked to leave behind, with the System Authority Port which, on the contrary, were gradually engulfing ports that they did not yet fall under their jurisdiction. To roll out a pitiful veil on the intention of the promoters of the 2016 reform to reduce the costs of port administration.

It has all the air of being a further, umpteenth, step in the towards a widespread port, the passage of the management of the port of Sciacca to the System Authority Port of the Western Sicilian Sea. The municipal administration of Sciacca announced that the signing of the minutes of delivery between the Maritime State Property and the Port Authority and the mayor Fabio Termine stressed that this represents "a moment historic for our city. This change - has - will bring concrete benefits for our community, offering new opportunities for development and improving port infrastructure". "This signature - added the Councilor for Productive Activities, Francesco Dimino - represents an epochal turning point for the port of Sciacca, which will now be able to count on the design and of the Port Authority. This means the possibility of numerous investments for the port and a bright future for the fishing and tourism sector yachting. For months we have been engaged in constructive dialogue with the Port Authority and we had the opportunity to appreciate the great cooperation shown, we are confident that they will make great investments in the port of Sciacca".

A new step, this Sicilian, in one of the directions divergent aspects of the national port system which, regulated by from the ambiguous, botched and uncertain reform of 2016, it seems to us he doesn't know where to go.