Yesterday in Rome a delegation from the ports of Florida, composed of by Florida's Chief of Delegation and Secretary of Transportation, Jared Perdue, and by representatives of the ports of Port Canaveral, Port Everglades, Port Manatee and Miami, met with representatives of the Association of Italian Ports (Assoporti), the president of the of the Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Sea North-Central Region. Pino Musolino, and the representatives of the Port Authorities of the Northern Adriatic Sea, the Strait and the Tyrrhenian Sea Northern. The visit of the delegates of the US ports makes part of an expanded mission that also sees the presence of the Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis, who will be received at Palazzo Chigi.

During the meeting, it was agreed to start a Compare to find common themes to set up a task on benchmarking such as innovation and sustainability, but also issues related to dialogue with the territories that host the ports. The foundations were therefore laid for a protocol that provides for a working group of both Italian and Italian Port Authorities which will explore each theme from a global, with exchanges of practices and experiences also on the field.

"We believe - commented the president of Assoporti, Rodolfo Giampieri - that every activity aimed at improving knowledge and awareness of issues such as innovation and sustainability are of great value, as well as the port-city relationship is a vital element of work of the association. It is a matter of systematizing different skills transversal, and we are ready to make our contribution as a system Italian port sector".

For their part, the organizers of Select Florida have declared its willingness to continue its efforts activities of organizing further meetings, also in on the occasion of the visit of the Italian ports in the USA of which plans a next appointment in April 2025 to take part at Seatrade Cruise Global, the leading trade fair international cruise industry, where it is expected that the formalized the protocol between the Italian ports and those of the Florida.