The Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Seas Southern and Ionian Sea, the Health Guarantor of the Calabria Region, Anna Maria Stanganelli, and the two terminal operators of the port of Gioia Tauro MCT and Automar have signed a memorandum of understanding that provides for the launch of a structured collaboration regarding the development of health, safety and prevention initiatives on work, also with the establishment of a technical table for the coordination and development of joint initiatives.

The agreement provides that the Port Authority undertakes to implement tools and methodologies for the study and analysis of accident events on the work that occurred in the port area in order to more detailed classification with reference to the causes determining factors, while terminal operators undertake to support joint communication and promotion initiatives culture of health and safety in the workplace, promote prevention campaigns, on various oncological pathologies, for workers and their families as well as research, study and in-depth analysis of the areas covered by the agreement.

The protocol, which will last three years, provides for also the opportunity to bring together, at least once a year, a working table for the planning and definition of activities, Speeches, conferences and training meetings. It will also be institutionalized the presence of the Health Guarantor of the Calabria Region within the Hygiene and Safety Committee established by the Port System Authority.