Orphaned by Mario Sommariva, who abandoned the presidency of the System Authority in advance Port of the Eastern Ligurian Sea to choose the presidency of the port and logistics group Spinelli, and in sight (no one knows when) the appointment of the next president of the Port Authority that governs the ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara, the port community La Spezia takes sides against "parachuted appointments".

Clarifying that "it is not our job to indicate names", representatives of the associations of shipping agents, freight forwarders and customs analysts from La Spezia have pointed out that, however, "it is our right to demand respect and outline the identikit of a future president who is not, as already has happened too many times in recent years with contradictory results, parachuted but which has in its identikit the being an expression of this territory". "This request - they specified - is not the result of a preconception, but of a precise consideration for the future: the port of La Spezia is called to fight against time to face and solve the too many problems that grip him and that do not allow a long season of "learning" available to the new chairman; the time factor is of the essence: the port of La Spezia cannot once again become the laboratory of learning, but must be able to count on a "plug & play", able to immediately address problems such as dredging, terminal development plans, the maritime station, relations with Santo Stefano Magra, railway connections, the completion of the integration with the port of Marina di Carrara and many others".

Whether it is a paratrooper, a parachute or other, the appointment of the next president of the Port System Authority of the Sea Eastern Liguria is in the hands of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Infrastructure and Transport, to which the reform of the rules on the port of 2016 has assigned almost in this regard. Matteo Salvini (or his successor seen the uncertainty about the timing of the appointment of the presidents of the Port Authorities and also on the launch of the promised new law on ports) is evidently addressed the petition of the community port of La Spezia. Given the legislation in force, or in Rome there are political interests that allow a local choice of the new president of the Port Authority of Eastern Liguria, or in La Spezia the president of the port authority will really drop with the parachute, given the distance of the city from the airports closer.