In Gioia Tauro the port company was established that will have as its object the provision of temporary work to the port companies operating in the Calabrian port of call. It is of a limited liability company established at pursuant to paragraph 5 of Article 17 of Law 84/94 which, in the event of of the port of Gioia Tauro, has allowed the Authority to Port System of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas to promote the constitution.

The creation of the port company was announced today by the president of the Port Authority, Andrea Agostinelli, who announced the unanimous signing of the management of the company to be established and the related economic plan and between the port authority, the terminal operator Medcenter Container Terminal and the port companies pursuant to art. 16 (Sea Work Service, International Shipping and Universal Services). The Signing of the notarial deed of incorporation is expected to take place during the first quarter of next year.

Agostinelli recalled that the newly established company finds foundation to follow up on the Gioia Tauro Port Agency, the established in 2017 through the Programme Agreement signed between the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies, the Calabria Region, Invitalia and the Port System Authority for the employment and the professional retraining of those workers made redundant in port companies authorized to container handling. Expiring on December 31st, except for extensions pending discussion in Parliament between the amendments presented to the Budget, the Port Agency of Gioia Tauro currently has 50 workers registered in its lists.

Furthermore, specifying that the creation of the new company was achieved thanks to the active participation of the of the entire port community but also thanks to the hiring of by the terminal operator Autormar of 25 workers previously registered in the lists of the Port Agency, Agostinelli has specified that, with a financial basis of share capital of 250 thousand euros to which a further 750 thousand euros are added to make initial start-up costs, the new port company will have to reach the level of sustainability by three years since its establishment. As it is a company mixed between public and private, the Port System Authority will participate by subscribing 49% of the share capital, while the remaining part of the company shares will be acquired 42% by Medcenter Container Terminal and 9% by port companies pursuant to art. 16 (Sea Work Service, International Shipping and Universal Services), each of which will subscribe to a 3% share.

The staff of the new company will consist of 50 units currently registered in the lists of the Port Agency, which will be thus hired on a permanent basis, to which will be added a further 70 workers with specific qualifications professional requirements of the market.

"The establishment of this company - commented Andrea Agostinelli announcing its establishment - has always represented a a goal that I would have liked to achieve before the end of my mandate. A company that would ensure the response to the so-called peaks of work for an important port, such as that of Gioia Tauro, but also and above all for having put an end to the adventure of the registered with the Port Agency with their stabilization. It is a fundamental goal for which I must thank the port community of Gioia Tauro as a whole, for helping me to cross this important milestone before the end of my presidential term."