The Management Committee of the Port System Authority of the Southern Adriatic Sea has resolved to adapt the port charges, including charges of use of the infrastructure, related to the movement of passengers and vehicles in the ports of Bari and Brindisi. The port authority explained whereas this is a measure that has become necessary for a number of factors that led to a negative balance, equal to 2.5 million euros per year, including the costs of managing the services related to cruise, ro-pax and ro-ro traffic and related revenues, the increase in costs related to the provision of services and the activation of new activities available to users aimed at increasing the appeal and functionality of the of stopovers.

The Port Authority specified that the extent of the increases is contained so as not to excessively burden port users, with increases ranging from a minimum of 10 cents to a minimum of 10 cents for passengers maximum of 40 cents. "We are committed - said the extraordinary commissioner of the Port Authority, Rear Admiral Vincenzo Leone - to adopt measures which, while taking into account the mandatory budgetary needs, did not impact traffic and users. We a shrewd remodulation has been launched that takes into account various factors: from the incidence of wear and tear of infrastructures to traffic, from the use of human and organizational resources to the changed balances economic-financial. It is the conclusion of a journey that we have shared with the associations of operators of Bari and Brindisi as well as with the main trade associations national ones".