Yesterday in Rome, at the end of a long illness, she died Maria Teresa Di Matteo, head of the Department for Transport and Safety, Navigation of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. Between the expressions of condolence, that of the Federation of the Sea: "Di Matteo - recalled the president Mario Mattioli - is has been an important point of reference for the entire cluster in the always open dialogue with the Ministry, showing a great capacity for analysis in order to be able to identify solutions for the sector. His death leaves a enormous void both on a human level and in daily administration of the complex Italian maritime-port world".

The president of the Association of Italian Ports (Assoporti), Rodolfo Giampieri, highlighted that Maria Teresa Di Matteo "has played a fundamental role in these years within MIT for the development of the activities of the Supervisory Authorities Port system. His strength and determination, together with a strong spirit of collaboration will be greatly missed».

The President and the Managing Director of the Confederation Italiana Armatori (Confitarma), Mario Zanetti and Luca, have underlined that "Di Matteo was for many years a an example of absolute dedication and professionalism, distinguishing itself as an essential point of reference for the entire infrastructure and transport and, lastly, also for the Italian maritime and port sector. Its ability to Combining technical expertise, daily determination and vision strategic - they added - has decisively favored strengthening the dialogue between the maritime cluster and the institutions, helping to face daily life with energy challenges of our sector".

The president of ENAV, Alessandra Bruni, recalled that, «President of ENAV from 2014 to 2015, Maria Teresa Di Matteo He has also held the role of director since 2015 to 2020, always offering its vision and dedication compared to a sector for which he has shown great competence and professionalism".

The Port System Authority of the Tyrrhenian Seas Meridionale e Ionio highlighted that "Di Matteo is for many years the contact person of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport of the main and more important administrative procedures that first involved the Port Authority of Gioia Tauro and then the Port Authority of Port System of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas. Among many, we recall the establishment and operation of the redevelopment of port work and the birth of the company pursuant to Article 17 of Law 84/94".