"Italy today has a unique opportunity to relaunch its ports as pillars of an economic system resilient and competitive". This was noted by the vice president of Assologistica, Roberto Rubboli, focusing on the challenges currently faced by national port ports, starting from the infrastructural delays "which for years - he observed - penalize the national port system: rail and ineffective road conditions, cumbersome bureaucracy and overlapping Competencies between control bodies aggravate the competitive gap compared to other European countries. To this - he specified Rubboli - there are also the uncertainties related to the port reform and disparities in the application of which discourages investment and slows down the development of the of the sector".

"While the renewal of the national employment contract has made significant progress - continued the vice president of Assologistica - crucial questions remain open such as the fund for strenuous work and the computerization of port operations. The difficulty in finding staff and the costs related to the ecological transition - from the electrification of the docks to the regulation of emissions from maritime carriers - are further elements of critical issues that require targeted interventions".

According to Rubboli, "to face these challenges, it is necessary to more efficient and coordinated governance, capable of integrate long-term strategic visions with investments Adequate. Only in this way will it be possible to guarantee ports role of strategic hubs for the national economy, while enhancing the plurality of management private businesses under public control. The proliferation of "naval gigantism" and the concentration of port service management in a few large business groups - he concluded - are further factors that require special attention, to avoid imbalances economic and threats to competitiveness".