Assarmatori expressed satisfaction with the approval definitive, when the Decree is converted into law Milleproroghe in the Senate, of the amendment that extended to the whole of the 2025 the possibility of enlisting members by the master of the ship, the shipowner or of one of his attorneys. The shipowners' association recalled that This simplification had been introduced in March 2020 within the of the "Cura Italia" decree and had then been in turn renewed every year until last January 1st, when the had lapsed because in the first instance it had not been included in the Milleproroghe, bringing - highlighted Assarmatori - immediately to inconvenience and bureaucratic delays.

"We are satisfied - said the president of the association, Stefano Messina - of the final outcome of the event. This measure was designed to facilitate the procedures given the numerous mobility restrictions of the period pandemic and then, year after year, it had been renewed precisely in reason for its effectiveness and the fact that it was at no cost to the state coffers and with a view to the competitiveness of the Italian flag: also for this reason, there would have been no valid reason for not proceeding with a new extension. What we ask now - Messina added - is that it becomes within our legal system: in fact, it is already as part of the broader process of regulatory simplification underway at the Ministry of Agriculture Infrastructure and Transport, the Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport Policies, Sea and Civil Protection but also in Parliament, through the presentation of bills to this effect. It is necessary to proceed quickly. In maritime transport, and in particular in some segments such as that relating to ferries, there is a large need for personnel with professionalism and skills, Pool of employment opportunities for our young people: to put bureaucratic barriers between labour supply and demand, going back years from a regulatory point of view, it is in fact, exactly the opposite of what we need."