Today the Association of Italian Ports (Assoporti) and the Italian Association of Logistics, General Warehouses and port and interport terminal operators (Assologistica) have signed a memorandum in agreement with the Department of Commerce, the Department of Transportation and the Florida Port Council which aims to promote cooperation between U.S. state ports, facilitating international trade and improving operations Logistic. An American mission had stopped in Italy on the last November, led by the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, and, with Assoporti in Rome and with Assologistica in Milan, was the signing of a memorandum of understanding has been agreed.

The MoU provides for the exchange of information and best practices, the promotion of the optimisation of customs procedures and the collaboration with universities to develop programmes training that meet the needs of the maritime sector.

Expressing satisfaction "for this path that has been based on shared desires for collaboration and growth", the president of Assologistica, Umberto Ruggerone, said he "that a dialogue between operators is indispensable in particular in this historical moment. During our mission to Florida in April - he added - there will be An opportunity to go into detail about the individual themes and projects taken care of by the working groups provided for by the agreement".

"I believe the start of a collaboration with the ports of the Florida - commented the president on the sidelines of the signing by Assoporti, Rodolfo Giampieri - an excellent result for ports Italians who have always worked hard to establish exchanges of information and speeding up processes, looking for new markets by strengthening the role of ports in the new global competition. We all worked together to find common points of interest for both the port and the logistics and today we start this activity. On the occasion of the Seatrade Cruise Global Fair in Miami - Giampieri anticipated - We will have the opportunity to launch the activities of the working group already planned starting with the exchange of good practices. Of course, the agreement can be integrated with other sector memberships".