Yesterday Mario Mattioli, president of the Federation of the Sea, accompanied by the Secretary General Laurence Martin, met the new president of the Association of Italian Ports, Assoporti, Roberto Petri, at the headquarters of his organization in Rome. Mattioli outlined the activity of the Federation, reaffirming the need for the broadest possible collaboration of the member associations to carry out projects and policies of common interest, also in view of the EU maritime and port industrial strategy. In the reiterate the importance of Assoporti in the maritime cluster and in ensuring the ever-increasing participation in the activities of the Federation of the Sea, Petri affirmed his conviction that only an open and constructive dialogue between all parties will be able to produce positive and beneficial results for the entire Italian blue economy.