The association of Genoese freight forwarders Spediporto denounces who for a few weeks have not been in the port of the Ligurian capital Health certificates for foodstuffs validated frozen vegetables, such as strawberries, mushrooms, broccoli and artichokes, due to the lack of facilities in the Genoese port authorized according to the regulations, to receive this type of products in case of increased control by the veterinarian of port. The association explained that, in the absence of principals authorized for checks, the Veterinary Office does not issues the authorization for the introduction of the goods into the territory national team.

Spediporto stressed that the situation has become day after day heavier and heavier, with extensive damage to importers as the goods, even if stationary, generate costs resulting from prolonged stops in port, not to mention delays that are created in the completion of the chain of distribution of products. And concern is expressed by the operators also for the containers expected to arrive in the next few weeks that, at this point, it is not known what fate they will have.

The association has highlighted that it is a real and operational emergency and represents damage not only economic for the subjects involved, but also in terms of image for the port of Genoa, the most important commercial port Italian.

Spediporto has announced that it has been in talks for some time with the Port System Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea to solicit an intervention and that the latter has asked the terminal operators the commitment to quickly equip themselves with commitment that could allow in the coming days a Easing of tension.

The association specified that to aggravate the situation in there is also a backlog consisting of the validation of the Notices of Arrival, which today sees the closure of the practices of last February 25, pre-notifications of arrival for other types of goods subject to veterinary control and a strong backlog in the collection of samples for the performance of the analysis, with over 40 samples pending. Spediporto highlighted that there are over a thousand files in arrears for a value of over 50 million dollars.