The Italian Confederation of Shipowners expressed its appreciation for final approval, with yesterday's green light of the Chamber of Deputies, of the bill Enhancement of the Sea Resource. "In particular - explained the president of Confitarma, Mario Zanetti - we thank the minister for his Civil Protection and Sea Policies, Nello Musumeci, for having been the promoter of this important initiative that part of the broader and appreciated work that is bringing forward, also through the CIPOM, to put the of the political agenda such a precious resource as the sea and everything that derives from it in terms of blue economy".

The president of the shipowners' confederation pointed out whereas, following the adoption in November 2025 of the draft law Simplifications that has introduced some important measures, including the simplification of seafarers' recruitment procedures, and the notes of embarkation and disembarkation of the crew as well as the delegation to the Government for the reorganization of the discipline of the service "This new measure represents a further concrete progress along the route that the government is to defend the competitiveness of the industry Italian maritime system".

Zanetti specified what are, in particular, the Provisions of interest to the maritime sector of the design of Law on the Enhancement of the Sea Resource: "in particular - specified - we appreciate the additional simplification measures procedure in relation to the embarkation and disembarkation of seafarers, the registration of the ship in the national registers, the advertising of the and the consolidation of the ship mortgage. Not only that, it goes in the right direction direction of the first organic intervention of digitization of charts and logs, the rationalisation of obligations and the new rules on the surveillance of on-board radio equipment, which involves the involvement of of the bodies recognised for inspection activities in international level, without prejudice to the role of the for activities falling within national competence'.

"These interventions, acknowledging, albeit partially, some of the requests we represent to the Government - he continued Zanetti - certainly represent a further step in the direction indicated for some time by Confitarma. It is now necessary to bring this ship in port, concluding the action of simplification and modernisation of the sectoral system to help improve the competitiveness of the Italian maritime industry in the world".

To this end, Confitarma hopes, among other measures, the complete simplification of the procedures for cancellation of ships from the register, the decommissioning of the flag, some further interventions relating to the tax regime applicable to seafarers (IRPEF), to the inapplicability to contracts for the enrolment of the additional NASpI and the completion of the modernisation of the rules on the surveillance of on-board radioelectric equipment, partially implemented by the design of law just approved. The federal government also emphasized the need, which has long been highlighted by Confitarma together with the trade unions, to intervene to break down barriers to the professions of the sea, simplifying the requirements in order to foster the growth of new and stable Italian maritime occupation.