The Logistics Association of Sustainable Intermodality considers that if the proposal to revise the trading system of EU ETS emission allowances, presented today by the European Commission ( of 17 July 2026), progress can be made in the decarbonisation of the transport sector, but remain aspects of great criticality. "ALIS - recalled the vice-president and general manager of the association, Marcello Di Caterina - followed with great attention, also following the recent institutional mission to Brussels, the proposal for a revision of the EU ETS presented today by the European Commission. The text confirms the European Union's willingness to maintain the ETS as a central tool of the decarbonisation policies of the maritime transport and, although not fully satisfactory, for our association and for companies in the sector, it implements some instances that ALIS has been supporting for some time".

"We take note with favor - explained Di Caterina - of the Brussels has recognised the need to accompany the ecological transition with concrete tools of support for investment and innovation. This is the direction in which the establishment of Sustainable Maritime Alternative Propulsion (SMAP), together with the other financial instruments envisaged, which represent a first and important recognition of the principle supported by ALIS according to which a significant share of the resources generated by the maritime sector should be reinvested in the sector to support its development and transformation energy and technology. We also positively evaluate the strengthening measures against circumvention and distortions competitiveness, as well as the Commission's commitment to avoid future forms of double taxation between the European ETS and the carbon pricing system that will be introduced by the IMO. Yes requests that ALIS has forcefully brought to the attention of of the European institutions and which are now finding initial feedback concrete in the proposal".

"However, they remain open - noted the representative by ALIS - some fundamental issues for the logistics system and Italian maritime sector. The Commission - specified Di Caterina - has to confirm and extend the existing derogations for some particular routes and territories, but it has not introduced a real General exemption for uninterruptible power connections with the islands, as hoped for by ALIS, by the cluster maritime and Italian institutions. Similarly, it is not The request to provide for an automatic and legally binding against the risk of modal backshift, that is, the transfer of traffic from the sea to the road, a phenomenon that risks compromising both competitiveness and of companies operating in intermodality and the same European environmental objectives".

"We will continue to work with the European institutions and - concluded Di Caterina - so that the path of decarbonisation is accompanied by adequate and concrete guarantees for the competitiveness of companies and the entire sector of the protection of strategic links and the development of of Italian and European logistics".