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June 22, 2022
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- Greater administrative and financial autonomy, among the
requests from the Italian Port System Authorities
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- Giampieri: it is necessary to give quick answers to
business needs
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 "Italian ports have increased
of traffic in 2021, and in 2022 the first quarter showed a
data in stable growth, even if the overall effects of the
Russia-Ukraine war we now begin to account for them with the
variable of the great uncertainty determined by the actual duration
that this conflict will have." This was stated by the
President of the Association of Italian Ports (Assoporti), Rodolfo
Giampieri, in his report to the assembly of the organization
held today in Rome that began by tracing a picture
of the current scenario.-
- "Of course it is - continued Giampieri - that we are there
faced with a reality that probably had been
Underestimated. The relocation of activities has created,
in the most intense and difficult moments, problems
in the procurement of certain raw materials and this has
led companies to re-evaluate their commercial choices
previous, creating the phenomenon we call near-shoring and
re-shoring (I prefer to say; the shortening of the chain
logistics). The Mediterranean is back at the center of the routes
and, in this perspective, Italy becomes strategic, both by destiny
geographical than for reaction capacity. For this reason,
today we need more than ever vision and courage in the choices to make
carry out to take advantage of the opportunities you are experiencing
creating".
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- The president of Assoporti also focused on the theme
taxation of the Italian Port System Authorities
imposed by the EU
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of 4
December 2020). "As is well known - Giampiero recalled - the
AdSP coordinated by Assoporti, have filed an appeal against the
decision of the European Commission on the taxation of
activities in ports, considered to be activities of nature
economic. On this subject I do not want to enter into technicality
legal, but I would like to say that Assoporti is convincingly in
first line with all the AdSP, hoping that a solution will be found
that takes into account the peculiarities of the sector, and that avoids
weaken a strategic sector of modern Italian logistics».-
- Giampieri then returned to the request for a greater
autonomy for the Port System Authorities: "every
day - he highlighted - the AdSP are at the forefront, in
an active administration, operating in a deep and
fast change. We must give answers, facilitate relationships and
investments and enforcement, all with the aim of creating
the best conditions for the economic growth of the country. And it is
for this reason it would be appropriate to rediscover a fundamental value,
founding principle of the Port Authorities before, of the AdSP
now: greater administrative autonomy and greater autonomy
financial to give quick answers to the needs of
undertakings'.
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- The President also spoke about the funds for ports under the
of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan: "in favour of
ports, logistics and maritime transport - he specified -
between PNRR and Complementary Fund, about four billion are planned
for interventions for the modernization and strengthening of the
infrastructure, the implementation of the National Cold Plan
ironing, energy efficiency, and to facilitate
intermodality with the construction of the last mile
railway. All this gives us hope because we see
these investments and the objectives that are part of them as a
legacy (legacy would say the British) for future generations».
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