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July 12, 2022
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- Messina (Assarmatori): shipping and the national economy do not
can afford a government crisis
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- The problems to be solved - he underlined - require
Decisions
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 The report of the president of Assarmatori to the assembly
general of the association held this morning in Rome starts from the
strict topicality, with particular reference to a
possible government crisis: "we are - said Stefano Messina
addressing the audience and in particular the Minister of
Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility, Enrico
Giovannini, present in the room together with the main exponents of the
world of economics, politics and institutions - grappling
with a difficult, challenging and at the same time also rich historical moment
of opportunities. Our industry comes to terms with two years of
pandemic and then with the growing geopolitical tensions, starting from the
Russian-Ukrainian conflict, which caused inflation to explode and
caused radical changes in the world scenario. In all
this armament faces old and new problems. Open
a government crisis at this time - Messina underlined -
that would be irresponsible."-
- There are many, for the economy but also for the transport sector
maritime, the issues to be addressed listed by the President of
Assarmatori, starting from the implementation of the National Plan of
Recovery and Resilience and an economic recovery that require
decisions and not crisis openings to arrive, relative to the
shipping, to the possible negative, potentially devastating impacts -
specified Messina - that Italian maritime transport
would accuse from the combined provisions of the rules dictated
by the International Maritime Organization and the "Fit" package
for 55" of the European Union. Messina also mentioned the
need to simplify the regulatory framework of the sector
maritime, freeing it from rules dictated 80 years ago and, indeed,
securing the support of the State as soon as possible
the activities of Italian shipping companies, the
the need to protect the Italian cruise industry, and
all its induced also in terms of employment, with
particular regard to the "Venice case", and, again,
take into account the know-how of the shipowners in sight
the increase in imports of liquefied natural gas.
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- "Our companies - said the president of
Assarmatori - want to continue to create development and places of
work and are concerned about the untimeliness of the rules
IMO and the EU for environmental sustainability. We ask the
government to fight in the final negotiations between Parliament, the Council and
Commission to protect all island links (in this case)
also for larger islands) and the Motorways of the Sea, which go
promoted without discrimination between operators, avoiding
boomerang effects, i.e. the reverse modal shift from the sea
to the street".
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- "Similar concern - continued Messina - is
also expressed with regard to regulatory simplification. We
need to be freed from rules dictated 80 years ago. Want
compete on an equal footing with shipowners, including those of member countries of the
EU, flying flags of states that have made the
maritime transport system without any decrease in standards
safety or work. Our companies are waiting for the
completion of the legislative process necessary to adapt to
what was requested by the European Commission two and a half years ago,
that is, to extend the benefits of the International Register,
instrument that has guaranteed growth and employment, even in the case of
to which Italian companies operate with ships registered in the countries
of the European Union'.
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- Messina highlighted that "also the sector
cruise, although in clear recovery after the zeroing of the
traffic due to the pandemic, lives a complicated moment. The
closure of the Giudecca Canal, in Venice - he explained - he
inflicted a very hard blow to this sector throughout the Adriatic.
We hope that the government will indicate a solution in order to be able to
use the Vittorio Emanuele Canal, to finally see
approved the Sludge Protocol and to accelerate the implementation of
new approaches to Marghera guaranteeing additional resources to the
Commissioner: this sector is also a fundamental driving force
for the national economy'.
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- Finally, referring to Italy's need to change
and diversify its energy supply funds
dictated by the effects of the Russia-Ukraine war, and the consequent
investments requested by the government from publicly controlled enterprises,
that have started to move by acquiring regasification plants
floating, the president of Assarmatori specified that, "in
view of a growth in the import of liquefied natural gas, we
private shipowners we have the skills for supply management
chain and logistics and we provide our
know-how».
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