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July 22, 2022
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- Port of La Spezia, signed the agreement to fluidify the
traffic in heavy goods vehicles
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- The agreement was signed by all the associations of
category and trade unions, with the exception of Assarmatori
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 At the port of La Spezia the
negotiation with the acronyms of road transport, logistics and
of armament and with the unions on measures to decongest
the access of heavy vehicles to the Ligurian port of call. Fifteen
industry associations and trade unions, with the exception of
of Assarmatori, have in fact signed a document presented
by the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
to settle the dispute that has been going on for a few weeks after the
rejection by the Resource Partnership Body
sea of the Ordinance of the AdSP for the "Regulation of access"
of heavy vehicles in the port of La Spezia and introduction of levels
of service of the port system".-
- The ordinance aimed to introduce a maximum time of
waiting for hauliers to carry out operations
loading and unloading in the port of La Spezia. The measure
it also provided for sanctions that would be triggered, for the
terminal operators, in case of exceeding the time limit or
incentives in case of improvement of services. After the
rejection, which had led to the disapplication of the order,
the transport companies had reacted by applying, for the sole
port of La Spezia, a surcharge on transport contracts of 150
euro. For its part, the Port System Authority had
considered the tariff measure introduced by the carriers
penalizing for port traffic.
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- To the new "Own-initiative document of the Authority of
Port System of the Eastern Ligurian Sea in relation to the
problems of road transport in the port of La Spezia for the
establishment of a permanent consultation table"
joined last Wednesday the associations: Association
Freight forwarders Port of La Spezia, ASPEDO, Assoagenti, Confindustria
Logistics Section, Uiltrasporti, Fit Cisl, the terminalista LSCT, ANITA,
Confitarma, FAI, FITA CNA, Confartigianato Trasporti, Assotir,
Joint transport, Filt CGIL.
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The four measures envisaged in the document:-
- 1) As of 1 August 2022, the Levels of
Service in the Port of La Spezia, according to the procedures referred to
al!' Order submitted to the Partnership Body on 27
May u.s. In the face of these "Service Levels" not
no system of sanctions or
incentive;
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- 2) Each entity organizing the issuance operations and
collection of empty containers, undertakes immediately to assume the
"drop & pick" as an ordinary mode to which
to aim, in order to achieve a better management of
road transport, also with the aim of reducing to
maximum unproductive expectations and empty trips by the
road haulage companies. The consultation table provided for by the
this document will address, in a meeting, to be held in
date 2 August p.v. the theme of the management of empty containers, with
particular reference to the use of the areas behind the port. Within
on 15 September p.v. the consultation table will carry out a
verification monitoring on the actual percentage of containers
moved in "drop & pick" mode.
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- 3) As of 1 October 2022 AdSP will restore
the system for the automated detection of heavy vehicle flows
in and out of the port of La Spezia and will make
available, on the Adsp website, the information deriving from the
monitoring of the transit and residence times of the vehicles
heavy in port, detected by means of the system of "buoys"
telepass" installed in the Stagnoni area. Access to
this information will be allowed to accredited users. Adsp
can provide certification of the time spent in port
for the purposes of the law to those who request it;
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- 4) From 1 January 2023, a
system for monitoring, through satellite systems, of flows
trucks arriving in the port of La Spezia through the different
motorway routes. This system will allow, with appropriate
warning, to establish the flow of incoming vehicles allowing
Adsp and the terminal to take appropriate measures to reduce the
risk of congestion and queuing, or to prepare
flow management procedures that avoid dangers of
slowdowns and / or queues along the MOTORWAY junction AI15 La Spezia
- Santo Stefano di Magra.
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- The document provides for the restoration of maximum waiting times
for carriers by abolishing the sanctioning system, new
how to track the time of the performance of the
operations in port, certified by the AdSP and starting from the next
1 January 2023, a satellite flow control system
such as to provide, in real time, the number of trucks arriving
from the different motorway routes towards the port of La Spezia.
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- Commitments to improve transport management are also envisaged
of empty containers by the various subjects that organize the
Transport. Improvements will be in travel optimisation
and the reduction of inconvenience and extra costs for companies of
transport also through the use of the rear port areas. Beyond
when the maximum waiting times are restored, the document contains the
provision for the establishment of a "Permanent Table of
Consultation" on road transport issues.
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- This forum for discussion will meet as early as next
2 August and will address, as the first theme, that of
management of empty containers and operation of areas
backports. The permanent table will also have the objective of
stipulate, among all interested parties, an "Agreement of
Programme", a specific instrument provided for by law which
regulates road transport to regulate, between companies and clients,
the detailed rules for carrying out transport, including
provision of compensation against certain conditions of
discomfort. The Table will also have advisory functions in the
adSP comparisons, promoting a joint review of monitoring
on traffic flows and time spent in port and
making proposals regarding the contents of the ordinances.
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- Following adherence to the document and its contents, the
road haulage undertakings have undertaken to withdraw the
surcharge applied to La Spezia. Only the association
shipowner Assarmatori has decided not to adhere to the document
citing the risk that any disruptions may fall
for the most part on shipping companies, which on August 2
is a date on which the conditions for resolving the
theme of the management of empty containers and that the transport of
the same containers in the back-port areas would produce costs that
they would be, according to Assarmatori, at the sole expense of the lines
Maritime.
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- The Port System Authority has highlighted that, that
agreed, it is one of the most advanced experiences
existing in the Italian ports of management, coordinated and shared,
the question of road transport in relation to
port infrastructures, involving a wide spectrum of subjects
representing the commodity cycle. "The port - has
underlined the president of the AdSP, Mario Sommariva - takes a step
moving towards the modernisation and digitalisation of processes
Complex. The method of dialogue and reciprocal dialogue is consolidated
listening among the different stakeholders. I'm sorry, and I express
regret, for the non-adhesion of Assarmatori. I think we have
focused too much on the theme of empty containers by diminishing the scope
general of the document that was also appreciated.
He ended up thus prevailing a particular vision over a
single theme. I hope, however, that the general appreciation
express can lead, in the future, Assarmatori to review their
position. The port of La Spezia can not do without, on themes
so delicate for its functioning, of the contribution of the
main associates of Assarmatori i.e. the companies of
navigation belonging to the MSC group'.
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