At Seatrade Cruise Europe, taking place in Hamburg, an event that is resumed with important presences after a stop of a few years, the Italian Port System Authorities are promoting the domestic cruise system. The Italian port is present with a CruiseItaly stand promoted by the Association of Italian Ports (Assoporti), in which meetings and Insights in favor of cruise traffic with a strong imprint of the Made in Italy brand.

"The Italy of the ports - the president of Assoporti, Rodolfo Giampieri - is in Hamburg to participate to the meetings and events implemented by Seatrade, uniting the moments of official conferences to those of networking between all the segment stakeholders. As I have already had the opportunity to say in several occasions - added Giampieri - in Italy traffic Cruises shows a steady recovery and we see a lot of interest from part of the main players, with a strong growth in traffic. A segment, which grows thanks to the efficient services of our ports but, of course, also for the strong tourist attraction of our Country that holds cultural heritage and landscapes unique in the world. One promotion of the Made in Italy system is very important for us, also in consideration of the great work carried out by the lines navigation in terms of innovation and sustainability. We believe, in fact, that the destination Italy should also be valued with these forms of participation, also to promote activities in favor of sustainability that are in place».