Assarmatori expressed satisfaction with the €16 million tender issued by the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport intended for Port System Authorities for the digitalization of the supply chain. "It's a matter of - he said highlighted the president of the shipowners' association, Stefano Messina - of a turning point that we have been hoping for for a long time. In the vast majority In fact, the majority of logistics processes are still required paper documentation, which slows down and hinders the flow of goods. Thanks to these resources, Italian PSAs will be able to make a real leap in quality which will allow for the optimisation of processes, resulting in the saving time and resources. The goal of dematerialization is also consistent with the Regulation UE 1056 and provides operators with great step-by-step opportunities until mid-2026. On-time data exchange of our country's logistics centres is a a fundamental condition for improving the distribution chain, increase the efficiency of the entire system and thus the competitiveness of the of Italy on the international chessboard. In this sense, in In particular, we appreciate for the maritime transport sector a approach not only linked to the pure port, but to the entire multimodal logistics chain that revolves around the port'.

"We now hope," Messina concluded, "that the resources are grounded on time, possibly in a system logic implemented at national level'.