The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport continues the process for the appointment of the new Chairman of the Supervisory Authority Port System of the Center-North Adriatic Sea, which has jurisdiction over the port of Ravenna, and, after having acquired the agreement with the Emilia-Romagna Region, has sent the proposal for the appointment of Francesco Benevolo to the Transport Commission of the Chamber of Deputies deputies, for the expected parliamentary opinion.

Benevolo is currently the chief operating officer of RAM - Logistics, Infrastructure and Transport Spa, the company in house of the same ministry that supports in the activities of elaboration, implementation and management of the lines of intervention in transport and logistics related to the transport and logistics system Motorways of the Sea. Among other positions, Benevolo is director of Planning and Development of Italia Navigando Spa and Director of Communications of the Italian Confederation of Shipowners (Confitarma).