Maritime transport has a strategic role for Italy and, in particular, In this context, ship suppliers and contractors are "one of the most important of the building blocks that make up the transport value chain maritime trade, which in turn is an essential element for trade, trade, for the movement of goods and people". It has underlined the president of the National Association of Superintendents Naval Contractors (ANPAN), Vittorio Parmigiani, in his report at the association's annual congress held in recent days at the Colonna Resort Hotel in Cala Granu, near Porto Cervo, in Sardinia.

In his report, which we publish in the "Forum of Shipping and Logistics", Parmigiani highlighted how maritime transport is 'essential for all of our country, which is at the same time an importer and importer of exporting company, and boasting an unrivalled network of services in the Autostrade del Mare, holding 40% of the market share of the Mediterranean". The president of ANPAN then addressed the global challenges facing the sector: from the continuing conflicts international (Russia-Ukraine, Middle East, tensions in Asia) to the attacks in the Suez Canal, to the trade wars and protectionist barriers. While acknowledging the impossibility to affect these macroeconomic dynamics, urged focus on what is controllable at the national simplification: bureaucratic simplification and rationalisation of the legislation. He cited excessive bureaucracy and rigidity as the main cause of loss of competitiveness of the Italian maritime sector, a concept taken up in its speech at the congress also by the president of Assarmatori, Stefano Messina.

Among the issues on which Parmigiani drew attention is the "climate regulation that comes from the European Union. Not This is - he specified - the place to enter into the merits of every single aspect, but we are called to ask loudly that the revenue from the ETS (Emission Trading System) generated by transport maritime in our country, not allocated to the Brussels budget but allocated to individual states, is actually reinvested in the sector that generated it, in order to be able to proceed with the necessary interventions of the decarbonisation path, starting with the renewal of fleets".

The president of ANPAN also focused on the Zones Simplified Logistics (ZLS) which - he recalled - "are areas port or hinterland ports offering administrative procedures and economic incentives, similar to Economic Zones Special of the South, but aimed at the Centre-North". "For the port logistics sector and naval superintendents - has Parmigiani observed - the FTAs represent a great opportunity: processes, possible tax advantages and the development of integrated logistics hubs near ports, facilitating storage and the distribution of goods. FTAs can also attract foreign investments and encourage reshoring of production chains in Italy".