Yesterday the extraordinary commissioner of the Supervisory Authority Port System of the Western Ligurian Sea, Matteo Paroli, a follow-up to the positive opinion of the Advisory Commission of the entity, has signed the resolution authorizing the technical deferral of the expiry date of the provisional act in favour of the company Spinelli Srl for the state-owned areas of the Genoa Port Terminal in the port of Genoa which will last three months until the next 30 September. The port authority specified that this intervention "is necessary to ensure business continuity and administrative management of port areas, in a moment of transition and waiting for future determinations of the entity and appeals presented before the Council of State and the Court of Cassation, promoted by the Port System Authority and the dealer himself. As has already happened previously - specified the Port Authority - this new measure provides for the introduction of specific constraints on the use of areas, mainly intended for non-containerized traffic activities. This choice responds to the ruling of the Council of State and aims to protect the continuity and development of port traffic, safeguarding the operation of state-owned areas and the maintenance of employment".

Learning of the three-month extension granted to the group Spinelli, Mauro Scognamillo, general secretary of Fit Cisl Liguria, underlined that the extension constitutes "a An important but not decisive step: these three months must to find a definitive solution and to give certainty and guarantees to the hundreds of workers who currently live legitimately with the concern of not knowing what could happen from the first of October. Well the breath of oxygen of the extension - said Scognamillo - but now we have to write the end by guaranteeing business continuity and absolute employment protection".

Yesterday, Commissioner Paroli adopted another interim act concerning the concession Fo.Re. S.T. Spa in Genoa, in favour of the Campostano group, for a duration of three months. Again, the opinion expressed by the Advisory Commission was unanimous and positive. The body highlighted that even "this is part of the careful management of the resources and port concessions, with the aim of guaranteeing continuity and employment development".

Finally, after the favourable opinion of the Advisory Commission of Savona, the issue of a concession was resolved maritime state property to the company GNL MED Srl on condition that the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security approves the Project for the construction of the liquefied natural gas deposit subject to possible re-evaluation in the event that the project should be approved with requirements such as to impact on the competence profiles. "This resolution - explained Paroli - is a sign of the attention of the Port Authority towards a greener supply system not only for the maritime transport, as the shipping needs more and more green fuels, but also for the land part with a lower environmental impact on the territories by the port activities. LNG is a fuel that has very low if not zero emissions of PM5 and PM 10 microparticles with an almost absent imprint of sulfur oxides. It is, therefore, a matter of an absolutely improving step from the point of view of environmental sustainability. It is important to be among the first ports capable of supplying this type of fuel to ships which are increasingly equipped with double capacity because this means truly believing in the green development of maritime transport and at the same time become attractive in terms of new airports".

During the meetings of the two Advisory Commissions, the Commissioner Paroli underlined that the resolutions he signed yesterday do not constitute his act of imperium: "My commitment today - he clarified - it is to immediately define the consequent acts in order to ensure business continuity and in the ports of the Ligurian system, avoiding interruptions in port activities. The adoption of these acts is a priority and dictated by social and economic factors of great importance, which does not reflect personal or individual organ assessments, being hired downstream of evaluations carried out with the managers competent authorities, the persons responsible for the proceedings and with the secretary and, where competent, of the Committees Advisory. The assumption of an administrative act - highlighted Paroli - is never an expression of evaluations and will of a single person, even if he is coinciding with an extraordinary body such as a commissioner government extraordinary. The ultimate responsibility for the act then, as is obvious, it falls on the deliberative body. No one in the public administration can be defined plenipotentiary, but in particular and delicate situations there are administrative needs that must be considered priority and urgent situations, because factors depend on them social and economic fundamentals".