To the president of the International Propeller Clubs, Umberto Masucci, the international award "Guido Dorso" for the primary role played by the operators of the logistics in Mediterranean traffic. The award ceremony, promoted by the Dorso Association in collaboration and with the patronage of the Municipality of Naples and the University "Federico II", took place at the Congress Center of the Federico II University of Naples. He opened the works Roberto Napoletano, Director of "Il Mattino" followed by the speeches by the mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi and the rector of the "Federico II", Matteo Lorito. To follow the intervention of Admiral Gianpaolo Budri and the delivery of the Durso Award to the President of the Institute of International Affairs, Michele Valensise, and the president of The International Propeller Clubs, Umberto Masucci.

"The award - explained Nicola Squitieri, president of the Dorso Association - intends in particular to enhance the commitment of all those, individuals and organizations, who stand out in the to promote and support the development needs of the area objectives that have met with the renewed sensitive sharing by the mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi and the rector of the "Federico II", Matteo Lorito». "For the Mediterranean - he added Francesco Saverio Coppola, Secretary General of the Association On the one hand, it is necessary to promote an ever better knowledge and on the other hand to focus more and more on the commitment of men and women and institutions that in their daily lives fight for have a Mediterranean of peace and egalitarian development, giving life to to a network of the Third Sector between the countries of the macro-area".

On the occasion of the awarding of the prize, Masucci highlighted that it is "a great recognition for the Propeller which reiterates the importance of the network of relationships between operators and the institutions of the Mediterranean shipping world, a role that the our association covers through its 26 clubs and missions international events that since 2015 have projected the Propeller into the Mediterranean and in the world".