Today in Rome, at the General Command of the Corps of Port Authorities - Coast Guard, the first technical-operational meeting of national coordination aimed at start the procedures for the exchange of information on traffic maritime merchant between State administrations, with the objective of increasing the safety of navigation, the protection of and the efficiency of port operations, in particular implementation of the ministerial decree of 11 March on the establishment of a Community monitoring and monitoring system, information on ship traffic.

The General Command of the Coast Guard, identified as national competent authority and for the national monitoring and information on maritime traffic, known as VTMIS (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Information System), which, among other things, for the European Maritime Single (EMSWe) platform Window environment), has started a process of re-engineering of its IT infrastructure. This path, in addition to ensure alignment with European standards - as also envisaged EU Regulation 2019/1239 - aims to simplify formalities arrival and departure of ships, improving the interaction between and operators in the maritime-port sector.

At the center of today's meeting, which was attended by the representatives of administrations and bodies in the sector maritime (Ministry of the Interior - Border Police, Ministry of Defence, Guardia di Finanza, Customs Agency and Monopolies, ISTAT, Federagenti), the definition of the modalities with which the VTMIS system will be made interoperable with the IT platforms of other public administrations involved in defence, security and rescue activities in sea. In fact, the new decree provides that the exchange of naval information between entities is carried out in a totally digital and secure, through cooperation agreements between the Interested. The adoption of common standards, shared protocols and traceable systems will allow for more efficient management efficient and integrated of ship traffic data, in in line with European directives and in full compliance with the on IT security and personal data protection.

"With today's meeting - commented the commander General of the Port Authority Corps, Admiral Inspector Nicola Carlone - a new strategic phase of the digitalisation of the Italian maritime-port system, which sees the Coast Guard on the front line in ensuring that our country is at the forefront of regulatory and operational developments in act at international level. As an authority national authority responsible for monitoring maritime traffic, the Coast Guard is at the center of a process of innovation technology that aims not only to strengthen the security of the and the protection of the marine environment, but also to optimize the provision of increasingly simple, digital and efficient for citizens, the businesses in the cluster and the entire public administration".