Today at the headquarters of the Port System Authority of the Sea Ionian Ionian Islands, a meeting was held on the state of traffic in the in the port of Taranto which was requested by CGIL, Cisl and Uil following news of an alleged transfer of the CMA CGM's Bora Med containerized line from the Taranto, which is managed by the San Cataldo Container Terminal Srl - Yilport Taranto, to that of Salerno. Transfer that is has been denied by both the shipowner and Yilport Taranto of the Turkish group Yilport Holding.

The new extraordinary commissioner and next president of the Port Authority, Giovanni Gugliotti, declared himself open to the discussion and invited those present to share their position in relation to the issue of commercial traffic in the port, with the aim of collecting the requests of the territory and evaluating solutions aimed at better management of relations with the Turkish operator. An invitation to discussion and dialogue which - the Port Authority announced - was welcomed by the representatives of the institutions.

A few days after his inauguration, Gugliotti, probably, he could not ask for more, except to collect the non- commitment of the institutions to a confrontation, to a "constant dialogue" that - according to MP Ubaldo Pagano of the Democratic Party - "is the only antidote to the evils of the port of Taranto" and for which "the transition towards a development of port activities, as well as dependence on steel activities, requires an acceleration on reclamation and dredging, as well as a design on the nature of the economic development of the whole area Ionian Islands".

And there are always those - like the president of the Province of Taranto, Gianfranco Palmisano - proposed "the creation of a permanent table, involving all interested parties, to ensure continuous monitoring and transparent sharing of the choices and lines of development of the port. Only through stable and coordinated collaboration - he assured - we will be able to effectively accompany the growth of the airport, protecting the economic and social interests of the entire Ionian area". Also for the mayor of Taranto, Piero Bitetti, "open dialogue today must become a stable practice, because the future of the port is the future of Taranto. It is essential to work institutions, trade unions and operators, to ensure the continuity and growth of commercial traffic, protecting at the same time employment and development prospects".

Whether or not the port of Taranto has lost the ports of call of the Bora Med maritime service for the benefit of the port of Salerno, transfer that perhaps CMA CGM has really thought about because in the depictions of the line presented by the French company At some point, in recent days, the Campania port replaced the calls in Taranto, and then flanked the Apulian airport in the latest updates, certainly does not solve the problem of the now consolidated marginalization of the Ionian port from the main global container routes but also feeder networks intra-regional.

It starts uphill, therefore, the new professional adventure of Gugliotti, who rose to the forefront of the news for the imprudent decision, during his hearing at the Transport Committee of the Chamber of Deputies in the context of examination of the proposal for his appointment as President of the Port System Authority of the Ionian Sea, to validate his "proven experience and professional qualification in the sectors of the transport and port economy" request in accordance with the law to be appointed as Chairman of an Authority of the Port System stating that it is not true that it does not correspond to the knows the sea and guaranteeing that it is "among other things passionate because I have had a boat license for over 20 years» and "I therefore also know the law of navigation".