The Italian Confederation of Shipowners expressed its appreciation for the publication of the decree of the General Command of the Corps of the Port Authorities of last July 31 which regulates the advanced training for seafarers who they embark on oil tankers and chemical tankers. Confitarma has highlighted that "the measure, of fundamental importance for Italian seafarers in the tanker sector and for their companies, allows these workers to acquire the training advanced even in the absence of the scheduled sailing period on ships carrying both types of products, solving in a satisfactory manner and in compliance with the regulations the remarks raised by EMSA". Confitarma has underlined how "the General Command immediately grasped the complexity and delicacy of the material, welcoming the suggestions presented for the purpose of solving the problem by the Confederation together with the trade unions of sector and the National Maritime Fund".

Confitarma then drew attention to the importance of of the work carried out in the Standing Working Group on the training of maritime personnel at the Command General which, in the two years since its establishment, has been confirmed as a valuable place for discussion between associations of representation and administration and which introduced some important simplifications on the subject. "The comparison between Administration and stakeholders - observed the Director General of Confitarma, Luca Sisto - is the fundamental tool for give further impetus to the simplification and debureaucratization that concerns both maritime work and the administrative regime of the ship, necessary to safeguard and relaunching the competitiveness of the shipping industry national team'.