During a meeting with Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin and some managers of the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, which took place yesterday, the Italian Association Port Terminal Operators (Assiterminal) highlighted the urgency that the competing administrations finalise the dredging plan simplifying and standardizing procedures, finally allowing the start of a process of recovery of operational competitiveness of ports. In addition, on the subject of energy transition, the president of Assiterminal, Tomaso Cognolato, accompanied by the director Alessandro Ferrari and Annagiulia Randi, reiterated what has already been proposed by the association, or the opportunity to intervene on the law that established Energy Communities allowing terminal operators to aggregate, even under the direction of Port System Authorities, to self-produce energy from alternative sources, without wanting to benefit from the incentives provided for RECs, so as not to drain resources useful for small communities but, if anything, producing, storing and redistribute energy also to the territories - as well as to provide for the to the needs of ships - with a view to sustainability of doing and being a business.

The procedures adopted were also discussed for the so-called "green ports" calls which - noted Assiterminal - have not had a great effectiveness and therefore a adequate use of resources. The association therefore suggested business-directed approaches and more bureaucratic tools Slender.