Speaking today in Rome at the annual meeting of Assarmatori, referring to the rules for the decarbonisation of industry and in particular the European ETS for the trading of applied to shipping, the administrator delegate of the GNV shipping company of the MSC group, Matteo Catani, highlighted the importance "that the tools are designed to accompany the change without creating competitive distortions. Today - he noted - the application of the ETS risks producing effects that are not intentional: on the one hand, it penalizes the Motorways of the Sea compared to road transport, which is not subject to the same charges, on the other hand, it weakens the competitiveness of European ports of transhipment with respect to non-EU hubs, favoring the possible movement of traffic and investments out of Europe. For prevent the transition from resulting in a loss of competitiveness of the European logistics system - noted Catani - it is necessary to introduce corrective measures that guarantee balanced conditions of competition between the different modalities and between European airports and those of third countries. The sustainability must be a factor of growth and development not an element that risks reducing the attractiveness of the of Europe as a global logistics platform".

"The decarbonisation of maritime transport - continued the CEO of GNV - requires a vision and concrete investments throughout the energy supply chain. As MSC Group we are already investing in new generation ships and in solutions capable of accompanying the pathway to low-emission fuels, from LNG to biofuels up to synthetic fuels. However, why This transition can accelerate, it is essential that and an increasing availability of alternative fuels to competitive costs. In this context - Catani underlined - the revenues from the ETS should be used as a real lever by allocating resources to the development of supply chains production of synthetic fuels, port infrastructures and the reduction of the cost differential with respect to fuels traditional ones. Only by transforming the ETS from a mere cost tool to a investment engine it will be possible to combine sustainability environment, business competitiveness and greater autonomy energy for Europe".