Broad agreement on the reasons underlying the demonstrations of solidarity with the Palestinian people of Gaza and a strong reminder of the need to ensure the port’s operational capacity. This, in brief, is what emerged this morning from the discussion table opened at Palazzo Rosciano by the AdSP’s extraordinary commissioner, Davide Gariglio, and extended to the members of the Partnership Body and local institutions (present were the Prefect Giancarlo Dionisi, the Chief of Police Giuseppina Stellino, the Mayor of Livorno, Luca Salvetti, the Commander of the Port Authority, Giovanni Canu).
In such a dramatic moment for the situation in Gaza, the port cluster found the spirit that animated the protests in the city and the port of Livorno to be understandable, but also stigmatized the methods by which on September 22nd activists blocked the operational area of Molo Italia, preventing the docking of the military ship SNC Severn, an occupation which, according to those present, exposed citizens to serious risks to personal safety and to criminal consequences, as port areas are subject to special regulations and are areas of high operational intensity.
The meeting clearly highlighted the need to safeguard the port area, an economic space that cannot be violated and whose operational capacity cannot be compromised. For this reason, the will emerged to channel the protest towards solutions that do not jeopardize the port system as a whole. The operational blockade of Zim ships – is the position expressed by those present – risks damaging the port’s image, making it unreliable.
The members of the Partnership Body shared the intention that the port of call remains accessible from now on to all ships, with the sole exception of any cases of weapons shipments to belligerent countries, according to an orientation that is taking shape within the union at the national level.
