The three presidents (two in pectore) of the three Adsp recount projects and the future, pressed by questions from 10 operators and stakeholders
La Spezia – The port of La Spezia is betting on Santo Stefano Magra to grow, where a part of the activities that have become difficult to manage in the port will also find a place, with a mixed /private company governing the opportunities and also part of the areas. The port of Carrara, which will finally see the long-awaited dredging begin and where by November the access channel to the port will be restored. The Adsp of Genoa, Savona and Vado which, as soon as the secretary general is appointed, will proceed with an internal reorganization of the body, also identifying new structures, including one that interfaces with the transport regulatory authorities and with the Community bodies. And the Port System Authority of Livorno, Piombino and Portoferraio which announces funding for a study for a new lift bridge on the Navicelli canal to reduce bottlenecks in the outflow from the port and declares that it will hold the tender for Article 17.
In La Spezia, at the fourth edition of ShipMag Colloquia, with the focus “The Upper Tyrrhenian Sea and the challenge of new markets. Short sea shipping or system vision?”, after greetings from, among others, Franco Mariani, publisher of the online magazine, and the report by Fabrizio Vettosi, managing director of Vls Club, who outlined the reference scenario with opportunities and obstacles, on stage the commissioners (presidents in pectore) of the Eastern Ligurian Sea Port System Authority, Bruno Pisano, of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Adsp, Davide Gariglio, and the president of the Western Ligurian Sea Authority, Matteo Paroli, answer questions from operators and stakeholders coordinated by the director of Shipmag, Teodoro Chiarelli, and recount projects and the future.
Pressing Pisano were Carlo Freni, executive director of Terminal Fhp Carrara, Matthieu Gasselin, CEO of Contship, Michele Giromini, CEO of Mdc Terminal (Dario Perioli Group), and Alessandro Laghezza, president of Laghezza spa. For Paroli, the discussion was with Santi Casciano, CEO of Vado Gateway and Reefer Terminal, Augusto Cosulich, president of the Fratelli Cosulich Group, and Luca Ledda, vice-consul of the Compagnia Unica Lavoratori Merci Varie (Culmv) Paride Batini. While Gariglio discussed with Alessio Ciampini, project manager of Lorenzini & C. Terminal Operator, Valerio Liperini, financial director of Terminal Darsena Toscana, and Enzo Raugei, president of the Compagnia Lavoratori Portuali di Livorno.
Paroli speaks about the reorganization of the machinery of Palazzo San Giorgio (300 employees) after “the emergency phase of commissionership necessarily led to a misalignment of what is the best possible organization.” This means new directions and shifts. After all, “I do not believe that a manager of a port authority who is born doing the demanio should die doing the demanio,” he says, and does not speculate on the name and timing for the appointment of the new secretary general.
Answering questions, he further emphasizes that if the administration must provide clear answers and in the right time to those who submit a concession application in the port, private entities must also avoid what seems to have almost become a standard practice.
“In recent years, there has been a rise across Italy in the use of judicial proceedings for dilatory purposes in an attempt to close market access to other businesses,” explains Paroli; so enough with appeals to the Regional Administrative Court that prolong the times.
Regarding port labor, the two Article 17 port companies of Genoa, the Culmv, and of Savona, the Pippo Rebagliati, are “sound” and are central to the two ports, but they must be supported in their modernization process with a “national and local” policy, says Paroli, who believes it is necessary to legally recognize “the characterization of a service of general interest for Article 17, which is central to the world of port labor.”
For the port of La Spezia, Pisano emphasizes the importance of diversification and “how dangerous it can be to return to a specialization in sectors that perhaps at the moment may seem and are driving but we know that in the medium term ups and downs are inevitable.” “We are also working on greater integration of the Santo Stefano Magra hinterland with the port of La Spezia,” says the extraordinary commissioner of the authority. “We are working on the creation of a governance for Santo Stefano, a mixed /private company and we are talking with the Municipality of Santo Stefano to create a control room that allows us to work on all opportunities and to implement projects by linking them to a system logic.” There will be buffer areas and to develop the intermodal platform a “control room” is planned to make it the fourth station of La Spezia, and also Zls and customs areas.
For the port of Livorno, the bet is the Darsena Europa. “The maritime works are underway. The first part of the future breakwater has already been built,” explains Gariglio, who also intends to open the construction sites to public visits. On the topic of labor: “A procedure must be opened to identify a subject to candidate for the role of Article 17. We will do it,” he says in response to questions. The other issue is the bottlenecks to allow exit from the port. “You cannot think of building Darsena Europa without first eliminating the right of way we have relative to the Navicelli canal – says Gariglio – We have decided to push for and fully fund the study for a new drawbridge on the floodway channel to allow boats from the canal to descend towards the sea without forcing the opening of the 4 drawbridges that cross the canal and create interference.”
