(Finance) – “In 2023 we will reach i 13 million passengers moved by cruise ships in Italian ports, a historic record in the last thirty years, exceeding the 12.3 million in 2019, before the pandemic”. The president of Confitarma said this, Mario Mattioliin his report to the assembly of Confitweapon. “It is serious to note that next year the maritime sector will be included in the ETS, the greenhouse gas emission quota trading system. The increase in the cost of maritime transport to and from ports will be inevitable of the EU”, Mattioli then underlined.
“The sectors most penalized – he added – will be those of traffics intercommunity and of our cabotage, in particular the ships ferriescarriers of the Motorways of the Sea and at the service of territorial continuity”.
On the energy transition, “the will of the shipowners alone is not enough and the financial resources are insufficient to achieve the ambitious objectives set”, continued the president of Confitarma. “We expect that, as in other maritime countries – he added – the Government will support its companies in this effort to prevent the national maritime industry from becoming less competitive in international markets”.
“We ask – continued Mattioli – the Minister of the Environment and Energy Security which we remember includes the Marine environmental department of the Port Authority Corpsto accompany us on this complex journey”.
In his speech via video link, the Minister of Business and Made in Italy, Adolfo Ursus, assured that “the development of the maritime economy is a priority of our country”. “It is very important tosea economy for Italy and it could be even more so in the future”, added Urso recalling that “in maneuver there will be a connected to the blue economy“.