Counter-transportation: the decree needs to be improved
Less critical, although not without some jab, the position of the president of Conftrasporto-Confcommercio, Paolo Uggè: “The Government has finally clarified, but the decree being converted must be improved. As the date of the closure of the Giudecca canal access is certain, which obliges the companies to autonomously find emergency replacement solutions, the timing of the availability of the first berths in Marghera is not defined ”.
“To avoid – continues Uggè – that next season, which should be that of full recovery, after the severe blow inflicted by the pandemic to the sector, may suffer repercussions, it is necessary to be sure that, by March 2022, the approaches are ready” .
The concern of the union
On the trade union front, the national secretary of FILT-CGIL, Natale Colombo, says: «We are immediately available for a specific and urgent meeting with the ministry of Sustainable Infrastructures and Mobility and that of Culture to represent our concerns and needs for the port and maritime activities of Venice, directly involved by the new provision but above all to offer workers certainties and not promises. The protection of the environment and the Venice lagoon cannot be exchanged for a significant loss of jobs ».
The quantification of refreshments is awaited
According to the president of the Venice Port System Authority, Fulvio Di Blasio, “The ban on the passage of cruise ships through the San Marco basin and the Giudecca canal represents, on the one hand, a a very tough test for the entire cruise sector, for all related industries and for workers, on the other a crucial point and a challenge for the port of the future, as well as an important step towards the construction of Venice as the capital of sustainability ».
For this, concludes the president of the Adsp, “it is important to be able to count, we will see it once the provision has been approved, on adequate public resources to act effectively both on the infrastructural side (alternative moorings in Porto Marghera) and on that of the refreshment points”.