The Red Sea crisis is causing heavy extra costs for maritime transport companies, "which alone due to the increase in insurance policies affects 400 thousand euros per single passage of an average ship".
The president of Alis, Guido Grimaldi, underlined this today in Verona, at the opening of the LetExpo fair.
Italy-China trade alone, he recalled, corresponds to 154 billion euros, or 40% of the total import-export that passes through the Suez Canal. "The choice to circumnavigate Africa, reaching the Strait of Gibraltar and therefore away from Italian ports - explained Grimaldi - is translating into: an increase in navigation days, at least between 10 and 15, and an increase in container freight rates of 200% compared to 2023".
Grimaldi took the opportunity to thank "the commitment of the Navy frigates "Fasan", "Martinengo" and "Caio Duilio" in defense of our ships and our seafarers. We extend a great thank you to them and to the entire Defense Force".
The transport and logistics sector constitute "an important lever for supporting and developing the country's economy" he then recalled.
Recalling the challenges that await the sector with particular reference to the maritime sector, Grimaldi highlighted how "European legislation on sustainability, such as the Ets taxation system and the new Fuel-EU Regulation, appears excessively rigid with our companies, and therefore with end consumers, since it generates distortions of modal competition, since applied only to the maritime sector it is anachronistic compared to the current context".
"It would be appropriate to reflect instead on global policies aimed at achieving total decarbonisation, since the FIT for 55 package is currently impacting only 7.5% of global maritime emissions".
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