De Portibusthe festival of ports that connect the world, will dock at Spice from May 10th to 12th.
L’ event European dedicated to ports was presented yesterday in Genoa and includes three days of public meetings and round tables on the topic of security, the future of ports, technologies and cooperation in the maritime sector, through meetings and debates with ministers.
Also planned are shows, readings and meetings with authors. The festival is organized by Ibg and Adsp, with the patronage and support of Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and with the patronage and support of Ram, Municipality of Spezia, Liguria Region, Carispezia Foundation, Navy.
De Portibus’ objectives
Among the objectives, De Portibus intends to address topics related to green ports and to sustainability as well as to digitalisation. Attention will also be given to the theme of service integration, logistics, cyber security and European routes. At the same time the event intends to propose cultural events such as shows, concerts, cinema, workshops, meetings with authors, art and regattas.
The Mayor of La Spezia Pierluigi Peracchini explains: “The port plays a leading role for La Spezia and De Portibus represents an important opportunity for our city, which will become the point of reference for addressing various port issues with the main protagonists of the institutional, economic, scientific and environmental world and cultural. An event that will also be an opportunity to delve into innovations in terms of strategies, environmental sustainability and technological development”.
“DePortibus has the ambition to talk about the strategic role of ports in the world. There is too little talk about ports in our country despite it being an important and driving economic sector. There can be no growth without shipping and especially without comparison with other large international companies. DePortibus wants to be this: a starting point in the discovery and narration of a fundamental reality, that of ports in determining the geography of the world”, he added Cristiana PagniPresident of Italian Blue Growth (IBG).
“This appointment reaffirms the centrality of the entire port system of Liguria, which hosts the first and second port of the Italian peninsula, focusing on containers, but also on cruises, the motorways of the sea and on pleasure boating,” commented the President from the Liguria region Giovanni Toti – all together this makes Liguria the sea capital of our country: I believe that it is more appropriate and coherent than ever that events like this, in which the future of the sector is designed, bringing together very different subjects, take place in this area”.
Deportibus
The delicate topic of the international situation
Edoardo RixiDeputy Minister of Infrastructure and Transport explains how connection between ports and defense is crucial to ensuring the security of trade routes, the protection of port infrastructure and the management of emerging threats. Deportibus will in fact be an opportunity to address key issues such as the protection of critical infrastructures, international cooperation to combat illegal trafficking and maritime terrorism, as well as the use of advanced technologies to improve port security and efficiency.
“We are proud to host an event of such great importance for the entire port industry, which wants to go beyond national borders, placing our system at the center of the interest of the main institutions and economic operators. The Port System Authority has fully embraced the idea of this event which addresses issues that we are developing incisively in our ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara. Our interest in innovation, environmental sustainability, safety and training in the port sector is tangible”, declared the Secretary General of the Port System Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea, Federica Montaresi.
