strict rules on landing places, the TAR rejects the companies’ appeal

The Tar of Salerno considers the safety criteria of both people and vessels at sea to be prevalent and rejects the precautionary requests of the shipping companies who had appealed to administrative justice against the new regulation launched by the Port Authority of Salerno. The scenario linked to maritime transport in the Gulf of Salerno and in particular in the ports of the Amalfi Coast which act as a relief valve on state road 163. Yes, because the new provisions contested before the TAR by the shipping companies Alicost and Travelmar, represented and defended by lawyers Lorenzo Lentini, Ugo Santucci and Giovanni Torre, they risk having repercussions on certain routes and on users of sea routes. In particular, residents and workers who could see the concessions on ticket costs revoked, as threatened on the sidelines of the meeting in the Prefecture last week. «We will do it starting from June 1st in light of the TAR order – he announces Andrea Gambardella, CEO of Travelmar – Now we will oppose the Council of State and we will communicate to the prefect that if the conditions remain those foreseen by the accosti regulation the only way to reduce the flows will be to eliminate all forms of relief for residents and commuters and double the ordinary tariffs charged since 1 ° June”.

THE EFFECTS

This is a decision which, if confirmed, will have devastating effects on mobility and will have a significant impact on users. And this is precisely what we intend to avoid. Now, after last week’s failure to reach an agreement, a new phase of mediation should be reopened to prevent the consequences from falling on users of the sea routes. The hypothesis, already feared last May 2, was frozen pending the TAR’s ruling. In fact, both the prefect and the president of the conference of mayors, who in recent weeks have worked hard to draw a useful median line to accommodate everyone’s needs, asked the shipowners to stall. Now the only possibility to avoid the worst will be to find an agreement. But the safety problem, as also highlighted by the president of the regional transport commission, Luca Cascone, also concerns the port areas because if a lot of people gather together the problem will arise as to how to dispose of them. In any case, the shipowners had challenged the device before the TAR in reference to the dimensions imposed for docking in ports of Cetara and Maioriset, respectively, at 27 and 23 meters. A detail that greatly worries the local institutions interested in strengthening the sea routes. Yes, because the use of smaller boats with a lower passenger capacity can, in fact, lead to an inevitable reduction in service. Especially on the intercoastal line due to the limitations imposed in the port of Maiori.

THE EVALUATIONS

For now, the Captaincy’s line prevails as they have established the judges of the first section (Salvatore Mezzacapo president, Fabio Di Lorenzo referee and Raffaele Esposito referee and drafter) gathered on Wednesday in the council chamber (for the space of 5 minutes the discussion will instead be on the merits) and who with their decision have given priority to safety in ports of the Divine. «Considering that the precautionary request proposed and submitted to the examination of the panel does not appear susceptible to favorable appreciation since in the balancing of the opposing interests, the safety of people and vehicles during navigation and maneuvering within the port areas is absolutely prevalent », we read in the device published yesterday.

«The provision in question – continue the judges of the TAR – does not appear illogical or unreasonable but rather aimed at the prudent regulation of the activities carried out in the ports in question, impacting only indirectly on authorization measures of which the appellant is the recipient, which were also adopted by other authority.”

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