Many people, a success in Ancona at the Shipbuilding Day organized by Cna Nautica Ancona as part of the Tipicità in Blu festival. One hundred operators in the supply chain together with small and medium-sized businesses in the area all together in Marina Dorica
The day was the occasion for the presentation of the report “Market Dynamics and Prospects of the Pleasure Boating Industry”, carried out by the national CNA Nautica in collaboration with the Eu.RES research centre. The report highlighted how compared to a modest +0.9% GDP growth in Italy last year, the nautical sector recorded +11% in production and +15.9% in exports, which are part of growth dynamics long-term much more pronounced than those of manufacturing.
“Nauting is a clear excellence of Made in Italy” commented Antonio Murzi, manager. National CNA Study Centre, “which produces 49.3% of global superyacht orders, in which smaller companies play a leading role”. “The undeniable centrality of shipyards” continues Murzi, “tends to diminish the role played by thousands of small businesses that operate in the supply chain and which represent 98.6% of the production base, 66.9% of the workforce, the 37.7% of the turnover and which contribute to the creation of 41.4% of the added value of boating in Italy. They are companies that belong to other sectors such as textiles, wood, metalworking and plants which should be recognized as “nautical operators” and their needs should be considered together with those of the shipyards”.
“In this regard – adds Alessandro Battaglia, head of CNA Nautica Nazionale – we are aware that the nautical and marine sector is in good health, but we are convinced that only a profound awareness of the articulation of the supply chain can be the beginning of a path new for the valorisation of the sector, and for a new relationship between politics and the sector”.
“It is necessary to unite the critical mass of companies in the supply chain” commented Pacenti of Eures, “to systematize the economic, employment and local development value of the nautical sector to overcome the perceived under-representation on a political-institutional level.” Pacenti then highlighted the main concerns for the future of the supply chain, as emerged in the focus groups carried out by CNA in the Italian nautical districts, including Ancona, which concern the generational turnover of employees, some legislative and bureaucratic problems, the increase in costs, especially of raw materials, and some structural critical issues such as dredging and the lack of moorings.
“Given this framework,” added Mario Mainero, President of CNA Nautica, “our association has drawn up the list of the main interventions requested by the companies interviewed in the focus groups, for which we act as spokespersons. Interventions ranging from the request for valorisation of the territory through targeted investments, to administrative clarity and bureaucratic simplification, from professional training to institutional dialogue and comparison with local actors”.
There was certainly no shortage of dialogue and discussion last Friday: given the large presence of institutions and large international players in the sector, CNA Nautica confirms itself as the most active and lively aggregating force in the area.
