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Confitarma calls for termination of state aid to ferry operator Tirrenia

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Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2019 – The agreement between the Italian government and ferry company Tirrenia, for the services of territorial continuity, involving a financial aid of €72 million ($81.9 million) annually, is “unsustainable and unreasonable”, shipowners association Confitarma said. In this way, Confitarma entered the controversy triggered between transport minister Danilo Toninelli and the…

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