Il Giornale reports the news that the Italian Ferretti Group wants to invest in the port of Taranto - the former Belleli area - to create a sector dedicated to the construction of hulls and superstructures in fiberglass and carbon and a research center engaged in the study of models and molds. The prestigious Ferretti Group, founded in Bologna in 1968, has been participated by the Chinese since 2012 Weichai Group.
The announcement of the operation on 7 April last directly by the Undersecretary to the Prime Minister with responsibility for Economic Planning and Investments, the tarantino Mario Turco who at the time said: "The establishment of the Ferretti group in Taranto would be a great opportunity for development and economic reconversion for the territory for our entrepreneurial fabric. The initiative is another piece of the Presidency of the Council and of the Government for the so-called Cantiere Taranto project ”.
The criticism of the project could not be missing.
The Apulian force-deputy, Mauro D'Attis speaks of great maneuvers by Beijing to get its hands on the Ionian port with large investments and announces a parliamentary question. II Giornale heard D'Attis: “We want to understand why the government is focusing so much on this thing, also in light of our Atlantic position on the international level and the presence of a strategic NATO base in the city of Taranto.".
Many indications of Chinese aims on Italian ports. precise the newspaper. The Chinese state giant CCCC (China Communication Construction Company) in the months between March and last April donated 4 thousand masks to the port authority of Taranto and 0 thousand masks to the port of Trieste. It is also known that the CCCC last year signed an agreement with the Trieste and Genoese airport, on the strength of the Silk Road agreement wanted and signed by the yellow-green government in March 2019.