Overview
- Italy’s Blue Economy is now worth €216.7 billion, representing 11.3 percent of GDP and encompassing over 230 000 enterprises and one million jobs.
- Confindustria’s industrial plan centers on three strategic drivers—modernizing port infrastructure, upgrading fleets and expanding workforce skills—to boost competitiveness.
- The sector delivers strong investment multipliers, generating nearly two euros of output for every euro invested and even higher returns in shipbuilding.
- Confindustria has urged the creation of a single ministerial interlocutor to unify maritime policies and streamline decision making.
- The proposal also demands dedicated funding, regulatory simplification and improved communication to accelerate the green and digital transformation of Italy’s maritime industries.