“Also thanks to the many measures approved in recent years, the added value of the sea economy has grown by over 22% between 2022 and 2024, reaching nearly 79 billion euros (78.9, ed.).” This was emphasized by the Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni, in a video message during the fourth edition of the international Forum “Risorsa Mare” in La Spezia, citing the numbers from the fourth edition of the Blue Book, presented by the Teha group (Ambrosetti), which also includes data collected by the Tagliacarne study center.
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“We obviously do not intend to stop – added the Prime Minister – we want to continue investing in supply chains, new technologies, the underwater dimension, and the protection of strategic infrastructures. It is our duty to transform what is Italy’s natural vocation, that is to be a natural platform in the Mediterranean and a bridge between Europe, Africa, and the East, into growth, employment, and security.”
Words echoed by the Minister for Sea Policies, Nello Musumeci (whose ministry promoted the meeting together with Teha), who emphasized that “we need to work on expanding dialogue regarding the sea. Today, one million Italian citizens, especially young people, work in the blue economy, with 250,000 companies, reaching a gross domestic product approaching 12%.” He continued: “We have strived to say, in these four years, that the sea represents the largest natural infrastructure with which it is possible to build growth and development projects. And the numbers have proven it: all eight sectors of the blue economy are growing.”
Now, he stated, “we must equip ourselves in a changed geopolitical context. We must be ready for any eventuality, aware that free movement is not eternal. This is why port reform can represent a valuable tool to face competition with other Mediterranean countries, but above all to work on the interconnection between the port and the hinterland, between the coast and the inland areas, so that the return can be spread across the territory and not limited only to coastal infrastructures.”
According to Teha’s numbers, the added value of the sea sector has “a multiplier effect of 1.8” and “has activated a total of 224.8 billion euros in the Italian economy (Tagliacarne – Unioncamere – OsserMare data). With over 1.1 million employed and a projected growth of 7.1% in 2025, the sector confirms itself among the most dynamic and strategic for the country’s development, especially in the South.”
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