In an era where sustainability and service quality have become top priorities, Assormeggi Italia has introduced the Mooring Protocol, a voluntary initiative aimed at optimizing mooring management and promoting responsible practices within the maritime sector.
This certification represents a significant step forward, ensuring not only customer satisfaction but also a positive impact on the environment and local communities.
The Mooring Protocol functions as a true management tool, offering a structured model to improve environmental, social, and service quality performance.
Benefits
By applying the protocol, organizations can:
- Increase safety and customer satisfaction
- Enhance the usability and quality of mooring areas
- Demonstrate a concrete commitment to sustainability and territorial enhancement
- More easily access public tenders for mooring point assignments, where applicable, by meeting increasingly required environmental and social standards
The Certification Process
A key element of the Mooring Protocol is its independent third-party verification and certification mechanism.
With experience in the maritime sector and in evaluating management systems, we ensure transparency, impartiality, and reliability throughout the certification process.
The process includes audits and compliance checks designed to:
- Ensure transparency at every stage of the certification journey
- Strengthen operator credibility with clients, authorities, and stakeholders
- Encourage continuous improvement through a management model based on the Deming Cycle: Plan – Do – Check – Act
Through this approach, certified organizations can provide objective evidence of their commitment to quality, safety, and sustainability in mooring operations, offering a service that meets the expectations of the market and of local communities.
Promoting Nautical Tourism and Maritime Culture
Beyond its technical value, the Mooring Protocol also aims to support nautical tourism and promote Italian maritime culture.
Certified organizations help offer boaters an authentic, enriching experience in line with the traditions and identity of the ports and surrounding communities.
With this initiative, Assormeggi Italia, in collaboration with RINA, promotes a sustainable development model for Italian ports—one in which service excellence aligns with environmental protection and the enhancement of maritime heritage.
Source: RINA