{"id":37635,"date":"2026-02-22T23:54:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T22:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adriaports.com\/uncategorized\/digital-registry-for-seafarers-green-light-with-decree-law-19-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T10:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T09:25:05","slug":"digital-registry-for-seafarers-green-light-with-decree-law-19-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adriaports.com\/en\/italy\/digital-registry-for-seafarers-green-light-with-decree-law-19-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital registry for seafarers: green light with Decree-Law 19\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>TRIESTE &#8211;<\/strong> Italy\u2019s national digital registry for seafarers is now law, and the process towards a <strong>digital seafarer\u2019s book<\/strong> is officially under way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Decree-Law 19\/2026, Article 11, establishes AGEMAR, the National Digital Registry of Seafarers<\/strong>, with the aim of managing\u2014through interoperable systems\u2014data relating to professional careers, qualifications, embarkations, licences and certifications of maritime workers.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes from the <strong>board of the Fondo Nazionale Marittimi<\/strong>, which describes it as a structural step for the system. \u00abThe digitalisation of these processes is a historic result that places the Italian flag among the most advanced flags worldwide\u00bb, said <strong>Angelo D\u2019Amato, president of the Fondo Nazionale Marittimi<\/strong>. The project, he explained, stems from a proposal shared with Confitarma and Assarmatori, developed together with Formare and Oltremare and presented in 2025 to the MIT\u2019s Directorate General.<br \/>\nThe process was also discussed at a conference of the Comitato del Lavoro Marittimo in Procida last summer. Momentum increased thanks to cooperation between the Chamber\u2019s Transport Committee and the MIT\u2019s Directorate General, which opened a dialogue with the Department for Digital Transformation of the Presidency of the Council, using PNRR resources.<\/p>\n<p>The Fund and shipowners\u2019 associations, in agreement with trade unions, supported the administrations in drafting the rule up to its publication in the Official Gazette in recent days. According to <strong>Alessandro Ferrari, attorney of the Fondo Nazionale Marittimi, the body will provide full cooperation to the Ministry for Infrastructure and Transport<\/strong> to make the reform operational. 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