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CENTRO ITALIANO STUDI CONTAINERSYEAR XVIII - Number 10/2000 - OCTOBER 2000

Legislation

L'offensiva dei trasportatori

Temendo che i cambiamenti nei regolamenti canadesi potessero privarli dell'immunità dall'anti-trust nei traffici da e per il Canada, le principali imprese di trasporto hanno costituito un gruppo per combattere la modifica dell'Atto di Esenzione degli Accordi di Shipping.

Dimenticatevi di Bruxelles, Washington DC, o anche di Canberra, se siete spedizionieri singoli o una compagnia di spedizionieri interessati a vedere la fine dell'immunità dall'anti-trust per gli accordi sulle navi da carico, allora la capitale del Canada, Ottawa, è dove dovreste dirigere l'attenzione d'ora in poi. Perché la legislazione che modifica quell'Atto di Esenzione degli Accordi di Shipping della nazione del 1987 (SCEA), che è in fase di stesura attualmente, potrebbe includere una possibile clausola che ponga fine dopo dieci anni all'immunità degli accordi.

"Costituirebbe una novità per qualunque amministrazione", spiega Michael J. Jordan, presidente esecutivo di Canada Maritime e Cast, aggiungendo: "si daranno veramente la zappa sui piedi se ciò accadesse". Non c'è da meravigliarsi che Jordan abbia opinioni molto incisive su questo argomento, essendo a capo della Intersted Carrier Working GROUP (ICWG), un insieme di compagnie di navigazione che servono il mercato canadese che si sono raggruppate per portare argomenti in favore della conservazione del regolamento vigente. Allo stesso tempo CP Ships, che possiede Canada Maritime e Cast, ed è una delle maggiori imprese di trasporto nei traffici canadesi, sta anche facendo attività di lobbying per conservare lo SCEA così com'è.

Costituitasi circa 6 mesi fa, l'ICWG ha come scopo dichiarato: "fare sì che la legislazione canadese rispecchi le iniziative globali senza mettere in pericolo gli investimenti delle imprese di trasporto in navi, equipaggiamento ed infrastrutture di servizio ai porti canadesi e ridurre di conseguenza il livello dei servizi agli spedizionieri canadesi o da/per i porti canadesi". I suoi membri includono ACL, APL, CP Ships, Senator Lines, Hamburg Sud - The Shipping Group, Hapag - Lloyd, Maersk Sealand, Mitsui OSK Lines, NYK, OOCL, P&O Nedlloyd e Zim.

Le imprese di trasporto sono state spinte all'azione perché il Governo Canadese sta proponendo di modificare lo SCEA alla luce di cambiamenti che sono avvenuti negli USA in seguito all'entrata in vigore nel Maggio 1999 della Legge di Riforma della Navigazione Oceanica (Ocean Shipping Reform Act, OSRA) del 1998 e visti i mutamenti nella navigazione transoceanica nelle altre parti del mondo.

Lo SCEA attualmente dà ai trasportatori oceanici esenzione dall'anti-trust per quelle che l'ICWG definisce "6 diverse aree chiave di attività", così elencate:

  • la facoltà di discutere/mettersi d'accordo su comuni cambi di tariffe e prezzi;
  • l'uso di contratti di esclusiva;
  • il permesso di concludere accordi per stabilire i termini base e le condizioni dei contratti di servizio;
  • la facoltà che i membri hanno di coordinare i servizi (porti di scalo);
  • la possibilità di concludere accordi circa gli orari di navigazione ed altri servizi forniti dal gruppo;
  • la possibilità, per i diversi partecipanti all'accordo, di suddividersi utili e perdite per i diversi servizi.

Di questi 6 punti l'ICWG ritiene che i più importanti siano la facoltà di coordinare i servizi e la possibilità di concludere accordi su orari di navigazione ed altri servizi, perché permetterebbero al singolo trasportatore di ridurre i costi e di non perdere in efficienza e competitività. Secondo il pensiero di Jordan "La SCEA va abbastanza bene". Dice inoltre: "Secondo noi ha lavorato bene per tutti gli azionisti... Non vediamo la vera necessità, in questa attuale revisione, di fare quelle che noi riteniamo essere delle proposte drastiche di cambiamento".

L'anno scorso Transport Canada ha invitato gli azionisti a esprimere la loro opinione sull'argomento. Allo stesso tempo gli spedizionieri, capitanati dal Consiglio Canadese degli Spedizionieri (CSC), hanno chiesto a gran voce la cancellazione dello SCEA, inclusa l'abolizione dell'immunità dall'anti-trust per gli accordi di stabilizzazione. Come gruppo di minoranza il CSC vuole essere alla pari dell'OSRA (per un'analisi più dettagliata della posizione del CSC vedere "Maple-leaf mission", Containerisation International, Febbraio 2000, pp. 57-59).

Nel luglio 1999 Transport Canada ha pubblicato un documento di consulenza sullo SCEA in cui prende in esame 4 opzioni: mantenere l'atto così com'è; abolirlo del tutto; introdurre dei cambiamenti per ordine del consiglio; emendare l'atto introducendo provvedimenti pro-concorrenza. Transport Canada ha consigliato di seguire quest'ultima via e ha proposto le seguenti modifiche:

  • permettere l'archiviazione elettronica e l'accesso ai documenti degli accordi;
  • abolire l'archiviazione delle tariffe per gli accordi;
  • ridurre il numero di giorni di notifica per le azioni indipendenti (SCEA ne dà 15, OSRA 5);
  • non permettere più agli accordi di stabilire termini e condizioni per l'uso dei contratti di servizio;
  • incrementare il livello delle multe per le infrazioni.

Allo stesso tempo, Transport Canada ha elencato altri tre problemi da tenere in seria considerazione:

  • definizione di accordo;
  • meccanismo di reclamo;
  • clausola decennale conclusiva.

In accordo con l'esito della consulenza dell'anno scorso, ci si aspettava che lo SCEA quest'anno sarebbe stato emendato. Comunque i sempre più pressanti conti del trasporto hanno certamente significato un posticipo nei mutamenti nella legislazione della SCEA. Ora tutti attendono che la legislazione sia portata alla House of Common dopo l'intervallo estivo. Tuttavia, se il Primo Ministro canadese Jean Chretien decidesse di indire un'elezione generale in autunno, allora la revisione dello SCEA si posporrebbe fino all'anno prossimo.

Fintanto che è in ballo l'ICWG, non c'è tempo da perdere per attività di lobbying. Jordan ed altri direttori autorevoli di imprese di trasporto hanno già incontrato il Ministro dei trasporti canadese David Collenette ed alcuni suoi colleghi presso Transport Canada. "Abbiamo avuto un buon incontro e spiegato la nostra posizione al Ministro. Egli è conscio della situazione e non ci ha dato motivo di pensare che il radicalismo fosse all'ordine del giorno", confida Jordan. Ora lo scopo dei trasportatori sarà porre la loro situazione all'attenzione dei propri clienti e, in modo più ampio, all'intero mondo degli affari.

Dalla prospettiva dell'ICWG, il cambiamento maggiore e più preoccupante è la clausola decennale. Essa infatti, pur lasciando inalterata per adesso l'immunità dall'anti-trust, prevede che l'esenzione sia automaticamente abrogata dopo 10 anni, a meno che non si trovi una motivazione convincente per il suo mantenimento. Secondo quanto affermato da Transport Canada, "la clausola dovrebbe lasciare abbastanza tempo a chiunque voglia fare delle proposte per costruire la necessaria casistica e raccogliere evidenze empiriche del fatto che l'abolizione dell'Atto risulterebbe un male per l'economia reale, nonché danneggerebbe l'interesse pubblico".

Jordan argomenta: "La più evidente penalizzazione della clausola decennale è che produce la più sconcertante incertezza riguardo agli investimenti in quella parte del mondo sia per i trasportatori come noi che per tutti gli altri". Naturalmente questa non è l'opinione del CSC il cui segretario, Walter Mueller, ritiene che l'abrogazione automatica dovrebbe scattare dopo 5, non 10, anni, perché in tal modo si darebbe tempo a sufficienza per adattarsi alla nuova realtà."

Argomentando a favore del mantenimento di questa esenzione, Jordan dice che i trasportatori "non stanno neanche prendendo di mira lo scenario dei prezzi. Come dato di fatto - continua - pensiamo che i prezzi siano scesi gradatamente per gli spedizionieri negli ultimi 15 anni."

L'ICGW è anche interessato alla proposta che gli accordi siano ridefiniti per proibire intese di discussione e stabilizzazione. "Una volta elaborato un piano d'azione, non si ha una qualsiasi banchina dove degli operatori con un po' d'iniziativa possano ricavare delle economie di scala che provengano dal lavoro in comune ed allo stesso tempo permettano loro di competere l'un l'altro, sia che applichino o no gli stessi prezzi" - si lamenta Jordan.

Né il gruppo dei trasportatori è felice all'idea di perdere la facoltà di discutere i termini dei contratti di servizio delle linee di navigazione senza riguardo al fatto che questi siano collettivi o personali. Altro problema - di minore importanza, ma sentito anche dall'ICWG - è la revisione dei meccanismi di lamentela e l'aumento del livello delle multe. Secondo Jordan l'archiviazione automatica delle tariffe non è una soluzione.

Facendo pressione per il mantenimento dell'attuale regime, la lobby dei trasportatori non solo ritiene che i cambiamenti proposti avrebbero effetti negativi sulla capacità dei trasportatori di investire e ridurre i costi, ma anche che il commercio canadese ne risulterebbe globalmente danneggiato. "Comprendiamo perfettamente perché gli spedizionieri canadesi dicono quello che dicono, ma non siamo sicuri che abbiano ben calcolato le conseguenze di lungo periodo per il Canada", dice Jordan. Nel futuro cupo degli operatori i cambiamenti proposti, specialmente la clausola decennale, potrebbero costringere le linee di navigazione a ridurre i porti di scalo in Canada ed imbarcare merci negli USA dove c'è immunità per l'anti-trust.

Jordan dice: "Pensiamo che il Canada sia molto diverso dalle altre parti del mondo, nel senso che il mercato canadese è molto piccolo e con scarsa popolazione. Meno del 40% delle merci che vanno e vengono dal Canada sono di origine o destinazione canadese, e ciò implica che i servizi che penetrano nel Canada in sostanza sollevano una parte rilevante del cargo statunitense. L'attrazione che molti trasportatori hanno per i porti canadesi, specialmente di Montreal (servito da Canada Maritime e Cast), è dovuta al fatto che essi pagano le tasse agli USA piuttosto che al Canada." Pertanto la logica dell'ICWG è la seguente: se fosse abolita l'immunità dall'anti-trust per gli accordi, allora non solo i porti canadesi perderebbero del cargo, ma anche delle merci statunitensi.

Questa argomentazione non è sfuggita ai porti canadesi che hanno discusso molto con Transport Canada contro qualunque cosa potesse metterli in svantaggio rispetto ai rivali USA. Ad esempio Dominic J. Taddeo, presidente e funzionario capo del porto di Montreal, ha affermato che il suo porto spera nella conservazione dello SCEA così com'è. Così pure Patricia McDermott, vice presidente della divisione marketing dell'Autorità Portuale di Halifax, spiega che Halifax era contro ogni legislazione che portasse via affari targati USA. Questo è uno dei settori del porto a crescita più rapida, cresciuto dallo 0% nel 1994 al 16% del traffico totale di 463 mila teus nel 1999. "Ora è al 23%" - afferma.

Allo stesso modo, alleata dei trasportatori nell'opposizione dell'immunità all'anti-trust è la Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA). Nel documento in cui la CIFFA prende posizione sulla SCEA, si dice: "CIFFA non si fa carico della raccomandazione del CSC secondo cui la SCEA e l'immunità dall'anti-trust per gli accordi di navigazione vengano abolite". L'opinione di CIFFA è che mentre le forze di mercato e la concorrenza avrebbero un ruolo chiave nell'industria della navigazione canadese, la concorrenza senza alcun controllo potrebbe portare le diverse compagnie di navigazione a danneggiarsi l'un l'altra, nonostante i provvedimenti contro le azioni predatorie nella Legge sulla Concorrenza". Comunque, CIFFA mitiga il suo appunto dicendo che "l'immunità dall'anti-trust dovrebbe avere lo scopo di offrire una rete di salvataggio alle compagnie di navigazione, non di cercare di trarre profitti dall'abbandono dell'efficienza di costo e della realtà di mercato".

Al CSC, Mueller non è convinto del fatto che privare gli accordi dell'immunità dall'anti-trust costringerà i trasportatori a non poter più servire i porti canadesi. "Canada Maritime e Cast hanno investito pesantemente nel porto di Montreal (Cast e CP Ships hanno anche un terminal li). Non approderanno più li? Tanto più che l'ICWG non ha proposto niente di nuovo", dice.

Mueller argomenta: "Dall'ottica di un addetto della navigazione, il primo obiettivo è muovere i cargos nella maniera più efficiente e conveniente. Non è rilevante che passi o meno dai porti canadesi... gli stessi trasportatori canadesi regolarmente traghettano merci fuori dai porti statunitensi con trasportatori statunitensi".

A Mueller non sfugge neppure l'ironia di una situazione in cui i trasportatori canadesi si lamentano perché non potrebbero più continuare ad operare come partners di un accordo per i traffici canadesi, quando in realtà già operano singolarmente per i cargos sbarcati dai porti USA transitando per porti canadesi.

Comunque, allorché la nuova legge apparirà, resta da vedere se rifletterà la posizione del CSC o quella dell'ICGW . Forse non sarà lontana da nessuna delle due visioni, né da quella dell'OSRA.

E se così fosse saranno soddisfatti Jordan ed i suoi colleghi? "Sono sicuro che il gruppo in cui sono inserito potrà in parte abbracciare questa mia visione, ma non necessariamente in modo totale ed esclusivo", dice Jordan. Nel frattempo continua l'offensiva dei trasportatori.
(da: Containerisation International, Settembre 2000)


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Due Torri is equipping itself with a 15,000-square-meter logistics hub at the Bologna Interporto.
Minerbio
In 2025, the Emilian company's turnover grew by +13.9%
The 2026 Italian Port Days program will begin soon.
Rome
The theme is "Italy, Gateway to the Mediterranean: Dialogues between Landings and Cities"
Port of La Spezia: First test for hydrogen refueling from dockside mobile vehicle to vessel
La Spezia
Bunkering trials at the Baglietto shipyard
NYK consolidates its operations in the dry bulk maritime transport segment
Tokyo
Group leaders appointed in eight European countries
Last year, freight traffic in Tunisian ports decreased by -5.2%
La Goulette
In the fourth quarter alone the decline was -8.5%
The Guardia di Finanza will use new drones to monitor the Gioia Tauro port area.
Gioia Tauro
The ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado will implement new PCS usage rights management procedures starting tomorrow.
Genoa
The measure does not introduce new charges
Nearly 400 kg of pure cocaine seized in the port of Gioia Tauro
Reggio Calabria
Three distinct operations performed within a week
Confitarma, with the Energy Decree, now is the time to allocate resources to maritime transport.
Rome
Baleària will have its own ferry terminal in the port of Barcelona
Barcelona
It will become operational in a year. Investment of €25.3 million.
In 2025, freight volumes transported by DB Cargo decreased by -8.1%
Berlin
Revenues fell by -8.0%
ONE has acquired 30% of Hutchison Laemchabang Terminal
Singapore
The company operates Terminals D, C1 & C2 and A3 of Laem Chabang Port
A Filt Cgil meeting on port work will be held tomorrow in Genoa.
Rome
It will be held at 10 am in the Port Call Room
Last month the port of Singapore handled 3.4 million containers (+3.2%)
Singapore/Hong Kong
Container traffic in Hong Kong fell by -8.0%
ALIS, the use of ETS revenues to encourage intermodality is a good idea.
Rome
Di Caterina: We hope for a significant increase in the financial resources for the Sea Modal Shift and Ferrobonus instruments starting next year.
CIMC's container sales fell by -31.9% last year.
Hong Kong
Revenues in the container segment fell by -30.9%
Pros and cons of hydrogen applications for decarbonization of the maritime and port sector
Genoa
It was discussed at the Propeller Club - Port of Genoa
In the third quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports decreased by -3.6%.
Piraeus
Passengers increased by +1.2%
Confitarma praises legislative initiative for the maritime sector
Rome
Regulatory simplification is a good thing, an essential element for strengthening the competitiveness of national armaments
Assarmatori welcomes the Senate's approval of the "Promoting Marine Resources" bill.
Rome
Messina: overcomes a limitation of the Navigation Code that allows only Italian and EU citizens to join Gente di Mare.
The port system of Venice and Chioggia generates a production value of approximately 15 billion euros
Venice
Direct employees are 26,898 and, including related industries, they rise to 218,853
Green light for aid to reopen the Orbassano-Aiton Alpine Railway Highway.
Brussels
The European Commission authorizes subsidizing the service
Fit Cisl Savona, alarm raised over the potential impact on jobs of the drop in traffic at Vado Gateway.
Savona
The Gioia Tauro Port Authority Management Committee approved the reimbursement of mooring fees.
Gioia Tauro
1.5 million euros allocated
Prologis and Singapore's GIC to form joint venture to invest $1.6 billion in new fulfillment centers in the U.S.
San Francisco/Singapore
The initial portfolio is approximately 380 thousand square meters
The Management Committee of the Port Authority of Genoa and Savona-Vado has taken note of the framework agreement with PSA
Genoa
The update of the Integrated Activity and Organization Plan has been approved.
Hanwha Ocean and ONEX Sign Naval Shipbuilding Agreement
Seoul/Eleusis
The first project in sight is submarines for the Greek Navy
The Antitrust Authority has not opened an investigation into CEVA Logistics' acquisition of the Fagioli group.
Rome
The AGCM believes that the operation will not impede competition or create a dominant position
Singapore's ONE acquires stake in Dongwon Pusan Container Terminal
Singapore
The company operates at the Gammam and Singamman docks of the Port of Busan
EIB finances shore power installation in Rotterdam port
Rotterdam
A loan of 90 million euros has been granted
High-tech exoskeletons to ease the burden on dockworkers in the Port of Livorno.
Livorno
Experiment in collaboration with the Livorno Port Company
Salvatore Lauro, a shipowner from Campania, died yesterday in Ischia.
Naples
He was a senator of the Republic from 1996 to 2005
APM Terminals acquires 49% stake in Vietnam's Hateco Hai Phong International Container Terminal
The Hague/Hanoi
Third phase of construction of Mexico's Lázaro Cárdenas terminal begins
FedEx revenues increased by 8.3% in the December-February quarter
Memphis
Quarterly net income was $1.06 billion (+16.2%)
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Arrival ports by:
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London pledges £746 million to renovate Nigeria's two ports, Apapa and Tin Can Island, in Lagos.
London
Agreement between UK Export Finance and the Nigerian Ports Authority
Fabrizio Urbani is the new secretary general of the Port Authority of the Central-Northern Tyrrhenian Sea.
Civitavecchia
Unanimous resolution of the Management Committee
In the fourth quarter of 2025, French ports handled 74.2 million tonnes of goods (+7.2%)
La Defense
UNI/Fermerci reference practices on staff training presented at MIT
Rome
The Council of State has rejected the relocation of Genoa's chemical warehouses.
Rome/Genoa
The AdSP declares itself ready for a technical discussion within the framework of a specific initiative by the municipal administration
FS Logistix and Nurminen Logistics inaugurate a new weekly rail service between Sweden and Italy
Rome
2,500 kilometer route
Hapag-Lloyd signs maritime cooperation agreement with Indian government
Hamburg
Plans to bring ships under the Indian flag and collaborate in the development of ship recycling and Vadhavan port
A project for the digital transformation and technological development of the port of Gioia Tauro has been funded.
Gioia Tauro
Resources worth almost two million euros for the Port Authority of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Seas
Keel-laying and coin-laying ceremony for a new ferry under construction for ACTV
Piombino
It took place in the Piombino Industrie Marittime shipyard
Touax Container Services increased container sales by 36% in 2025
Paris
Revenues decreased by -5% in the year
In 2024, international seaborne freight traffic reached a record 24.1 billion tonnes
Geneva
New historic peak in dry cargo
Medlog (MSC Group) will acquire the remaining 29% of MVN from Logistics Project Italia
Rome
The operation has been notified to the Antitrust Authority
Greek group Attica Holdings continues its fleet renewal plan
Athens
Purchase of two catamarans for €15 million. Long-term lease of the "GNV Bridge" ferry.
Germany's Arvato has acquired Canada's THINK Logistics
Mississauga/Gütersloh
The company, founded in 2012, is headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario.
Banco BPM's €55 million financing to Grimaldi Euromed
Naples/Milan
Partially covers the purchase of the new ship "Grande Inghilterra"
Two new state-of-the-art ship-to-shore cranes have arrived at the PSA SECH terminal.
Genoa
They will be operational from June
Stolt-Nielsen sells 50% of Avenir LNG to NYK Line
Oslo/Tokyo
The company operates in the liquefied natural gas bunkering sector
Only 7% of the workers in the port companies and terminals of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara are women
La Spezia
Costa cancels cruises originally scheduled to sail to the Middle East
Genoa
The company currently has no vessels operating in the region.
In 2025, d'Amico International Shipping's time charter revenues decreased by -29.0%.
Luxembourg
Fourth quarter decline eases
NYK to become sole owner of Norway's Saga Welco
Tokyo/Tønsberg
The Tønsberg company has a fleet of 48 open-hatch vessels
Grimaldi Group's Valencia Terminal Europa will manage the new car terminal at the port of Sagunto.
Valencia
Grimaldi has taken delivery of the new PCTC Grande Seoul
Naples
It is the ninth ammonia-ready unit of the Neapolitan shipping group
The Cagliari-Algeria service operated by Maersk and Grendi will soon dock at the Giammoro di Milazzo pier.
Messina
It will be held on a weekly basis
Falteri (Federlogistica): The consequences of the war in Iran are only in their infancy.
Genoa
There is a dramatic congestion of perishable products in the hub airports of the Gulf, he underlined.
DP World reported record annual operating and financial results
Dubai
In 2025, container traffic increased by +5.8% and revenues by +22.0%
Two additional new Medium Range 2 tankers for d'Amico Tankers
Luxembourg
Exercised options with Chinese shipyard Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co.
Japan's MOL has acquired 25% of V.Ships France
Tokyo/London
The remaining 75% of the capital remains with V.Ships
ICTSI reports record annual and quarterly financial and operating performance
Manila
Last year the group's port terminals handled 14.5 million containers (+11.0%)
Wan Hai Lines' revenue decreased by 13.3% in 2025
Taipei
The company will buy four new 6,000 TEU container ships and two 9,200 TEU container ships.
Observatory on the presence of women in the blue economy sector
Milan
Initiative by WISTA Italy and the Maritime Federation
The first train will depart from the Pordenone Interport on April 2nd.
Pordenone
Ausserdorfer (InRail): We have already received new requests and contracts to increase connections
Triple ceremony for Explora Journeys at Fincantieri's Sestri Ponente shipyard
Genoa
Technical launch of "Explora IV", coin ceremony of "Explora V" and start of construction of "Explora VI"
The Propeller Club of the Ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara has renewed its board of directors.
La Spezia
Gianluca Agostinelli and Federica Maggiani confirmed as president and vice president
The Tunisian government decides to start construction of the port of Enfidha
Tunis
52,000 jobs expected to be created
Hundreds of containers of temperature-controlled plant-based food products are held up in the port of Genoa.
Genoa
Spediporto reports it
The La Spezia Freight Forwarders Association has established a terminal freight forwarder section.
La Spezia
The aim is to strengthen the representation and enhance the value of inland logistics.
FHP Intermodal launches rail service from northern Italy to Bari and Catania
Foggia
Initially, two pairs of trains are scheduled to depart per week.
Managing maritime shipments in a scenario made extremely complex by the crisis in the Middle East
Genoa
Botta (Spediporto) and lawyer Guidi suggest how to handle difficulties
The new Norwegian Luna cruise ship will be delivered in Marghera.
Trieste
It is the second unit of the "Prima Plus" class built by Fincantieri
Assiterminal: The EU's port strategy is a success.
Genoa/Brussels
Seas At Risk, One Planet Port, and IFAW are concerned about the proposed regulation's reference to expediting environmental impact assessments.
The first electrical cabin dedicated to the cold ironing system has been completed in the port of Gioia Tauro.
Gioia Tauro
In April, the first connection of a container ship to a mobile socket
Konecranes revenues remained stable in 2025
Helsinki
The value of new orders grew by +9.7%, with a +21.3% for port vehicles
Finnlines' net profit increased by 50.7% in 2025
Helsinki
Revenues up 2.0%
Ravenna has been designated Capital of the Sea 2026
Rome
Petri (Assoporti): its port is a strategic hub for the national economy
Large shipment of ammunition and detonators seized in the port of Ancona
Ancona
He was about to be embarked on a ferry intended for the exclusive transport of passengers
2025 record for the American cruise group Viking Holdings
Los Angeles
Revenues grew by +21.9%
UECC has ordered China Merchants Jinling to build two PCTCs
Oslo
They will have a capacity of 3,000 CEUs and will be taken into delivery in 2028.
Kuehne+Nagel plans more significant staff cuts
Schindellegi
Worsening economic results in the fourth quarter of 2025
Public notice from the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority to select the new Secretary General
Livorno
The procedure is not competitive in nature and no selection process is foreseen.
KKCG Maritime publishes a partial tender offer to increase its stake in Ferretti from 14.5% to 29.9%.
Milan/Hong Kong/Prague
The offer is not aimed at delisting the shares
Norovirus outbreak on second Holland America Line cruise ship
Hong Kong
65 passengers and 11 crew members of the "Westerdam" were injured.
SOS LOGistica, allocating only 10% of the €590 million for road transport to zero-emission vehicles is self-destructive.
Rome/Milan
Texts: talking today about a heavy BEV market that "takes off" remains a mirage
The first U212NFS submarine is being laid down at Fincantieri's Muggiano shipyard.
Trieste
The delivery of the first unit is scheduled for 2029
A new tender has been published for railway shunting in the ports of Savona and Vado Ligure.
Genoa
The tender base amount is 14.8 million euros
China's LC Logistics orders two new 11,000-TEU containerships
Hong Kong
Order with a total value of 236 million dollars
Palumbo Superyachts to build new metal shipbuilding hub in Ortona
Ortona
Concession area in the Abruzzo port
Kuehne+Nagel acquires the road transport business of German firm Lohmöller
Schindellegi
In 2024 they had generated a turnover of approximately 23.5 million euros
Rolls-Royce posts record annual financial performance
London
Revenues increased by 12.2% last year
Fincantieri delivered the ultra-luxury cruise yacht Four Seasons I in Ancona
Trieste
The Navis Sapiens program also debuts with the ship
Nearly 12 million tonnes of CO2 avoided in 2025 for vessels coated with Jotun products
Muggia
Estimated fuel cost savings of approximately $2 billion
In 2025, intermodal traffic handled by Interporto Padova amounted to 381,031 TEUs (-7.5%)
Padua
Record production value recorded
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
A Filt Cgil meeting on port work will be held tomorrow in Genoa.
Rome
It will be held at 10 am in the Port Call Room
Filt Cgil, meeting on the importance of Article 17 of Law 84/94
Rome
It will be held tomorrow in Rome at the Frentani Congress Center
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Shipbuilding's Spring Illusion: Backbone Collapses
(The Chosun Daily)
Russian shipbuilding holding USC designing high ice-class container ship for Rosatom for Northern Sea Route
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
In 2025, the Nola interport handled 2,000 trains
Nola
A 50% increase is expected in 2026
A Livorno port pilot loses his life in a collision
Livorno
The dynamics of the accident are still under investigation.
Study on alternative marine fuels as potential marine pollutants and the effectiveness of response measures
Lisbon
It was commissioned by the European Maritime Safety Agency
The first in-person meeting of the international working group "Cruises & Port Cities" will take place in Taranto.
Taranto/La Spezia
Pisano (AdSP Liguria Orientale): the relationship between the city and the port is strategic, particularly in relation to cruise traffic
G20 merchandise trade trend to fluctuate in the fourth quarter of 2025
Paris
Trade in services is growing
Extension of incentives for rail freight shunting in ports
Rome
Paper (Fermerci): the sector, however, continues to suffer as demonstrated by the overall data for 2025
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