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Green light of the Chamber to the framework law in matter to interpose to you and of logistic territorial platforms
The provision passes to the examination of the Senate. Curls (Union To interpose Reunited you): it is "a great result"
April 12, 2012

Today the Chamber of Deputies has approved of the unified text of the concerning logistic territorial platform and bills in parliament the "Framework law in matter to interpose to you". The green light, after about two years of work and arguments parliamentarians is greeted with satisfaction the Union To interpose to you Reunited (UIR) that it has found as the provision, that passes to the examination of the Senate now, is more and more near the definitive approval.

"After more than twenty years from the first it reads in matter To interpose (law to you n 240/90) - it has emphasized the UIR - finally interposing to you can see recognized a renewed normative context in the contents and above all adapted to the recent changes that have interested the logistics that now more than ever it demands a contestualizzata operativity and in harmony with the territory of reference whose borders are increased to Europe".

The Union To interpose Reunited you has evidenced the two more meaningful innovations of the provision: the constitution of the national Committee for the intermodalità and the logistics, with programmatiche functions and of promotion, and the clear location and definition of requirement minimums for which an infrastructure it will be able to make use of the title of interporto.

Remembering that interposing to you they have many times over given proof of the strategic role that they not only play from a merely trasportistico point of view, but also economic and social, the president of the UIR, Alessandro Ricci, has defined the approval by the Chamber "a great result that - he has explained - he rewards us is for the job that we have up to now carried out to support of the iter governmental and of all the members of parliament that has believed in the importance to adapt by now anachronistic a normative picture, are for the profuse engagement in the more recent years the single ones to interpose you that with great coherence the strategies of command for debit have been riposizionati on the market changing a reasonable justification to the principles and the contents of the new normative picture".

The Union To interpose Reunited you has turned a thanks to the parliamentarians Silvia Velo and Gaetano Nastri, presenters of the witnesses originals, to the reporter, Daniele Toto, to president of IX the Commission Trasporti, Posts and Telecommunications, Mario Valducci, and to all its members in order to have reached to a almost unanimous text, to the undersecretary Guido Improta, vice minister Mario Ciaccia and minister Corrado Passera, in order to have believed in the importance of this reform. "Obviously - it has concluded Curly - the association confirmation, fort of this first victory, its engagement to support of the Chamber of the senators".



Unified text of the Commission

Framework law in matter to interpose to you and of logistic territorial platforms.

Art. 1.
(Within of application and definitions).

1. Law anticipates establishes, according to article 117, third codicil, of the Constitution, in the within of the matters the concerning the civil ports and airports, let alone great nets of transport and navigation, the fundamental principles in matter to interpose you and territorial logistic platforms.

2. In performance than had from codicil 1, law anticipates pursues the following purposes:

  1. to improve and to increase the concentration of the transport flows;
  1. to rationalize the use of the territory according to the transport;
  1. to contribute to the decrease of the environmental impact of the transport activities;
  1. to exceed the limits of the traditional rail shipment and intermodal marine earthling and, promuovendo the effective competitive potentialities on the traffics of long distance and the availability of a carrying net of base finalized to the increase of the enterprises of the transport and the logistics.
3. In any case, the competences of the regions with special statute and the independent provinces of Trento and Bolzano according to the respective special statutos and the relative norms of performance are made blank.

4. According to law anticipates agrees:

  1. for "territorial logistic platform", the complex of infrastructures and the services, you anticipate on an interregional territory, destined to carry out connecting functions of strategic value for the entire national territory, in particular in its relationships with the transnational net of the transports, in order to favor the more effective interconnection to the aim to improve the competitiveness of the Country;
  1. for "interporto", the organic complex of infrastructures and integrated services of national importance managed from an entrepreneurial subject that work to the aim to favor mobility of the goods between various modalities of transport, with the objective to increase the intermodalità and the efficiency of the logistic flows;
  1. for "intermodal infrastructure", every infrastructure, linear or nodal, functional to connectivity of the logistic platform;
  1. for "national Committee for the intermodalità and the logistics", the organism, instituted near the Ministry of infrastructures and the transports, that it carries out the functions of which to article 4.

Art. 2.
(Programming of the structures).

1. The Minister of infrastructures and the transports, felt the opinion of the national Committee for the intermodalità and the logistics, with or more you decree, supplies:

  1. to the recognition of already existing interposing you and answering to the deliberation of the Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning 7 April 1993, published in the Gazette n. 111 on May 14, 1993;
  1. to the recognition of intermodal infrastructures.
2. The informative and statistical Department for transport, navigation and systems of the Ministry of infrastructures and the transports, against to seem, to be profitable within twenty days from the demand, of general Consulta for the road haulage and the logistics, in case of necessity integrated with the participation of representatives of interposing to you let alone of the enterprises and operating the railway or intermodal operators on the national territory, elaborate the general Plan for the intermodalità.

3. The Minister of infrastructures and the transports, advance 3 strategic appraisal environmental of which to I decree legislative April 2006, n. 152, with own I decree, adopted advance understanding during unified Conference of which to article 8 of I decree legislative 28 August 1997, n. 281, and next modifications, below called "which unified Conference", it also approves of the general Plan for the intermodalità, supplying to the definition of the territorial logistic platforms and to the relative administrative discipline.

4. The outline of I decree of which to codicil 3 it is transmitted to the Chambers for the expression of the opinion by the competent Parliamentary commissions for matter, to be profitable within thirty days from the allocation. Passed such term, I decree can be however adopted.

5. With I decree of which to codicil 3 or with next I decree adopted with the procedure of which to codicils 3 and 4, the Minister of infrastructures and the transports determines the within of infuence of each territorial platform logistic, in coherence with the transeuropei corridors of transport, as defined from the decision n. 661/2010/UE of the European Parliament and the Council, on July 7, 2010.

6. The Minister of infrastructures and the transports, against to seem of the national Committee for the intermodalità and the logistics, with or more you decree, together with the Minister of the atmosphere and of the protection of the territory and the sea, in logic of system to net of interposing to you and the territorial logistic platforms, it supplies to the location of new interposing to you, verified the subsistence of the conditions previewed from article 3, codicils 1 and 2, let alone to the intermodal infrastructure location new, on the base of the outcomes of the recognition activity of which to codicil 1 and the general Plan for the approved of intermodalità according to codicil 3 of article anticipates.

7. The Minister of infrastructures and the transports, with I decree to adopt together with the Minister of the economy and of finances, advance understanding during which unified Conference, characterizes the criteria for it uses of the resources financial institutions of which to article 6, codicil 2, finalized to the realization and the development of interposing to you, intermodal infrastructures and the territorial logistic platforms.

8. To the performance of article anticipates provides in the limits of the human, instrumental resources and financial institutions available to enforced legislation and however without new or puts up burdens for the public finance.


Art. 3.
(Requirement of the structures).

1. The location of a new one interporto is subordinated to the subsistence of the following foundations:

  1. availability of a territory lacking in landscaped, naturalistic or town-planning constraints that of it compromise the feasibility;
  1. directed street connections with the practicability of great communication;
  1. directed railway connections with the priority national railway net;
  1. adapted to street and railway connections with at least a port that is an airport;
  1. coherence with the transeuropei corridors of transport, as defined from the decision n. 661/2010/UE of the European Parliament and the Council, on July 7, 2010.
2. The project of a new one interporto, in the respect of I decree legislative 3 April 2006, n. 152, must also preview:

  1. an intermodal, suitable railway terminal to form or to receive complete trains, in compliance with European standards, in a position to operating with a not inferior number to ten couples of trains for week;
  1. for vehicles industrial a equipped area of pause;
  1. a customs service;
  1. an office district;
  1. an area for services destined to the people and for services destined ones to the industrial vehicles;
  1. destined various areas, respective, to the functions of intermodal transport, logistics of supplying, industrial logistics, distributive logistics and city distributive logistics;
  1. systems that guarantee safety of the goods, the areas and the operators;
  1. interconnections with platforms info-data transmissions oriented to the management of the logistic processes and the transport of goods.
3. Already operating interposing to you and those under realization they must guarantee the respect of the conditions of which to codicils 1 and 2 within the fifth next year to that in course to the date of effectiveness of law anticipates.

4. The planning, the realization and the management of a interporto must answer to criteria of unitarism between the various previewed functions and must be consistent to adequate and certifyd security systems and of control let alone of energy saving.


Art. 4.
(National Committee for the intermodalità and the logistics).

1. Firm remaining the competences of the harbour authorities, the national Committee for the intermodalità and the logistics, in conformity with the objectives of which to article 1, it carries out the following tasks:

  1. address, programming and coordination of all the initiatives inherent to the development of the territorial logistic platforms, to the aims of integration of the systems of terrestrial, marine, fluvial and aerial transport let alone of the simplification of the operations and the improvement of the intermodal and logistic services of the goods;
  1. promotion of the economic development and the qualitative improvement of the making areas part of the territorial logistic platforms in compliance with requirement of which to article 3.
2. With regulations emanated with I decree of the Minister of infrastructures and the transports, within ninety days from the date of effectiveness of anticipates law, according to article 17, codicil 3, of the 23 law August 1988, n. 400, are defined the composition, the organization, the operation and the administrative and accounting discipline of the national Committee for the intermodalità and the logistics, in the respect of the following principles:

  1. the Committee is presided by the Minister of infrastructures and the transports or from a its delegate;
  1. they take part of the Committee, which members by right, the presidents of the regions in whose territory is located the territorial logistic platforms;
  1. the composition, the organization and the operation of the Committee are disciplined according to the territorial withins interested from the initiatives times to the realization and the development of interposing to you, intermodal infrastructures and the territorial logistic platforms, also previewing the constitution of appropriate subcommittees;
  1. to the members of the Committee emolument is not up, compensations or reimbursements of distributed expenses to any title.
3. To article 46, codicil 1, of the decree-law 6 Decembers 2011, n. 201, converted, with modifications, from the law 22 Decembers 2011, n. 214, after the words: “through actions of understanding and coordination with” the following ones are inserted: “the national Committee for the intermodalità and the logistics,”.

4. From the performance of article anticipates does not have to derive new or puts up burdens for the public finance.


Art. 5.
(Nature of the management).

1. The management of a interporto constitutes activity of performance of services re-entering between the having activities commercial nature.

2. The subjects that manage to interpose to you act by right in private regime, even if their charter does not preview the aim of makes a profit. In any case, I use it of public resources is disciplined by the norms on the accounting of State and by the code of contracts relative publics to work, services and supplies, of which to I decree legislative 12 April 2006, n. 163. The subject foretold ones supply to the realization of the relative structures to the new ones to interpose you of codicils 1 according to and 2 of article 3 of anticipate law, let alone, compatibly with the balance of own budget, to the structural adaptation of already operating interposing to you and of those under realization, according to codicil 3 of same article 3.


Art. 6.
(Potenziamento of the infrastructural net of the territorial logistic platforms).

1. In compliance with the activity of programming of which to article 2, within on 31 May of every year, the Minister of infrastructures and the transports, felt the national Committee for the intermodalità and the logistics, advance understanding during which unified Conference, in order to guarantee the optimization, the effectiveness and the efficiency of the administrative action, in the within of the resources of which to codicil 2 of article anticipates, it characterizes, in priority order, the relative projects to the realization and the development of interposing to you, intermodal infrastructures and the territorial logistic platforms.

2. To the aims of the financing of the projects of which to codicil 1, the expense of 5 million euros for everyone of years 2012, 2013 and 2014 is authorized.


Art. 7.
(Management of special waste and transport and dangerous storage of the goods).

1. In the respect of the national norm and the enforced European Union in matter of refusals and dangerous transport of the goods, with I decree of the Minister of the atmosphere and of the protection of the territory and the sea, together with the Minister of infrastructures and the transports, advance understanding during which unified Conference, is disciplined the modalities of management of dangerous special waste and the goods, to the aim to favor, also through the definition of procedures simplified, the modal diversion and safety of the transports in the within of the territorial logistic platforms.


Art. 8.
(Town-planning Discipline).

1. Al fine to accelerate the realization of infrastructures of transport and practicability let alone that of parkings, the projects of which to article 6, elaborated on the base of the general Plan for the intermodalità approved of from the Minister of the infrastructures and of the transports according to article 2, constitutes in all respects varying town-planning regarding the town-planning plans of competence of the local governments in whose aimed at territorial the territorial logistic platforms are located, as defined to article 1, codicil 4, letter a).


Art. 9.
(Cover financial institution).

1. To the burdens deriving from article 6, codicil 2, pairs to 5 million euros for everyone of years 2012, 2013 and 2014, reduction of the appropriation of the special fund of capital account is provided by means of correspondent member, to the aims of triennial budget 2012-2014, in the within of the program “Deep special Reserve funds and” of the mission “to leave again” of the state of forecast of the Ministry of the economy and finances for year 2012, to the scope partially using the relative billeting to the Ministry of the atmosphere and the protection of the territory and of sea.

2. The Minister of the economy and finances is authorized to bring, with own decrees, the being necessary variations budgetary.
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Brussels
No competition issues identified
FS Logistix tests the first smart train on the Milan-Catania line
Rome
The fleet upgrade has reached 700 digitized railcars
Fincantieri Marine Group has been awarded a first contract under the US Navy's LSM program.
Trieste
$30 million order
Another sharp reduction in quarterly freight traffic at the port of Taranto
Taranto
Solid bulk and conventional cargo halved
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -6.1% in the first quarter of 2026.
Hong Kong
In March the decrease was -5.5%
Comparison between Italian ports and Florida ports
Miami
The Italian port system presents itself at Seatrade Cruise Global 2026 in Miami
The Boards of Directors of Interporto Padova and Padova Hall have approved the merger plan of the companies
Padua
A court-appointed expert will have to establish the final exchange ratio
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles decreased by 4.6% in the first three months of 2026.
Los Angeles
In March alone, 752,519 TEUs were handled (-3.3%)
CMA CGM to buy Lebanese group Fattal
Marseille
The company is active in the distribution and marketing of international brands in the Middle East and North Africa.
A record cruise traffic of 15.1 million passengers is expected in Italian ports in 2026
Miami
Senesi (Cemar): growth of a new type of high-spending clientele
Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku achieved record turnover in 2025
Turku
Annual net profit of 83.8 million euros (+21.6%)
Marseille-Fos Port inaugurates cold ironing for simultaneous connection of three large cruise ships.
Marseille
Global Ports Holding to Manage Cruise Terminal at Port of Acapulco
Acapulco
Construction of a new dock is planned
A consortium has been formed in La Spezia to share data and improve supply chain efficiency.
La Spezia
Oats: Logistics efficiency depends on dialogue between all components of the supply chain.
In the first quarter, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +1.7%
Hong Kong
Revenues from this activity decreased by -7.6%
Francesco Di Leverano is the new secretary general of the Southern Adriatic Port Authority.
Bari
His four-year term will begin on May 11
Discount for large-capacity container ships transiting the Suez Canal suspended
Ismailia
It was in force from 15 May 2025
In February, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna decreased by -8.9%
Ravenna
An increase of +1.3% is expected for the month of March
Over 600 illegal workers discovered in the logistics sector
Rome
Coordinated and continuous collaboration contracts that masked actual subordinate employment relationships
RINA and Hanwha collaborate on battery-hybrid propulsion systems for ferries
Genoa/Busan
The projects will concern both existing and newly built vessels
French shipping company TOWT has been placed into administration
Le Havre
The company has two sailing cargo ships
Casciano (Vado Gateway): The final design for the new Bossarino toll booth in Vado Ligure has received approval.
Vado Ligure
The hope - he said - is that the work can be completed as soon as possible.
A forum on the economy, ports, and investments between Italy and North Africa will be held in La Spezia.
La Spezia
Scheduled for April 9th and 10th at the headquarters of the Port Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
Number of ships undergoing repairs in Greece remains stable
Piraeus
Interventions carried out in dry dock are decreasing
The Italian government has extended the reduction in excise duties on fuel
Rome
The deadline has been extended to May 1st. 60% of the resources come from the ETS.
The Gaia Blu research vessel will serve as Italy's technological platform for autonomous navigation.
Rome
Towing operations of the LNG vessel Arctic Metagaz fail.
Tripoli
The LNG carrier is currently out of control and adrift
Yesterday a bulk carrier ran aground while transiting the Suez Canal
Ismailia
The incident was resolved within four hours
Confitarma and Assarmatori: The crisis puts maritime connections to the islands at risk.
Rome
Dominguez (IMO) urges States to coordinate to address the Hormuz maritime crisis
London
Since February 28, 21 attacks against vessels have occurred in the area
The La Spezia freight forwarders' association is urging measures to maintain the port's operational efficiency.
La Spezia
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
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.
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
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%)
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
The public meeting of the Genoa freight forwarders' association will be held on April 27th.
Genoa
Appointment at the Stock Exchange Palace
A forum on the economy, ports, and investments between Italy and North Africa will be held in La Spezia.
La Spezia
Scheduled for April 9th and 10th at the headquarters of the Port Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
››› 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
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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
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