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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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Luigi Merlo to lead MSC Cruises' Italian cruise terminal company
Geneva
Centrone (formerly Fincantieri) takes over as Director of Maritime Policies and Government Affairs for the group in Italy
Greece's Skaramangas Shipyards and South Korea's HD Hyundai sign cooperation agreement
Athens
The aim is to collaborate in the construction of surface military vessels
AD Ports buys the Brazilian Corredor Logística e Infraestrutura
Sao Paulo/Abu Dhabi
The company handles the largest volume of agri-food bulk exports in the South American nation
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan of the Northern Tyrrhenian Port Authority has been approved.
Livorno
Unanimous approval from the Management Committee
Chen Lichtenstein appointed president and CEO of ZIM
Haifa
He will replace the resigning Eli Glickman.
Gianluca Croce has been confirmed as president of Assagenti Genova.
Genoa
The members of the association's board for the two-year period 2026-2028
The Mega Serena ferry has joined the Corsica Sardinia Ferries fleet.
Vado Ligure
It has a capacity of up to 2,000 passengers and over 600 vehicles.
The first steel cutting of the Crystal Grace cruise ship took place in Marghera.
Miami
Fincantieri will deliver the vessel in spring 2028
Palumbo Superyacht awarded 13,048 square meters of mooring space to the Port of Ortona.
Ancona
Central Adriatic Port Authority, guidelines for issuing the single ZES authorization
Port of Livorno: Two new FHP MarterNeri warehouses inaugurated
Livorno
Investment exceeding 23 million euros
The Committee of the Central Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority has decided to close the institution's state of crisis.
Civitavecchia
New solution for exceptional transport on intermodal trains from FS Logistix and Van der Vlist
Verona
Two aerial platforms transported from Verona to Rostock
Port of Naples: Fire aboard GNV's Phoenix ferry
Naples
Flames broke out in the internal areas of deck 6 of the ship
Latrofa has chosen a trusted individual to lead an in-house company within the Lazio Port Authority.
Civitavecchia
The new sole director - he underlined - has been provided with particularly stringent management guidelines
In the first three months of 2026, MPC Container Ships' revenues decreased by -6.4%.
Oslo
Quarterly net income of $40.8 million (-31.8%)
The 2026-2028 Three-Year Operational Plan of the Sardinian Port Authority has been approved.
Olbia
Green light from the Management Committee
The environmental assessment process for the San Antonio Outer Harbor project has been completed.
Saint Anthony
The Viking Mira cruise ship was delivered at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona
Ancona/Los Angeles
It has a gross tonnage of 54,300 tons and a capacity of 998 passengers.
In 2025, RINA recorded revenues of over one billion euros (+11%)
Genoa
Net profit up 30%
The new railway bridge has been installed at the Port of Marina di Carrara.
Marina di Carrara
Pisano: A turning point in the port's logistics organization.
Ports, freight terminals, and corridors. Venice and the Upper Adriatic as a gateway to the East.
Venice
This is the theme of the event that will be held on Thursday in Venice
Estonian State Fleet orders electric-powered ferry from Polish shipyard Crist
Tallinn
Contract worth 49.93 million euros
In April, Spanish ports handled 1.7 million containers (+1.7%)
Madrid
Cruise passengers down by -18.4%
Container traffic in the port of Valencia decreased by 2.5% in April
Valencia
In the first four months of 2026, almost 1.8 million TEUs were handled (+0.2%)
Global Ship Lease posts record quarterly revenues again
Athens
Net profit down 24.0%
International cooperation between the Sardinian Port Authority and the Port of Tangier Ville for luxury yachting
Cagliari
Promotion of an integrated nautical circuit between Sardinia and Morocco
The new first aid medical center has been inaugurated in the port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro
Among the facilities, a first aid clinic and a CMR ambulance
BPER provides financing to Grimaldi Euromed for fleet modernization.
Milan/Naples
Resources used to partially cover the purchase of the ship "Grande Manila"
ASRY and Priya Blue establish ship recycling yard in Bahrain
Al Muharraq/Alang
First ship destined for dismantling has arrived in the Middle Eastern nation
SAAM Towage orders five new tugboats from Turkish shipyard Sanmar Shipyard
Santiago
They will have a pulling capacity of between 70 and 80 tons
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach dropped 5.7% last month.
Long Beach/Singapore/Hong Kong
In Singapore, growth of +3.6% was recorded, while in Hong Kong containers decreased by -6.3%.
Carta (Fermerci): Urgent policies are needed to support railway companies.
Rome
In 2025, rail cargo lost approximately 3.5%, in terms of trains/km
Fratelli Neri orders two more new tugboats in Egypt
Ismailia
Contract with the Suez Canal Company for Modern Boats
Container traffic in the port of Barcelona grew by 17.4% in April.
Barcelona/Algeciras
Algeciras port increases by 6.3%.
The Islamabad government has approved the sale of a 30% stake in the Pakistan National Shipping Corporation.
Islamabad
The share will go to the state logistics company NLC which will also assume management control of PNSC
In 2025, the Spanish port system recorded record revenues
Madrid
Pre-tax profit was 349 million euros (+4.2%)
Leapmotor International strengthens its partnership with the Neapolitan Grimaldi shipping group.
Hoofddorp
In the first quarter, approximately 20,000 units were transported from China to the Italian market.
Cruise traffic in German ports reached a new record last year
Wiesbaden
With 1.51 million passengers, growth was +4.1%.
Federazione del Mare joins the celebrations for the International Day for Women in Maritime 2026.
Rome
Mattioli: The maritime economy is losing opportunities and potential.
After years of sustained growth, short sea shipping in Spain has entered a phase of structural slowdown
Madrid
This is what the latest report from the Observatorio Estadístico del Transporte Marítimo de Corta Distancia reveals.
AD Ports to buy German freight forwarder MBS Logistics
Colony
The company has over 450 employees and 26 offices worldwide.
The Spinelli Group has joined the Sustainable Intermodal Logistics Association
Genoa/Rome
Summary: ALIS can offer our ecosystem strategic added value
$200 million investment to build and equip the new multipurpose terminal at Pointe-Noire
Brazzaville/Abu Dhabi
Ordered three ship-to-shore cranes from ZPMC
Evergreen confirms purchase of five new 24,000 TEU containerships
Taipei
They will be built by the Chinese shipyard Guangzhou Shipyard International
Korea will launch an Asia-Europe containerized shipping service on the Arctic route in the coming months
Busan
The tender concluded with the preliminary selection of the PanStar company.
The Maritime Union has raised new alarm over the fate of former ILVA ships.
Verona
Their possible demolition puts 240 maritime jobs at risk
In the period January-March, freight traffic in the port of Koper decreased by -3.9%
Ljubljana
In the container sector, 2.4 million tons were handled (-1.7%)
Last chance to recognize some port jobs as strenuous and to establish a pension fund
Genoa
Siemens to acquire Italian MERMEC business
Monk
The transaction will include the Ferrosud rolling stock production plant in Matera
Growth in intermodal traffic at the Nola interport
Nola/Milan
Economic and financial analysis by the Fedespedi Research Center on freight terminal management companies
Quarterly decline in goods handled by Montenegro's ports
Podgorica
The increase in cargo volumes to and from Italian ports continues, albeit at a slower pace.
Assarmatori denounces the exclusion of maritime transport from the Fuel Decree-Law II.
Rome
Messina: The sector cannot be expected to absorb the impact of fuel price increases alone.
HHLA records a -5.3% decline in containers handled in the first quarter
Hamburg
Eijsink: An unusually harsh winter has significantly limited our daily operations
MSC Technology Italy launches a plan to hire 200 new people.
Turin/Geneva
MSC Cruises debuts in the Alaska market
The Marche Region has approved Carloni's appointment as president of the Central Adriatic Port Authority.
Ancona
Awaiting the opinion of the Abruzzo Regional Council
Greek company Danaos Corporation's quarterly revenues remain stable.
Athens
Two ships of the company are still blocked in the Persian Gulf
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles increased by 5.7% in April.
Los Angeles/Port Newark
In the first three months of 2026, the Port of New York handled nearly 2.2 million TEUs (-1.2%)
Cognolato was confirmed as president of Assiterminal
Rome
The new presidency committee and board of directors were also elected
In the first quarter of 2026, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +0.8%
Ravenna
The growth was driven by the entry into operation of the regasification plant
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
On June 12th in Naples, an initiative by Filt Cgil on governance in the port sector
Rome
Comparison on the logistical, industrial and infrastructural development of ports
Ports, freight terminals, and corridors. Venice and the Upper Adriatic as a gateway to the East.
Venice
This is the theme of the event that will be held on Thursday in Venice
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
World's first floating fusion reactor-powered vessel could become reality with new project
(Interesting Engineering)
Shipbuilding's Spring Illusion: Backbone Collapses
(The Chosun Daily)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
MSC introduces calls at Naples and Malaga on its Dragon service
Geneva
Calls at the Gioia Tauro port have been cancelled.
The National Maritime Fund's board has been renewed.
Genoa
He will remain in office for three years
Network contract for the joint development of intermodal services in Emilia-Romagna
Bologna
It was signed by Interporto Bologna, Dinazzano Po S, SAPIR and Rail Traction Company
Messina (Assarmatori): European technocracy appears inflexible on the EU ETS
Brussels
He underlines that a significant improvement of these policies is necessary.
d'Amico International Shipping's first quarter results are positive.
Luxembourg
The company benefited from the effects of geopolitical tensions
Two orientation events in Livorno and Naples to present the ITS Purser course.
Genoa
Meetings scheduled by the Italian Merchant Marine Academy with the Grimaldi Group
The bow section of the Explora V was launched in Palermo
Geneva
Fincantieri will deliver the cruise ship to Explora Journeys in 2027
The president of the Eastern Adriatic Port Authority is the new president of Trieste Passenger Terminal.
Trieste
He takes over from Gianluca Madriz
Port of Olbia: Seabed restoration work has begun in the access channel to Isola Bianca.
Cagliari
The aim is to safely allow large cruise ships to enter
Damen to renovate and operate Dakar ship repair yard
Dakar/Gorinchem
20-year contract with the Société des Infrastructures de Réparation Navale
Savino Del Bene has acquired three companies of the Spanish Grupo Marítima Sureste
Florence/Valencia
The agreement involves Marítima Sureste Shipping, Marítima Sureste Spain and Transportes Gaypemar
Fim-Cisl, the meeting with Fincantieri regarding the Muggiano shipyard's prospects was positive.
La Spezia
The investments announced by management - the union noted - are going in the right direction.
Rising energy costs weigh on Finnlines' latest quarterly financial statement.
Helsinki
Doepel: Burdens further increased by EU ETS implementation
Marabello is the new secretary general of the Strait of Messina Port Authority.
Messina
The assignment lasts four years
Heavy lift vessel HMM Namu hit near the Strait of Hormuz
Seoul
The accident did not cause any casualties.
DFDS's quarterly financial performance deteriorates
Copenhagen
The fleet's rolling stock is growing. Passenger numbers are down 18%.
From May 21st to 23rd, Ravenna will host "Deportibus - The Festival of Ports Connecting the World."
Ravenna
Kalmar records quarterly decline in new orders
Helsinki
In the January-March period, revenues increased by +5%
Job openings are growing for the port companies of Trieste and Monfalcone.
Trieste
Delivery of a recognition plaque
In the first quarter of 2026, Costamare's revenues decreased by -5.3%
Monk
Orders confirmed for 12 new 9,200 TEU vessels and four 3,100 TEU vessels
ICTSI posts new quarterly financial and operating records
Manila
The results benefited from the contribution of the new BACT and DGT terminals
MSC to launch service between the Red Sea and Northern Europe via the Suez Canal
Geneva
Truck and feeder connections to Persian Gulf ports are planned
The first batch of cold ironing work has been awarded to the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
The total investment is 41 million euros
Konecranes' turnover decreased by -7.7% in the first quarter of 2026.
Helsinki
The value of new orders acquired in the period remained unchanged
New ART provision on regulatory measures for the awarding of maritime cabotage services
Rome
New elements in the service award procedures
Appointment of the extraordinary commissioners of the Central Adriatic and Eastern Sicily Port Authority
Rome
Salvini asks the governors of Marche and Abruzzo to reach an agreement on Lega Nord's Carloni.
Confitarma welcomes the approval of the bill to enhance marine resources.
Rome
Zanetti: a further step in the direction long indicated by the Confederation
The 2025 financial statements of the Northern Tyrrhenian and Eastern Adriatic Port Authorities have been approved.
Livorno/Trieste
They were examined today by the Management Committees
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