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Conferenza Internazionale

"A CHE PUNTO È
LA ZONA MEDITERRANEA
DI LIBERO SCAMBIO"

 

Intervento del Dott. Paolo d'Amico
Vice Presidente Confitarma

 

Roma, 8 Novembre 2005

 

PREMESSA

Vorrei innanzi tutto ringraziare gli organizzatori del convegno e il Mediterranean Community of Transportation (Co. Me. Tra) per l'impegno profuso da anni in favore dei Paesi del Mediterraneo.

Nel mio ruolo di rappresentante delle imprese di navigazione italiane, vorrei ribadire il pieno sostegno alle iniziative che il Co.Me.Tra ha elaborato e realizzato dalla "Dichiarazione di Barcellona" del 1995 ad oggi.

Gli armatori italiani condividono gli sforzi che si stanno compiendo per un ampliamento della Zona di Libero Scambio ai Paesi che per il momento ne risultano esclusi: Albania, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Croazia, Macedonia, Georgia, Libia, Romania, Serbia-Montenegro, Ucraina.

E' evidente, infatti, che una mancata integrazione di tali Paesi produrrebbe una Zona di Libero Scambio incompiuta ("a macchie di leopardo") riducendone la funzionalità e la rappresentatività.

L'Italia ricopre un ruolo di assoluto rilievo nell'ambito del mar Mediterraneo. Tutte le principali rotte che interessano l'Italia descrivono flussi in entrata, a rappresentazione della carenza di materie prime di cui soffre il Paese (in particolare spicca il ruolo della Libia come fornitore di prodotti petroliferi). Un Paese "generoso" quindi, ma anche in grado di creare un notevole valore aggiunto. L'Italia esporta poco in termini di quantità, ma genera una mole di ricchezza sicuramente molto significativa.

Bisogna, poi, tenere in considerazione il boom demografico che nei prossimi dieci anni interesserà le popolazioni del Nord Africa: un aumento stimato di 100/150 milioni di abitanti, con conseguenze e prospettive di sviluppo, in termini di traffici e di trasporti, fino a poco tempo fa impensabili.

 

IL SISTEMA-MEDITERRANEO

In particolare, può essere utile ricordare che:

  • il bacino Mediterraneo riveste un ruolo di primo piano all'interno dello scenario mondiale dei trasporti marittimi e i Paesi che lo compongono diventano sempre più compatti
  • . Senza considerare le merci in transito, negli ultimi anni i traffici marittimi che hanno origine e/o destinazione in uno dei Paesi che si affacciano sul mar Mediterraneo risultano pari a circa il 15% del traffico marittimo mondiale. Di questi, circa un terzo si sono svolti solo all'interno di questo mare. Si può dunque affermare che circa un ventesimo del traffico marittimo mondiale si svolge interamente tra i Paesi del bacino mediterraneo. Inoltre, tale quota di scambio intermediterraneo appare in leggera progressiva crescita;
  • il sistema dei traffici dei Paesi del Mediterraneo è articolato e complesso
  • . La lettura analitica delle matrici origine-destinazione dei traffici marittimi che avvengono tra i singoli Paesi del Mediterraneo al loro interno e con gli altri principali continenti, infatti, indica l'estrema ricchezza di movimento ed interdipendenza reciproca che anima il bacino del Mediterraneo;
  • il bacino Mediterraneo domanda merci ed esporta valore aggiunto
  • . Il Mediterraneo, nel suo complesso, ricopre un ruolo di grande importatore di merci "povere" e di esportatore di merci "ricche"; il ruolo dei container è progressivamente in aumento, ma la sua rilevanza non può rappresentare l'unico indicatore dell'andamento dei traffici. Analizzando i dati relativi ai diversi modi di trasporto delle merci via mare si è potuto constatare come, a parte determinate rotte e alcuni dettagli merceologici, il trasporto per container rappresenti oggi, e sia destinato a rappresentare nel prossimo futuro, una quota significativa ma non certo esclusiva del trasporto totale che interessa il bacino mediterraneo.

 

LA RISPOSTA DEGLI ARMATORI AL NUOVO SVILUPPO DEI TRAFFICI MARITTIMI MEDITERRANEI

Le prospettive sopra-delineate appaiono di grande interesse per l'armamento nazionale che, ove riuscisse ad inserirsi opportunamente in questo scenario, potrebbe realizzare importanti obbiettivi : in primo luogo la "cattura" di gran parte del "traffico aggiunto" indotto dalla costituzione della Zona ed in secondo luogo dalle nuove possibilità che lo sviluppo dei traffici mediterranei offrirebbe in molti campi collaterali alle attività di shipping.

In sostanza si tratta di far ricuperare all'armamento italiano nuove posizioni nei traffici intra-mediterranei e nelle attività collegate : facendone il punto di riferimento per il futuro sviluppo della Regione Mediterranea globalmente intesa ed offrendo agli interessi dell'industria italiana ed europea un vettore marittimo opportunamente dimensionato ed adeguatamente collegato ad una rete distributiva intermodale attiva in tutto Mediterraneo.

In quest'ottica assume particolare rilievo il ruolo delle emergenti economie mediterranee con particolare rilevanza di Turchia ed Egitto per la dimensione dei rispettivi mercati ed il posizionamento strategico : quella turca che rappresenta il collegamento ideale dell'area mediterranea con i ricchi mercati della Federazione Russa e dell'Ucraina (via mar Nero); quella egiziana di gran lunga la più importante ed emergente tra i paesi arabi della sponda sud.

In concreto ciò comporterebbe l'espansione delle attuali linee di traffico e la creazione di nuove appoggiate a terminals dedicati sia nella sponda nord che sud, da aggiornare o realizzare ex novo con la collaborazione dei vettori marittimi nazionali, la creazione in detti paesi di nuove organizzazioni logistiche in joint con strutture locali, l'individuazione di navi particolarmente attrezzate per talune tipologie di traffici intra-mediterranei, ecc' : in pratica il coinvolgimento di tutta la filiera navale e logistica del nostro Paese ( dalla costruzione navale alla gestione di terminals, dall'attività agenziale alla formazione ecc..).

Il perseguimento degli obbiettivi sopra-citati richiede, a monte, la messa punto di un disegno strategico ben preciso che dovrebbe essere realizzato in più fasi :

  1. in primo luogo : la costituzione, il più possibile informale ed ai costi più ridotti, di un " GRUPPO DI INTERESSE " trasversale che riunisca le rappresentanze di tutte le categorie interessate, nel breve e nel medio periodo, all'obbiettivo principale : armamento, cantieristica, logistica ecc..) che raccolga le opzioni di ciascuna categoria e le inserisca in un quadro generale di riferimento, ricapitolante le aspirazioni ed i ruoli di ciascuno nella costruzione e nello sviluppo dell'attività commerciale/industriale della futura Zona.
  2. la raccolta di tutte le informazioni, studi e progetti concernenti lo sviluppo delle singole economie degli stati rivieraschi del sud con particolare riguardo ai collegamenti intra-mediterranei ( linee di navigazione, navi, terminals portuali ecc'.)
  3. il monitoraggio metodico del progetto "Zona di Libero Scambio" per quanto concerne i futuri accordi di natura commerciale-doganale e le relative possibili ricadute nel settore trasportistico-logistico, in particolare per quanto riguarda gli incrementi nella domanda di stiva che ne potrebbero derivare
  4. lo studio possibili azioni di adeguamento (tramite finanziamenti, aggiornamento tecnologico, azioni di formazioni, ecc' ) di singoli terminals mediterranei da assumere in gestione attraverso joint ventures costituite con aziende locali
  5. la partecipazione del GRUPPO alle iniziative organizzate sullo stesso tema da organismi economici di livello come ad es. il Laboratorio Euro-Mediterraneo, organizzato dalla Promos.

Le informazioni così acquisite rappresenterebbero la base conoscitiva indispensabile per la redazione di un complessivo "Progetto strategico" che dovrebbe contenere il quadro di riferimento macro-economico della Zona con le indicazioni di settore necessarie agli associati delle singole categorie per poter decidere eventuali singoli investimenti o partecipazioni ad iniziative plurime.

La disponibilità di detto "progetto strategico" potrebbe consentire di anticipare eventuali concorrenti di altri paesi comunitari /mediterranei e di occupare per tempo migliori posizioni commerciali e logistiche dell'area mediterranea.

Per la costituzione della Zona, che rappresenta uno dei più concreti ed interessanti obbiettivi che si presentano nel breve-medio termine all'armamento ed all'economia italiana, difficilmente verrà rispettata la scadenza del 2010 : ciò non ostante è indispensabile iniziare a dotarsi per tempo degli strumenti conoscitivi ed operativi diretti a mettere l'armamento italiano in condizione di vantaggio rispetto agli altri partners comunitari : ed in questo senso i 5 anni che ci separano dalla scadenza sembrano appena sufficienti.

Per quanto riguarda il finanziamento delle iniziative più sopra proposte ( costi per studi, promozione, valutazione delle esigenze di aggiornamenti infrastrutturali, ecc'): si ritiene che la rilevanza non solo commerciale dell'obbiettivo Zona e delle positive ricadute che ne deriverebbero all'intero sistema produttivo italiano, dovrebbe richiamare l'attenzione e la disponibilità degli Istituti finanziari : sia di quelli privati sia di quelli pubblici deputati alla promozione del sistema economico nazionale.

In fase iniziale sarebbe opportuno riservare il progetto alle sole istanze nazionali per evidenti motivi di convenienza politico-economica: solo una volta che l'apparato nazionale fosse sufficientemente posizionato si potrebbe prendere in considerazione il coinvolgimento nella sua gestione di altre realtà comunitarie. Ciò significa che, almeno in un primo tempo, solo risorse e competenze italiane dovrebbero essere coinvolte nell'iniziativa, rinunciando alla disponibilità eventuale di collaborazioni e risorse di origine UE o di altri partners comunitari.

 

Lo SHORT SEA SHIPPING e le AUTOSTRADE DEL MARE

L'armamento italiano non fa parte del gruppo dei grandi vettori che dominano il mercato mondiale, ma svolge comunque un importante ruolo per alcuni settori geografici e nell'ambito dello short sea shipping.

A questo riguardo, è bene sottolineare che lo short sea shipping è già da molto tempo una realtà vitale del sistema di trasporto europeo, ma a causa di un'attenzione prevalentemente orientata al trasporto terrestre, soprattutto in Italia, si è spesso verificata una sottovalutazione del suo ruolo effettivo.

Nel Libro Bianco sulla politica comune dei trasporti nell'Unione Europea, che ben evidenzia le opportunità dello Short Sea Shipping, si rileva che la navigazione marittima fra porti dell'Unione Europea copre il 41% del trasporto merci intra-comunitario e, negli ultimi anni è stata l'unica modalità a riuscire a tenere il passo con la crescita del trasporto su strada. In dieci anni il traffico short sea è aumentato del 27%, erodendo ben 4 punti percentuali alle quote del trasporto ferroviario e stradale, che oggi ammontano rispettivamente all'8 e al 44% nel settore delle merci. Questo significa anche che già oggi molte merci per raggiungere il Nord Europa, invece di attraversare le Alpi, preferiscono le vie del mare e poi la strada per il segmento terminale del viaggio.

Le iniziative che riguardano lo short sea shipping si integrano poi con un altro progetto suscettibile di notevoli opportunità per il Paese e per le imprese italiane: le Autostrade del Mare.

Queste si manifestano come una realtà in costante evoluzione nello scenario del trasporto nazionale ed internazionale, continuando a crescere a ritmi sostenuti, in attesa degli auspicati interventi del Governo nazionale a favore di un riequilibrio modale e grazie ad una costante attenzione in sede europea.

Queste infrastrutture di trasporto non tracciate sembrano aver maturato un orientamento all'internazionalizzazione, attraverso una diversificazione delle tratte che consente loro di assumere un ruolo strategico nei corridoi paneuropei. Nuove linee sono oggi attive: Civitavecchia - Barcellona, Civitavecchia - Tolone, Livorno ' Tunisi, Palermo ' Tunisi, Savona-Tarragona, ed è imminente il collegamento Civitavecchia-Tunisi.

A livello internazionale, nel Mediterraneo sono state attivate 16 direttrici, con una offerta settimanale di quasi 135.000 metri lineari (+347,5% rispetto al 1999), e un trasporto di quasi 450.000 semirimorchi e oltre 365.000 autoarticolati.

Una ricerca effettuata dal CNEL sui servizi di linea ha messo in luce che se vi sono 52 collegamenti da porti italiani con le aree del Sud-Est asiatico, dell'America settentrionale, centrale e meridionale, sono ben 120 i servizi internazionali che uniscono l'Italia al resto del Mediterraneo e oltre 160 ogni settimana le partenze internazionali di ferry dai nostri porti per il resto del bacino.

 

CONCLUSIONI

Concludo con due sole considerazioni, che evidentemente non esauriscono il dibattito; piuttosto aprono lo spazio all'ulteriore riflessione e si pongono come stimolo per guardare in avanti.

Il sistema Mediterraneo va seguito con grande attenzione, va analizzato e monitorato in continuazione per seguirne evoluzione e nuove opportunità.

Si tratta infatti di un sistema ricco, ad elevato potenziale di valore aggiunto e dovremmo quindi tutti lavorare, insieme, per valorizzarne questo potenziale.

Per questo motivo riteniamo di poter proporre lo sviluppo del "progetto strategico" cui si è fatto riferimento in precedenza.

Lo sviluppo di un'area di libero commercio nel Mediterraneo potrà essere l'occasione di sviluppo per il Nord Africa, i Balcani, il Medio Oriente, aiutando lo sviluppo democratico ed economico di questi Paesi anche attraverso l'impegno a fornire competenze e assistenza per lo sviluppo di porti e infrastrutture aiutando nel contempo lo sviluppo, facilitando gli investimenti produttivi, creando lavoro, limitando i flussi clandestini,

Affermava Braudel che il Mediterraneo è già "una rete di città che si tengono per mano". Noi tutti siamo convinti che l'armamento italiano possa fare la sua parte affinché questa rete possa continuare a crescere.

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Shell to supply liquefied biomethane to Hapag-Lloyd containerships
Hamburg
Agreement effective immediately
Andrea Zoratti has been appointed general manager of Hub Telematica
Genoa
The company is controlled by Assagenti and Spediporto
Jotun and Messina sign agreement to improve the environmental and commercial performance of ships.
Genoa
The "Jolly Rosa" vessel will use the Hull Skating Solutions solution
PSA Genova Pra' announces the hiring of 25 people dedicated to container handling.
Genoa
Ferrari: International markets have changed profoundly
CMA CGM will not apply surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese vessels and Chinese services
Marseille
The rates announced by the USTR in April will apply from October 14th.
South Korean HJ Shipbuilding wins orders for four 8,850 TEU containerships
Busan
Orders with a total value of approximately 461 million dollars
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
GNV has inaugurated a new office in Barcelona
Barcelona
The company currently has 52 employees throughout Spain.
Port of Trieste: EU funding for two new projects
Trieste
Resources with a total value of 1.7 million euros
Filt Cgil, the Flotilla incident is serious. Dockworkers are ready to mobilize.
Rome
Union announces action if aid is not allowed to reach Gaza
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
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- country
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In the first eight months of 2025, container traffic in the port of Gioia Tauro grew by +10.6%
Gioia Tauro
2,912,943 TEUs were handled
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
Meyer Turku begins construction of Royal Caribbean's fourth "Icon"-class cruise ship
Miami/Turku
It will be delivered in 2027
More than one in ten maritime shipments has shortages
Washington
This is what a report by the World Shipping Council has revealed, highlighting the safety risks
Last July, traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +3.8%
Ravenna
In the first seven months of 2025, growth was +5.4%
In the first quarter of 2025, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -3.2%.
Brussels
Landings down 1.3% and embarkations down 5.4%
Product tanker High Fidelity rescues 38 migrants on a drifting dinghy
Rome
Intervention in the south of the island of Crete
GES and RINA sign agreement to develop a prototype of a new hydrogen battery
Rovereto/Genoa
PSA's second phase of container terminal at Mumbai Port inaugurated
Singapore
Annual traffic capacity will increase to 4.8 million TEUs
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
Fincantieri and PGZ sign an agreement to support the modernization of the Polish Navy
Trieste
The third LSS section for Chantiers de l'Atlantique was launched in Castellammare di Stabia.
In the US, funding for wind energy development projects in ports is being cut.
Washington
Resources worth $679 million will be reallocated for port infrastructure upgrades
From January 1st, Kombiverkehr will operate the PKV intermodal terminal in the port of Duisburg.
Frankfurt am Main
It has a traffic capacity of approximately 200 thousand intermodal units per year.
Wallenius Marine and ABB form Overseas joint venture
Stockholm
The aim is to accelerate the launch of the platform of the same name for improving fleet performance.
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has asked the Region to agree on the appointment of Bagalà as president of the Sardinian Port Authority.
Rome
He is currently the extraordinary commissioner of the same body
CMPort's port terminals handled record container traffic in the second quarter
Hong Kong
In the first six months of 2025 the total was 78.8 million TEUs (+4.3%)
Confitarma approves the decree on advanced training for tanker seafarers.
Rome
Applause to the General Command of the Port Authority Corps
Quarterly freight traffic in Moroccan ports increases
Tangier/Casablanca
In Tanger Med the growth was +17%
The board of directors of the Genoa-based Ente Bacini has been renewed.
Genoa
President Alessandro Arvigo and CEO Maurizio Anselmo
In the second quarter, sales of dry containers produced by CIMC fell by -33%.
Hong Kong
Reefer boats increase by 57%
The Grimaldi Group has taken delivery of the Grande Shanghai
Naples
It will be used for the transport of vehicles between East Asia and Northern Europe
Chinese automaker FAW ships components to Europe by train
Changchun
Transit time reduced to 18 days compared to 45 days for maritime transport
The ART urges to verify that the investment plan and the related amortization period are consistent with the duration of the port concessions.
Turin
Opinions regarding the concession extensions requested by the Neapolitan companies So.Te.Co. and Co.Na.Te.Co.
The assets and fleet of the Spanish Armas Trasmediterránea will be sold to Baleària and DFDS
Las Palmas/Dénia/Copenhagen
Two agreements worth €215 million and €40 million respectively have been signed.
Italian State Railways (FS), investing €70 million to install the ERTMS system.
Rome
Work has been completed on 382 Trenitalia trains, while the retrofitting of 60 locomotives from Mercitalia Rail, an FS Logistix company, is underway.
MPC Container Ships' quarterly revenue returns to growth
The second quarter of 2025 was closed with a net profit of 78.1 million dollars (+20.5%)
Plans to build two container customs areas north and south of the Suez Canal
Cairo
Fourteen of the 48 abandoned shipwrecks in Catania port have been removed.
Catania
The activity will be replicated in the port of Augusta
The Regional Administrative Court (TAR) has confirmed the validity of the tender for the new Ravano Terminal in the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
DP World's port terminals handled record quarterly container traffic
Dubai
Revenues grew by 22.2% in the first half of 2025
In the quarter April-June the volume of rolling stock transported by Höegh Autoliners increased by +9.0%
Oslo
Sharp increase (+46.6%) of vehicles from Asia
South Korea's HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering acquires Vietnam's Doosan Enerbility
Seongnam
It manages an industrial area with its own port facility
Container traffic in the port of Algeciras grew by 6.6% in July
Algeciras
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -2.9% was recorded
In July, the port of Valencia handled 488,000 containers (+6.7%)
Valencia
Increase driven by growth in empty containers
Salvini has appointed Annalisa Tardino as extraordinary commissioner of the Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority.
Rome/Palermo
The President of the Sicilian Region announces the appeal against the provision
The materials dredged in the ports of La Spezia and Carrara will be used for the construction of the new breakwater in Genoa.
Genoa/La Spezia
Agreement between the two Ligurian Port System Authorities
X-Press Feeders denounces authorities' failure to acknowledge responsibility in the X-Press Pearl accident
Singapore
According to the company, the Supreme Court ruling ignores international maritime law
Cargo traffic in Russian ports remained stable in July
St. Petersburg
In the first seven months of 2025, loads decreased by -4.6%
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong decreased by -6.5% in July
Hong Kong
A decline of -3.7% was recorded in the first seven months of 2025
In July, the Port of Singapore set a new all-time record for monthly container traffic with 3.9 million TEUs.
Singapore
In terms of weight, containerized cargo decreased by -3.6%
Compensation to be paid by the Civitavecchia Port Authority in the Fincosit case has been set at €1.5 million.
Civitavecchia
Latrofa: The ruling allows the release of set-aside sums that have frozen the budget for years.
Germany's HHLA posts record quarterly revenue
Hamburg
In the second quarter, the group's port terminals handled 3.2 million containers (+7.9%)
In the first half of 2025, CK Hutchison's port terminals handled 44 million containers (+4.0%)
Hong Kong
In the quarter April-June the Wallenius Wilhelmsen fleet transported 14.8 million cubic meters of rolling stock (-0.5%)
Lysaker
Revenues down by -0.7%
In the second quarter, Montenegro's ports handled 670 thousand tons of goods (+0.6%)
Podgorica
Volumes with Italy amounted to 154 thousand tons (+53.1%)
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
Conference: "Waiting and Delays in Road Transport: Logistics in Check"
Genoa
Organized by Trasportounito, it will be held on September 26th in Genoa
The conference "EU ETS - Perspectives and Opportunities for Decarbonization in the Maritime Sector" will be held in Palermo.
Rome
It will be held on September 18th and 19th
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Korean Firms Reassess U.S. Investments After Mass Immigration Raid
(The Korea Bizwire)
Russia's infrastructure development plan aims to build 17 marine terminals by 2036
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
With the arrival of the first container ship, the testing of operational procedures at the Rijeka Gateway begins.
The Hague
The first commercial ship is expected on September 12th
A proposal to bring the port of Taranto back onto global container routes? Start a discussion table.
Taranto
Meeting on the status of freight traffic
Port of Ancona: Tender for demolition of fire-damaged Tubimar warehouses
Ancona
The expected duration of the works is four and a half months
Merger of the German MACS and Hugo Stinnes, both active in the MPP vessel segment
Hamburg/Rostock
Stinnes headquarters in Rostock to close by December 31
In the second quarter, freight traffic in Albanian ports grew by +2.9%
Tirana
There were 331 thousand passengers (+13.6%)
A.SPE.DO, operationalizing the Smart Terminal to increase the competitiveness of the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
ING loans to Premuda for over 100 million dollars
Milan
Funds for the management buyout and the purchase of two product tankers
Sallaum Lines has taken delivery of the first of six Ocean-class dual-fuel PCTCs
Rotterdam
The ship was completed four months ahead of schedule
First meeting of the new Management Committee of the Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority
Genoa
Several measures approved, including those for CULMV and CULP staff
Euroports to operate a new liquid bulk terminal in the French port of Port-La Nouvelle
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It is expected to become operational in 2026
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna increased by +2.6%
Ravenna
Growth of 0.6% was recorded in June. An increase of 4.8% is expected in July.
OsserMare presents five reports on the marine economy
Rome
They focus on a specific sector supply chain or aspect of it
Port of Naples: Road haulage operations resume
Naples
Resolution meeting between institutions, operators and trade associations
ICTSI again reports record quarterly financial and operating results
Manila
Global Ship Lease Reports Record Quarterly Revenue
Athens
In the April-June period, net profit was 95.4 million dollars (+8.4%)
Vard receives new order from North Star for two hybrid SOVs
Trieste
Contract worth between 100 and 200 million euros
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