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Conferenza MESEURO
Bruxelles
25 gennaio 2012

Intervento del
Presidente dell'Associazione dei Porti Italiani (Assoporti)
Francesco Nerli


Signor Vice Presidente Tajani, On.le Pittella, On.le Mauro, rappresentanti della Commissione Europea, delle forze politiche e delle istituzioni, del mondo associativo e delle imprese; cari colleghi, desidero innanzitutto ringraziare MESEURO per l'invito rivolto all'Associazione dei Porti Italiani che rappresento, per l'opportunità di presentare a così alto livello alcuni spunti di riflessione, proposte ed elementi che la portualità italiana ritiene importanti, e alcuni prioritari, nel prosieguo dell'iter di revisione degli orientamenti sullo sviluppo delle reti TEN-T e sul Regolamento “Connecting Europe Facility”.

Non è superfluo rammentare, innanzitutto, alcuni dati che aiutano a comprendere cosa rappresenti il sistema portuale italiano per l'Europa. Basti segnalare che nel 2010 in Europa il 74% delle importazioni ed il 77% delle esportazioni è avvenuto per via marittima, per un totale di quasi 1,6 miliardi di tonnellate di merci. L'Italia ha contribuito significativamente a questo interscambio, risultando, anche in questo periodo di crisi, al 1° posto in Europa per importazioni e al 3° posto per esportazioni via mare: nel traffico marittimo passeggeri l'Italia è al 1° posto. Da un punto di vista economico il sistema portuale italiano, oltreché comparto economico in se, è un complesso di imprese e soggetti che generano ricchezza ed occupazione diretta. Su questo punto, per estrema sintesi, ricordiamo che il PIL generato dal sistema marittimo nazionale, con 39,5 miliardi di Euro, costituisce circa il 2,6% del totale nazionale e impiega oltre 213.000 unità di lavoro dirette.

A questa breve premessa è opportuno aggiungerne un'altra riguardante specificatamente la rete TEN-T. La rete, originariamente concepita in funzione e con una forte finalizzazione interna all'Unione (nonché con una considerevole prevalenza della modalità ferroviaria), in virtù del mutato scenario economico a scala globale, deve essere rivista guardando in particolar modo l'interscambio tra l'Unione Europea e il resto del mondo a partire dall'Estremo Oriente, i versanti Africani ed Asiatici del Mediterraneo nonché il bacino del Mar Nero, l'America Latina (Brasile in particolare), l'India, l'Africa australe e l'emisfero sud in genere.

In sintesi, deve essere una rete costituita da nodi e corridoi che collegano l'Unione Europea alle aree di maggior sviluppo potenziale (e previsto).

Tutto ciò, naturalmente, non deve far perdere di vista altri aspetti. La revisione deve cioè costituire occasione per:
  • un riequilibrio infrastrutturale tra le diverse regioni dell'Unione per favorire gli obiettivi del Trattato di coesione economica e sociale;
  • una redistribuzione dei flussi di traffico verso le aree sottoutilizzate per uno sviluppo sostenibile ed equilibrato di tutti territori Europei;
  • la “decarbonizzazione” dei trasporti.
Quest'ultima, in particolare, costituisce obiettivo prioritario che, a nostro avviso, deve essere perseguito per la riduzione delle emissioni nocive e al contempo deve essere volto ad un “disegno” della rete TEN-T che tenga conto dell'esigenza di riduzione delle percorrenze lungo le rotte marittime da e per l'Europa.

Una revisione che, pertanto, deve riconoscere un ruolo centrale ai porti sia in quanto nodi di transito dell'interscambio tra l'Unione Europea ed i resto del mondo sia in quanto infrastrutture indispensabili per il trasporto marittimo in funzione alternativa alle modalità terrestri, più impattanti. Ma anche una revisione che non può limitarsi ad individuare singoli nuovi nodi e tratte cui attribuire il riconoscimento di “valore Europeo”, bensì una revisione intesa a riconoscere rilievo ad una logica di rete effettiva, fatta di molteplici nodi legati adeguatamente, sul versante terrestre, a tratte stradali e ferroviarie (anzitutto).

La proposta della Commissione, ci spiace dirlo, invece individua nodi e collegamenti concentrati nelle aree che già oggi sono maggiormente infrastrutturate, di fatto marginalizzando le regioni periferiche (in questo senso è difficile condividere la proposta della Commissione Europea che, con le scelte che propone per i porti, quasi esclude completamente dalla rete “centrale” regioni come la Sicilia – con la sola eccezione di Palermo - e la Sardegna, a discapito non solo di queste regioni, ma di tutto il mezzogiorno d'Italia). Inoltre, la proposta non sembra valorizzare appieno l'area Mediterranea che, invece, rappresenta uno snodo cruciale per la crescita economica dell'Unione Europea. In questo ambito la posizione geografica dell'Italia, inserita nel cuore del Mediterraneo, assume un ruolo chiave nel garantire il collegamento e le interconnessioni infrastrutturali necessarie per sostenere e potenziare la crescita, l'occupazione e la competitività dell'Unione.

Crediamo pertanto indispensabile che il sistema portuale italiano per la sua giusta valorizzazione nell'ambito delle future TEN-T debba essere rappresentato con l'inserimento dei porti italiani sede di Autorità Portuale nella rete “centrale”. L'insieme dei porti amministrati dalle Autorità Portuali, i maggiori per volumi di traffico, dotazioni infrastrutturali, capacità di generare ricchezza ed occupazione, nel complesso offrono l'intero ventaglio di funzioni: per i mercati di consumo (grandi agglomerati urbani); per le imprese di produzione (di base e di prodotti finiti); per l'approvvigionamento delle materie prime energetiche e per la logistica dei prodotti energetici; a servizio dei collegamenti marittimi di breve e medio raggio (nazionali, intracomunitari ed inframediterranei) alternativi a quelli esclusivamente terrestri; per la continuità territoriale delle aree insulari; per il turismo. Senza dimenticare quegli scali che svolgono un rilevante ruolo di distribuzione/concentrazione dei traffici marittimi oceanici nell'area mediterranea (transhipment).

Nel contesto di una rete “Europea”, se adeguatamente interconnessi con le infrastrutture lineari di rete (ferrovie anzitutto) dalle caratteristiche fisiche e dagli standard di servizio elevati, i nostri porti potranno potenziare e, laddove necessario/possibile, differenziare le proprie funzioni, ampliare i propri bacini di riferimento e sviluppare le strutture di servizio, con benefici di carattere economico, ambientale e sociale per l'Italia nonché per l'Europa.

In questo senso sottolineiamo che la rete TEN-T è strumento in mano all'Unione Europea ai fini del perseguimento di uno degli obiettivi primari dell'Unione stessa, la coesione economica e sociale. Non costituisce, pertanto, obiettivo fine a stesso delegabile per intero ai singoli Stati Membri.

In particolare, tenuto conto della conformazione fisica del nostro Paese, oltre che ad una maggiore attenzione della Commissione Europea alle aree insulari, chiediamo che si preveda espressamente di integrare la futura rete “centrale” con i corridoi ferroviari Tirrenico e Adriatico e con tutti i porti sede di Autorità Portuale che insistono su questi corridoi. Infatti entrambi i corridoi sono indispensabili per la gestione dei flussi di traffico merci in entrata e in uscita sulla direttrice nord-sud e per un duraturo e solido sviluppo delle Autostrade del Mare (nazionali, europee e mediterranee). Tale soluzione, integrata con la realizzazione degli opportuni collegamenti ferroviari tra i porti e quei corridoi, consentirebbe di sfruttare appieno la capacità e le potenzialità della rete ferroviaria esistente, e sarebbe di elevato valore aggiunto strategico perché darebbe la possibilità di una maggiore efficienza e distribuzione dei traffici su un numero maggiore di porti.

A sostegno di questa esigenza si è espresso anche il Ministro delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti italiano in risposta ad una interrogazione alla Camera dei Deputati il 10 gennaio scorso. In quell'occasione il Ministro, oltre a confermare l'assoluta necessità dell'Italia di inserire alcuni porti nel corridoio Helsinki-Valletta (Palermo e Catania) – proposta che riteniamo non solo condivisibile ma doverosa - ha anche confermato che nella visione e nella proposta italiana (che chiediamo sia sostenuta con forza) tale corridoio si estende a sud-est con la diramazione che da Napoli raggiunge Bari e Taranto. In questo senso si è espressa anche la Camera dei Deputati che, con l'approvazione della mozione Vannucci, impegna il Governo ad intervenire presso le competenti sedi UE ai fini del completamento del Corridoio Baltico-Adriatico verso sud, lungo la costa Adriatica, comprendendo anche i porti di quel versante più a sud rispetto a quelli considerati dall'ipotizzato corridoio Baltico-Adriatico.

A nostro avviso la visione di rete che pensiamo, impone di considerare "Autostrade del Mare" i collegamenti marittimi tra tutti i porti delle future reti TEN-T indipendentemente dallo Stato Membro di appartenenza. Così come sono da considerare “Autostrade del Mare” i collegamenti marittimi tra i porti delle reti TEN-T e quelli dei Paesi vicini extra UE - tra cui quelli che si affacciano sul bacino del Mediterraneo; tali collegamenti, quindi tutti i porti ad essi funzionali, nodi di collegamento tra l'Europa ed i Paesi vicini, meritano la stessa considerazione dei punti di frontiera terrestri.

Riteniamo inoltre che nelle future reti TEN-T sia espressamente prevista l'eleggibilità al contributo finanziario UE dei progetti ferroviari interni agli ambiti portuali, come pure che i sistemi di ”Port Community Systems" siano ricompresi nei sistemi ITS.

Per concludere, richiamiamo l'attenzione sul fatto che la programmazione e la pianificazione delle infrastrutture a nostro avviso deve rimanere prioritariamente in capo agli Stati Membri, seppur nel quadro delineato a livello Europeo, ciò tanto più considerato il modesto impegno finanziario dell'UE.
Crediamo comunque necessario che l'Unione Europea rafforzi il suo impegno sia incrementando le risorse, sia predisponendo strumenti finanziari adeguati, ad esempio gli Euro Bond o Project Bond, che tra l'altro, sarebbero anche determinanti per rafforzare la solidità della moneta unica davanti ai mercati finanziari, e consideriamo anche giusta l'ipotesi di escludere dal “patto di stabilità” le risorse pubbliche destinate alla realizzazione dei progetti TEN-T.

Infine, riteniamo che le partnership pubblico-private debbano essere promosse ed agevolate in quanto potranno costituire strumento primario per l'accesso di capitali privati ad integrazione delle scarse risorse pubbliche disponibili per la realizzazione di quanto necessario allo sviluppo ed alla crescita economica. Ciò comunque nell'ambito delle finalità di coesione economica e sociale che rimane obiettivo primario del settore pubblico.
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Neri and Nova Marine Carriers Groups to Control Calata Orlando Terminal
Lugano
The Livorno terminal will be the subject of a significant investment
Cavotec and EVIAS sign agreement for charging electric port vehicles on the move.
Stockholm
The Swedish company becomes the exclusive distributor and installer for the port sector of the French company's technologies
Hapag-Lloyd signs agreement with DP World to secure terminal capacity in Africa
Hamburg
The agreement concerns the ports of Dakar, Luanda, Dar es Salaam, Banana and Maputo
The threat to shipping in the Red Sea grows as Houthis seize Perim Island.
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Sana'a/Hamburg
German shipowners warn that the possibility of returning to the Suez route is further removed
New attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton/Tehran
IRGC Navy strikes US naval drone
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Brussels
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Bern
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Geneva
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Bremen
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APM Terminals Signs Agreement to Develop Nigeria's Badagry Port
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Renaissance Partners has signed a binding agreement to acquire De Wave Group.
Genoa/Milan
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Cernobbio
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Rome
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Shanghai
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Cairo
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London
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Brussels launches the Maritime Industrial Alliance
Brussels
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Geneva
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London
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Paris
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La Spezia
OOIL's half-year results are weighed down by the negative performance of the first quarter
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Busan
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Rome
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Rome
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Genoa
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Dubai
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Lugano
Ninth edition of the International Forum on Transport and Infrastructure
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Rome
Order to the Chinese shipyard Anhui Shipyard
New attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet caused minor injuries to two crew members
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Trieste
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Confitarma applauds the government's initiative to protect Italian ships in the Red Sea.
Rome
Zanetti: Maritime security is, in effect, a component of national economic security
Unions approve the platform for the single collective bargaining agreement for the shipping industry.
Rome
Filt, Fit and Uilt, is structured around three central elements such as salary, protection, participation and thirteen concrete requests
FHP Intermodal is increasing the frequency of its freight rail service between Fiorenzuola and Incoronata/Bari.
Milan
It goes up to five days a week
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Rome
Plus 10% for owned boats and a substantially stable trend for chartered ones
The event "Cyber-resilience in the maritime sector: defense, regulations, and European cooperation" will be held in Rome on Tuesday.
Rome
It is organized by Var Group and Confitarma
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Smeup, with the acquisition of HTG, expands its portfolio in the logistics and transport sector
Erbusco
The Turin-based company specializes in the development of proprietary software
Saudi Arabian ports: Liquid bulk throughput to decline sharply in 2025
Riyadh
Total traffic fell to 298.3 million tonnes (-10.9%)
A delegation from the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda visited the port of Livorno
Livorno
In-depth comparison of their respective infrastructure development plans
New OOCL service between the Western Mediterranean and Canada
Hong Kong
Collaboration with Ocean Alliance companies and other carriers
The port's future is at the center of the event celebrating the 80th anniversary of Assosped Venezia and Asamar Veneto.
Venice
A conference on Friday will be the highlight of the festival
Increase in port workers at the ports of Monfalcone and Milazzo
Rome
Green light from the General Directorate for Ports, Logistics and Intermodality of the Ministry of the Interior.
Cargo traffic in Greek ports is sharply declining
Piraeus
Stagnation in passenger numbers
Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal has purchased eight Eurolight Dual bimodal locomotives
Rome
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 22.1% last month.
Hong Kong
Total for the first eight months of 2026 unchanged
AGV Expo, a new European trade fair dedicated to self-guided vehicles, will be held in Piacenza next month.
Genoa
The event will also host a rich program of conferences
Massive transnational fraud discovered in the road haulage sector
Chieti
Illegal employment of non-EU workers
Cargo traffic at the port of Singapore decreased by -4.9% in August
Singapore
In the first eight months of 2026, the port handled 30.7 million containers (+4.2%)
Cochin Shipyard and Drydocks World to jointly develop new international ship repair center in Cochin
Mumbai
An Iranian merchant ship was hit in the Strait of Hormuz
Tehran/Southampton
One sailor died and four other crew members were injured.
In July, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +6.7%
Ravenna
A sharp decline of -21.2% is expected for August
Giulio Stoppa is the new general secretary of Trasportounito
Rome
A choice of continuity that at the same time marks the beginning of a new phase
Meyer Werft begins construction of the Carnival Tropicale cruise ship
Papenburg
With a gross tonnage of 180,000 tons, it will be able to accommodate over 6,000 passengers.
The launching ceremony of Viking Astrea took place at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona
Ancona/Los Angeles
Viking's Board has authorized a share buyback program of up to $1 billion.
VTG sells its UK subsidiary VTG Rail UK to pension fund USS
Hamburg
The company operates in the railway freight wagon leasing sector.
The Genoa Coast Guard reaches its 100th Port State Control inspection of 2026.
Genoa
More than 250 deficiencies have been detected so far
ABB and Oceanly collaborate to integrate and optimize ship performance and operations
Genoa
Strategic agreement between Federlogistica and the Port of Xiamen
Genoa
Feasibility study for a maritime connection between the Chinese port and Genoa
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August
Los Angeles
The increase in empty garages has offset the decrease in full ones
Gulftainer to acquire stake in Thailand's Suksawat Terminal
Sharjah/Bangkok
It is located on the Chao Phraya River, in Bangkok
Robo.ai establishes a company specializing in maritime and submarine security
Abu Dhabi
Al-Mansory: We will produce locally and provide solutions for markets around the world
Kombiverkehr has taken full control of Spanish company Combiberia
Frankfurt am Main
The shares were acquired from the other 20 members
US forces hit five Iranian oil tankers
Tampa
Attacks in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island
Conditions met for the acquisition of AD Ports by Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund
Abu Dhabi
Construction of the above-ground section of Genoa's new breakwater has begun.
Milan
Construction of the wave barrier is underway
For the first time, a woman leads the Panama Canal Authority.
Balboa
Engineer Ilya Espino de Marotta's term will expire in 2033.
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
Port reform will be discussed in Genoa on October 2nd.
Genoa
Workshop organized by the AdSP and the Altero Matteoli association
"A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 9th
Lugano
Ninth edition of the International Forum on Transport and Infrastructure
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
(South China Morning Post)
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
Blu Navy has acquired a stake in Banca dell'Elba
Portoferraio
Schenone: We are a group united by the desire to contribute to the economic and social development of the island.
HMM signs a contract worth approximately $3.5 billion with Vale
Seoul
It involves the maritime transport of iron ore on behalf of the Brazilian company
Kongsberg Maritime signs deal to buy Finland's Steerprop
Oslo
The Rauma-based company designs and manufactures marine propulsion systems
New drug seizure in the port of Livorno
Livorno
53 kilograms of pure cocaine in a container from Peru
In the first three months of 2026, freight traffic in Belgian ports fell by -4.0%
Brussels
Landings and embarkations decreased by -2.0% and -6.4% respectively
A series of meetings on the new Port System Master Plan for the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado has begun.
Genoa
The new concession agreement with Amico & Co Spa has been finalized.
MacGregor will celebrate the 65th anniversary of its Italian branch in Genoa
Genoa
The company is based in the Naval Repair area of the port of Genoa
Port of Ravenna: Extraordinary maintenance of the "truck-accessible" section of Via Baiona has been approved.
Ravenna
Anemoi wind propulsion system to be installed on a Maersk container ship
London
The aim is to increase the ship's energy efficiency and reduce its emissions.
The selection process for the new Secretary General of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority has begun.
Ravenna
Expressions of interest to be submitted by September 21st
MacGregor opens a new technical assistance center in Trieste
Stockholm
The main focus will be the European area, including the specialized megayacht sector.
Tanker hit by three shells in the Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
An accident also in the Indian Ocean
Floriana Gallucci is the new secretary general of the Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Taranto
The Management Committee of the institution has approved the appointment
Crew of ferry that sank in Northern Cyprus arrested
Nicosia
Eight people died in the accident. 17 other passengers are missing.
Singamas's profit halved in the first half of 2026
Hong Kong
The Chinese company is focusing on energy containers. During the period, sales of specialized containers exceeded those of standard boxes for the first time.
CIMC sells more containers, but profits plummet
Hong Kong
Half-year profit in this business segment fell by -81.2%
In the first half of this year, China
COSCO Shipping Ports reports record quarterly and half-year revenues
Hong Kong
Net income for the first six months of 2026 was $276.6 million (+23.2%)
In the first six months of 2026, CMPort's revenues grew by +13%
Hong Kong
Net profit up 7.4%
Meyer Werft revenues to grow by 107% in 2025
Papenburg
The financial year ended with a net loss of -383.8 million euros
Messina will launch the new West Med Line scheduled service in September
Genoa
It will bring together existing services for Algeria and Libya
The launch of the luxury cruise ship Oceania Sonata was celebrated in Marghera
Trieste
The unit is scheduled for delivery in 2027.
Tarros will include the port of Salerno in its Italy-Libya Express service.
La Spezia
The vessel "Vento di Zefiro" will be placed on the route
MPCC reports declining quarterly results as part of fleet renewal plan
Oslo
Kuehne+Nagel's honorary president has died.
Schindellegi
Klaus-Michael Kühne had joined the family business in 1958
In July, Spanish ports handled 47.7 million tonnes of goods (-1.8%)
Madrid
Containers amounted to 1,581,071 teu (-5.6%)
A shipment of 65 kilograms of cocaine was seized in the port of Livorno.
Livorno
It would have brought in around 20 million euros to the criminals
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