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Undersigned the agreement with the unions for the cession of Tirrenia to CIN
the understanding previews the passage of all the staff let alone the maintenance of current the condition retributive
November 29, 2011

Last night Tirrenia, Italian Company of Navigation (CIN) and Fedarlinea have undersigned the agreement with the unions in the within of the procedure of trade-union consultation previewed for the cession to CIN of the company branch "cabotage" of Tirrenia. The understanding, that we publish below, previews the passage to the CIN of all the Tirrenia staff, is sailor who administrative, let alone the maintenance of current the condition retributive, normative and economic waiting for I renew of the past due contract last year.

For giving operativity to the understanding it is time necessary to attend the pronunciamento on the passage of Tirrenia to the CIN by the European authority antitrust.

The agreement is estimated positively by the unions. The quality of the understanding - it has found Federmar Cisal - is "enough good: in fact, remaining arrest warrant the economic and ongoing guarantee of the job for the duration of years the two with beginning day of the final acquisition by CIN, date
still disowned all the subject signers of such agreement because waiting for the final answer by the European antitrust - it has explained the labor organization - we have given an impulse to the prosieguo of I confront in the time to come, with the forecast of a contract ex novo that you carry on board to the occupational let alone economic stability of all the workers today employed and to earth as well as today bound advances of career with the operations".



AGREEMENT AND CONSULTATION MINUTES
FORMER ARTICLES. 47 LEGGE 428/90,63 D.LGS. 8 JULY 1999, N. 270 AND 5, CODICIL 2-TER, LEGGE 23 DECEMBERS 2003, N. 347, CONVERTED IN 18 LEGGE FEBRUARY 2004, N. 39 AND NEXT MODIFICATIONS AND INTEGRATIONS

The day 28 November 2011, in Rome near the center of the Confcommercio, they have met:

  • Tirrenia S.p.A in A.S., below for brevity "TIRRENIA", in person of the Commissioner Straordinario, Dr. Giancarlo D' Andrea, assisted from the Avv. Rosario Salonia;
  • Italian company of S.r.l Navigation below for brevity "CIN", in person of the Managing director, Dr. Ettore Morace, assisted from the Avv. Alberto Maggi;
  • FEDARLINEA, in person of the Sigg.ri Michele Ruggieri, Filippo Allegra and Antonio Fortuna;
  • FEDERMAR CISAL, in person of the Sigg.ri Alessandro Pico, Giovanni Brancaccio and Vincenzo Mormile, Bruno Cuomo, Michele Galliano and Carlo Mezzaner;
  • UGL TRANSPORTS, in person of the Sigg.ri Fabio Milloch, Pasquale Mennella and Almerico Romano, Ciro Esposito and Francesco Vitiello;
  • USLAC - UNCDIM, in person of the Sigg.ri Antonino Nobile and Vincenzo Vitiello;
below, for brevity, all called jointly also as the "Parts", in order to complete the procedure of trade-union consultation, already started according to art the 47 of the 428/90 from TIRRENIA in On. S. and from the Italian Company of Navigation S.r.l. ("CIN") with letter on May 30, 2011, successively suspended and restarted from TIRRENIA in A.S and the CIN with letter on November 9, 2011 and regarding the cession of Ramo of Company "Cabotage" in charge of the distribution of the service of connection of which to the conventional regime, let alone to the distributed service on others drafts directly operated to out of the foretold conventional relationship from TIRRENIA in A.S., costituto from the elements listed in the aforesaid letter of start of anticipate procedure below (the "Branch of company").

Commissioner Straordinario has travelled over again the several phases of the Program of cession to CIN of the company unit of TIRRENIA in A.S., authorized from the Ministry of the Economic Development in date 23 May 2011, against to seem favorable of the Committee of Surveillance on May 20, 2011, confirming that in date 25 July 2011 he has been undersigned between TIRRENIA in A.S and CIN a contract of cession of Ramo of company, whose effectiveness sospensivamente is conditioned to the positive experiment of the verifications to remit to the Guarantor Authority of the Competition and the Market and the EU commission, currently in course, from that it will achieve subscription of the new convention of public service.

In compliance with previewed how much from art. the 63 of the D.Lgs n. 270/1999 and from art. the 5, codicil 2-ter, of the D.Lgs n. 347/2003, in the within of the procedure previewed from art. the 47, codicil 1, of law 428/90, are deepened by the Parts: a) the reasons of the cession of the company branch; b) its legal, economic and social consequences for the workers; c) the eventual measures previewed regarding these last ones.

TIRRENIA in A.S and CIN has confirmed how much illustrating in the remembered letter on May 30, 2011 and the encounters successively elapsed.

In particular, the CIN representative, after to have illustrated in its essential lines the new organizational articulation that will be given Ramo of company, has preannounced that the society will be transformed in S.p.A., will have a share capital of 40 mln of euro and will continue to use the commercial brand "Tirrenia".

The CIN representative has, also, illustrated the main lines of the industrial Plan of the new Society, that she previews:
  1. the recapitalization of the society;
  2. the structural maintenance of all the ships, with the exception of the four boats of the series "Roads" that, because of the reduction of ability previewed from the Stockolm Agreement, will come as soon as possible replaced;
  3. the development of the commercial policies and the channels of sale;
  4. I use of all the current force job of TIRRENIA, that it will be maintained, in the time, in coherence to the organizational order, also correlated to the obligations of service previewed from stipulanda the convention;
  5. the gradual potenziamento of the entire fleet, increasing the offer of linear meters and fleeting on some lines as Civitavecchia-Arbatax-Cagiiari, the Naples-Cagliari and the Ravenna-Catania,
  6. the improvement of the quality of the services on board, also through the formation of the attached staff.

The representative of CN, considered that for regulating operation of Ramo of company is necessary the assumption of all the administrative Staff and all navigating Staff (R.O and C.R.L) in force to the date of effectiveness of the contract of acauisto of Ramo of company let alone the maintenance of current the Turnus particular, has confirmed that, become effective the relative contract of purchase, will be placed in being the following actions:

  1. the new convention of public service will come undersigned from CIN and will come consequently carried out from TIRRENIA in A.S to the same CIN the delivery of Ramo of company;
  2. a proposal of assumption to all the administrative Staff and all navigating Staff (R.O and C.R.L.) in force to the date of effectiveness of the contract of purchase of Ramo of company will be formulated by CN; such proposal, subordinated to the acceptance by the addressees, will respect the acquired professionalities, with acknowledgment of the current individual retributive levels and the allocation near the CIN structures;
  3. it will come, contextually, forwarded from appropriate CIN communication to the staff enrolled in the various lists of Turnus Particular (T.P.) of TIRRENIA S.p.A in A.S., the current configuration of they, boarding with the same modalities up to now continuations;
  4. they will be recruited by CIN, in case of incapienza of the T.P., the workers enrolled in the Seasonal Lists, the existing configuration to the action of the effectiveness of the cession, or coming from Turnus General;
  5. application of the current contractual order with the objective will be given by transitory CIN to reach as soon as possible to renewing and sharing collective regulation of the job relationships.

The CIN representative confirmation that to the state, being given how much over, the programmed cession of company branch will not involve for the interested workers some ulterior legal consequence, economic and social and that to he will be guaranteed to same previewed how much from art. the 63, codicil 2, of the D.Lgs n. 270/1999.

The OO.SS., taken note for the communications of the Representative of CIN, have asked clarifications on how of application of the new dealing and on relative the contained ones and recalled the engagements assumed from the Government about the safeguard of the current occupational levels in the time.

The OO.SS have, also, asked ulterior clarifications on the contents for the assumption proposal that will be formalized to the administrative staff and sailor; on the consequences of the eventual refusal by the workers of the proposal of assumption of the Assignee; on how of contractualisation of the relationships of job of the staff which joined Turnus Particular (TP or FCRL) of TIRRENIA in To. S., on the motivations of the lacked extension of the occupational guarantees to the workers enrolled in the Seasonal or coming Lists from Turnus General and on the previewed discontinuity of the relationships of job in being with Yielding and to reconstitute itself with the Assignee.

The representatives of TIRRENIA in A.S and CIN, in finding the demanded clarifications and confirming all the assumed engagements to safeguard of the service, of the occupational and reddituali levels, have restated, after wide argument, than the assumptions they will be to time indeterminate and illustrated the reasons for which, based on the forecasts of the enforced norm and mainly for the companies in extraordinary administration that eserciscono publics services, does not apply art. the 2112 c.c.

After wide argument, the Parts mutual action is given to have esperito and concluded the procedure of previewed trade-union consultation from the articles. 47 law 428/90 and s.m.i., 63 D.Lgs. 8 July 1999, n. 270 and 5, codicil 2-ter, law 23 Decembers 2003, n. 347, converted in the law 18 February 2004, n. 39 and next modifications and integrations and to have reached the following one


AGREEMENT
  1. The premises, so as the attached ones, constitute integral part of anticipate oral,
  1. CIN, become effective the contract of purchase of Ramo of company, will formulate a proposal of assumption to indeterminate time to all the administrative Staff and all the Staff sailor enrolled in the contractual regimes of TIRRENIA in Organic A.S tenured (RO) and of Continuity Relationship Job (CRL), with the guarantees previewed from art. the 63, codicil 2, of the D.Lgs n. 270/1999 and respecting of the acquired professionalities and/or the functions, the current individual retributive levels and, transitorily, waiting for the definition of the new shared contractual order, the current economic and normative conditions.
  1. The assumption proposal will be formulated the workers, according to the relative contractual regime, using the attached letter to anticipates oral, under the letters A), B). To the whom joined workers Turnus Particular (TP) of TIRRENIA in A.S. communication as from attached C will come appropriate correspondent).
  1. The assumptions and/or the recruitments are subordinated to the full acceptance by the workers of the proposal formulated from CIN and will pass from the date indicated there, without acknowledgment of some conventional seniority.
  1. The amount correspondent to the increases periodicals of seniorities matured to the date of cessation of the relationship of job with TIRRENIA in A.S will be corresponded for a reason or purpose of not absorbable individual superminim, maintaining to the incidence on all the retributive institutes, also differed.
  1. The relationship of job elapsing with TIRRENIA in A.S will be resolved for mutual consent to the action of the assumption and/or the recruitment of the workers by CIN.
  1. The which joined staff Turnus Particular (TP) of TIRRENIA in A.S will be maintained in the relative contractual regime and will be boarded from CIN with the same modalities up to now continuations.
    Eventual, ulterior requirements of navigating staff will be satisfied, in case of incapienza of foretold the TP, resorting priority to the workers already enrolled in the Seasonal or coming Lists from Turnus General historical.
  1. The job relationships, so established, will be regulated transitorily, waiting for the definition of the new shared contractual order, from the current economic and normative conditions from the discipline of national the counterfeit of job and from the dealing of second for staff administrative level currently applied and for staff sailor within TIRRENIA in A.S.
  1. The negotiations in order to reach the location of a new contractual order, will be under way as a result of the passage to CIN of Ramo of company and to the improvement of the industrial plan, having as reference the CCNL Fedarlinea, in phase of I renew, and within such negotiations will be examined also: problematic the relative ones to the valorization of the matured individual seniority from the workers assumed in the field of the cabotage, the Tables of armament in order to verify of the adequacy, the unification of the turns of job and the redefinition of the mission of the peripheral operations headquarters, time to guarantee of the maintenance.

Bed, confirmed and undersigned.



Tirrenia di Navigazione S.p.A in A.S.


FEDERMAR CISAL


Italian company of S.r.l. Navigation


UGL YOU TRANSPORT


FEDARLINEA


USLAC-UNCDIM



All. To to the Minutes of Agreement of the 28.11.2011
Model administrative letter of assumption

[on headed paper of Italian Company of S.r.l. Navigation]
Naples, [or]

Dear Mr.
[or] [or]

Via [or], [or]

[or], [or]

Object; assumption proposal

Making I keep on the stipulated trade-union agreement in date [or] 2011 in the within of former procedure art 47 of the l. n. 428/1990 relative to the cession of Ramo of Company “Cabotage” of Tirrenia s.p.a in AS (in prosieguo Tirrenia), Italian Company of S.r.l. Navigation (in prosieguo the CIN) proposes to Them, hereby, the assumption to its dependencies to indeterminate time with effect to pass in all respects from the date of effectiveness of the foretold cession of law and of contract, it stops remaining the Its current center of job.

In compliance with previewed how much from the trade-union Agreement on November 28, 2011, waiting for the definition of the new contractual order Its relationship of job temporary will be disciplined with the same organization and individual economic and normative treatment and, therefore, with acknowledgment of the Its current level and retributive voices, from the forecasts of the enforced counterfeit today within Tirrenia.

The releases of distributed seniorities to any title from She matured until the last working day of Its relationship with Tirrenia frozen and will be inserted as salary and wage in Its paycheck not absorbable “superminimal” under the heading of, that monthly salary will be distributed for 14 maintaining the incidence on all the retributive institutes, also deferred.

In case for acceptance from part Its of the terms and the described conditions over, that it will also involve the resolution of the relationship of job elapsed with Tirrenia, we kindly ask Them to give back to us copy of anticipates from She undersigned for acceptance.

Italian company of S.r.l. Navigation
Administrator Delegato
Ettore Morace

_____________________

For acceptance:
[or]

_____________________



All. B to the Minutes of agreement of the 28.11.2011
Model letter of assumption CRL

[on headed paper of Italian Company of S.r.l. Navigation]

Naples, [or]

Dear Mr.
[or] [or]
Via [or], [or]
[or], [or]
Object: assumption proposal

Making I keep on the stipulated trade-union agreement in date [or] 2011 in the within of former procedure art. 47 of the l. n 428/1990 relative to the cession of Ramo of Company “Cabotage” of Tirrenia di Navigazione s.p.a in A.S. (in prosieguo Tirrenia), Italian Company of S.r.l. Navigation (in prosieguo the CIN) proposes to Them, hereby, the assumption to its dependencies to indeterminate time in regime of C.R.L to pass in all respects from the date of effectiveness of the foretold cession of law and contract.

In compliance with previewed how much from the trade-union Agreement on November 28, 2011, waiting for the definition of the new contractual order Its relationship of job temporary will be disciplined with the same organization and individual economic and normative treatment and, therefore, with acknowledgment of the Its current level and retributive voices, from the forecasts of the enforced counterfeit today within Tirrenia.

The releases of distributed seniorities to any title from She matured until the last working day of Its relationship with Tirrenia frozen and will be inserted as salary and wage in Its paycheck not absorbable “superminimal” under the heading of, that monthly salary will be distributed for 14 maintaining the incidence on all the retributive institutes, also deferred.

In case for acceptance from part Its of the terms and the described conditions over, that it will also involve the resolution of the relationship of job elapsed with Tirrenia, we kindly ask Them to give back to us copy of anticipates from She undersigned for acceptance.

Italian company of S.r.l. Navigation
Administrator Delegato
Ettore Morace

_____________________

For acceptance:
[or]

_____________________



All. C to the Minutes of Agreement of the 28.11.2011
Model communication TP
[on headed paper of Italian Company of S.r.l. Navigation]

Naples, [or]

Dear Mr.
[or] [or]
Via [or], [or]
[or], [or]

Making I keep on the stipulated trade-union agreement in date [or] 2011 in the within of former procedure art. 47 of the l. n 428/1990 relative to the cession of Ramo of Company “Cabotage” of Tirrenia di Navigazione s.p.a in AS, Italian Company of S.r.l. Navigation communicates Them hereby that as a result of the foretold cession, She will remain joined Turnus Particular in the within of the same list and with the maintenance of the up to now acquired ranking.

In compliance with previewed how much from the trade-union Agreement on November 28, 2011, waiting for the definition of the new contractual order the Particular regime of Turnus Temporary will be disciplined by the forecasts of the enforced counterfeit to the date of the cession within Tirrenia and junior clerk with same modality.

With the best salutes

Italian company of S.r.l. Navigation
Administrator Delegato
Ettore Morace

_____________________

For receipt:
[or]

_____________________
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Rome
Pico: For maritime personnel, financial recognition is not always proportionate to the essential role they play
P&O Maritime Logistics completes acquisition of controlling stake in NovaAlgoma Cement Carriers
Lugano
Obtained the necessary regulatory approvals
Fatal accident in the port of Ravenna
Ravenna
A 67-year-old truck driver lost his life at the Sapir terminal.
A Norwegian delegation visits the Northern Tyrrhenian Port Authority
Livorno
ABB's quarterly financial performance shows sharp growth
Zurich
In the period July-September the value of new orders increased by +11.6%
Fratelli Neri buys two tugboats produced by Egypt's Misr Tugboats Factory
Ismailia
They will be taken into delivery in the first quarter of 2026
COSCO Shipping Ports Sets New Quarterly Container Traffic Record
Hong Kong
In the period July-September, 29.8 million TEUs were handled (+3.6%)
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by -9.2% in the third quarter
Hong Kong
A 16.3% drop was recorded in September
Port of Civitavecchia appoints members of the Marine Resources Partnership Body
Civitavecchia
He will remain in office for four years
New quarterly record for container traffic handled by CMPort port terminals
Hong Kong
New highs recorded both in China and at overseas ports
CMA CGM to order six feeder containerships from Cochin Shipyard
Kochi
Order worth approximately 300 million dollars
Efficient solutions for the port launching of floating wind turbines are being studied in France
Trondheim/Brest
Agreement between the Norwegian BOA and the port of Brest
Augusta Due has acquired a second new tanker built by Fujian Southeast Shipbuilding Co.
Rome
It has a capacity of 18,590 deadweight tons.
IRU, CLECAT, ESC and GCCA oppose binding targets for demand for zero-emission trucks
Brussels
They ask to focus instead on creating favorable conditions for operators to be able to use them.
Marialaura Dell'Abate is the new president of Confitarma's Young Shipowners' Group.
Rome
In the third quarter, cargo traffic in Russian ports grew by +4%
St. Petersburg
Only import loads are decreasing
Matteo Caiti appointed country manager for Italy at Forto
Milan
The goal is to consolidate growth on the Italian market
DP World to build and operate multimodal terminal in Uzbekistan
Dubai
Joint venture with Tashkent Invest
Confitarma welcomes Senate approval of simplification measures for the maritime transport sector.
Rome
A rapid approval in the Chamber is also hoped for
Applications for rail freight transport incentives are now open.
Rome
From today the requests to access the Ferrobonus
The maritime, port and logistics sector asks the Ministry of Transport for clarification on the regulation on waiting times for loading and unloading goods
Rome
A dialogue was called to determine the identification of correct application indications of the law
Four icebreakers for the U.S. Coast Guard will be built in Finland.
Washington
Agreement signed by Presidents Donald Trump and Alexander Stubb
PSA International wins the "Best Singapore Investor in Italy" award.
Genoa
It was awarded by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Singapore
The Italian Navy's Olterra ship was launched in Genoa.
Genoa
It is the first military project built by the T. Mariotti shipyard
The first ferry owned by the Sicilian Region launched in Palermo
Palermo
Folgiero: Revitalization of the Sicilian shipyard as part of Fincantieri's new industrial plan
In the third quarter, containers carried by OOCL vessels increased by +0.7%
Hong Kong
Accentuation of the reduction in revenues which fell by -25.9%
Assologistica approves new rules on pallet exchange
Rome
Approved by the Senate, the text passes to the Chamber of Deputies
Offshore wind farm in the port of Augusta ready in two or three years
Palermo
Di Sarcina: We are confident in a rapid allocation of the planned resources, amounting to approximately 50 million euros.
In the Netherlands, a self-driving vessel has been authorised to sail outside a restricted area.
Rotterdam
German company Helsing acquires Blue Ocean Monitoring
London
Australian company builds self-driving submarines
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
The decree designating the port of Taranto as a national offshore wind hub has been made official.
Taranto
Gugliotti: Unlock resources for modernizing and upgrading port areas
One of two injured sailors from vessel attacked in Gulf of Aden dies
Amsterdam/London
Dominquez (IMO): Strong condemnation of any type of attack against ships
Salvini met with the deputy CEO of the Turkish terminal operator Yilport.
Rome
At the centre of the meeting was the dredging of the port of Taranto.
The Logistics & Sea Academy has equipped itself with new simulators for operating ships, tugboats, trains and port cranes
Venice
Investment of four million euros
Giovanni Punzo, founder and president of CIS - Interporto Campano for thirty years, has died.
Nola
Among the founders of Italo, the first private Italian operator on the high-speed rail network
The new two-masted ro-ro ship Neoliner Origin will arrive in Livorno tomorrow.
Vado Ligure
It has a capacity of 1,200 linear meters of rolling stock
The refinancing of the Setramar group's capital structure has been completed.
Ravenna
Merli: a crucial step in our growth journey
Liguori's term as head of the Trieste Port Authority has been extended.
Rome
Confirmed in the role of extraordinary commissioner of the institution
Agreement to complete electrification work on the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro
The 70 million euro investment to complete the project has been confirmed.
A Maersk delegation at the Grendi Group's container terminal in Cagliari's Porto Canale.
Milan
At the centre of the debate is the development of traffic towards North Africa
Geodis appoints Maurizio Bortolan as CEO for Italy
Milan
It will coordinate the three business lines Contract Logistics, Freight Forwarding and Road Transport
Port of Livorno: Protests over Gaza must not block operations.
Livorno
The members of the Partnership Body highlighted the need for it to be accessible to all vessels
GNV, agreement with Sicilian terminal operator Portitalia is positive.
Genoa
The company specified that the aim was exclusively to temporarily supplement the tariffs.
Two days of work with ESPO in Rome on the Mediterranean and European ports
Rome
Meetings organized by Assoporti
In 2024, 112 million counterfeit items were seized in the European Union.
Brussels
Record estimated value of 3.8 billion euros
Strikes and protests in ports, request for information from the Guarantor
Rome
Request for information from prefects, port authorities, and port authorities
Danaos Corporation has ordered two 7,165 TEU containerships from Dalian Shanhaiguan.
Athens
They will be taken into delivery in the third quarter of 2027
In the second quarter, freight traffic on the Austrian rail network fell by -1.4%.
Vienna
Only domestic traffic is growing
ALS (FBH Group) has acquired 80% of Trans World Shipping and Moda Express of USA.
Rozzano
The two companies have 500 employees and are active in Italy, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
Circle's revenue increased by 62.1% in the first half of 2025
Milan
Net profit of over 1.0 million euros (+1.8%)
A Ukrainian delegation hosted by the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority
Livorno
Cooperation in the field of training and safety at work in ports
The EIB is financing Phase A of Genoa's new breakwater with €300 million.
Luxembourg
The total investment is 937 million euros
This summer, GNV ships carried 1.7 million passengers (+9%)
Valencia
In the next few days the company will take delivery of "GNV Virgo", the first LNG-powered vessel
The project for the expansion, safety improvements, and extraordinary maintenance of the port of Pozzallo has been presented.
Pozzallo
It provides for the construction of the breakwater arm
Fincantieri delivers the new Star Princess cruise ship to Princess Cruises
Monfalcone
It has a gross tonnage of 177,800 tons and a capacity of 4,300 passengers.
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
Filt Cgil calls on port administrators and businesses to join the action against the Palestinian massacre.
Rome
This burden – the union highlighted – cannot be placed solely on the shoulders of dock workers.
The agreement between the Italian Merchant Marine Academy Foundation and the NATO Center in La Spezia has been renewed.
Genoa
The collaboration signed in 2023 has been confirmed
Fischer & Rechsteiner and Gimax International acquire BCUBE's Freight Forwarding business.
Genoa
The completion of the transaction is expected in the next few days
Fermerci outlines a dramatic scenario for the European rail freight transport sector
Rome
Rizzi: There is a real risk of a shift towards exclusively road transport.
Sogedim opens a new branch in Modena
Mesero
Initially, the activity will be dedicated exclusively to UK export traffic and will then extend to other European markets.
Eni completes the sale of a 30% stake in the Baleine project in Ivory Coast to Vitol.
San Donato Milanese
The field was discovered in 2021 and production started in 2023
The new PCTC Grande Svezia has joined the Grimaldi Group's fleet.
Naples
It has a maximum capacity of 9,000 ceu
The Cagliari City Council approves its opinion on the Sardinian Ports Development Plan.
Cagliari
Green light unanimously
The railway sector contributes 1.4% of the European Union's GDP.
Brussels
Study commissioned by CER
In the port of Naples, the Coast Guard has detained the bulk carrier Tanais Dream.
Naples
Serious irregularities found on board
Agreement to accelerate the implementation of robotics in Fincantieri's production processes
Trieste
It was signed with the Friulian Idea Prototipi
Sergio Liardo is the new general commander of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard
Rome
He takes over from Admiral Nicola Carlone
DBA to supply new Terminal Operating System for Georgia's Batumi Port
Villorba
The project includes all phases of development, testing and operational testing
Attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden
Portsmouth
The captain reported hearing an impact in the water and an explosion
Danilo Ricci has been appointed managing director of Tarros Line.
La Spezia
He has held various positions in Italy and abroad within the group
Permanent discussion table between Confindustria Nautica and Federagenti
Genoa
This is provided for in an agreement signed today in Genoa
In the first half of 2025, cruise traffic in Italian ports grew by +6%
Venice
The twelfth edition of Italian Cruise Day will be held in Catania on October 24th.
SAL Heavy Lift buys two semi-submersible vessels from Pan Ocean
Hamburg
They were built in 2008 and 2012
30% of Sangritana Cargo will be acquired by the Marche-based company Transadriatico
The Eagle
The sale will be completed in the next few days
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
Forum on economic and logistical integration between Ligurian ports, the Northwest manufacturing area, and Switzerland
Assoporti will meet at RemTech EXPO 2025 to discuss the green transition in Italian ports.
Ferrara
The Smart Ports Award was awarded to three Port System Authorities
DEME orders new cable-laying vessel from Singapore-based PaxOcean
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It will be built in the Chinese shipyard of Zhoushan
The first shipment of Syrian oil in 14 years arrives at the port of Trieste.
London
Part of the cargo - S&P Global Commodity Insights reports - was unloaded at the Sardinian terminal of Sarroch
In August, freight traffic in the port of Taranto grew by +20.3%
Taranto
The ferry "Drea" was also rejected by the Apulian port, where however it is temporarily stopped
Container traffic at the Port of Los Angeles remained stable in August.
Los Angeles
Volumes expected to decline in the remainder of 2025
Meeting between the port authorities of Jacksonville and Livorno
Livorno
Among the objectives, to start one or more direct services between the two ports
Italian State Railways and ENAC sign an agreement for the use of drones in infrastructure monitoring.
Rome
They will also be used to fly over sections of the railway and road network that would otherwise be difficult to monitor.
A.SPE.DO, the port of La Spezia is essential to ensuring employment, development, and a future for the local economy.
La Spezia
Landolfi: We cannot afford to underestimate its value.
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
A seminar on the new law on interports will be held in Milan on October 2nd.
Milan
It is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Padua
The eighth edition of "A Sea of Switzerland" will be held in Lugano on October 6th.
Lugano
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Foreign firms to operate 3 terminals under Ctg Port for up to 30 years; deals by December
(The Business Standard)
We'II Rebuild Apapa, Tin-Can Ports In 48 Months - Dantsoho
(Leadership)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
The MIT meets with the heads of the Italian AdSPs
Rome
Meeting on the government's strategic vision for the sector and port reform
Yang Ming orders Hanwha Ocean Co. to build seven 15,880 TEU container ships
Keelung
They will be delivered between 2028 and 2029
Over 40 expressions of interest have been received for the development of the Ukrainian port of Chornomorsk.
Kiev
Today the first meeting of the tender commission
The first commercial ship is expected at the public dock in Largo Trattaroli in Ravenna.
Ravenna
The car carrier "AICC Huanghu" is coming soon
Assiterminal's Terminal Road Show is starting
Genoa
Cognolato: We want to strengthen our ties with local communities and territories.
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach decreased by 1.3% last month.
Long Beach
Empty containers are increasing. Full containers are decreasing.
Assoporti, the Italian ports' cruise offerings presented at the Seatrade Europe fair.
Hamburg
Giampieri: We are leaders in the Mediterranean area and in Europe
Commander Claudio Tomei, USCLAC president from 2012 to 2024, has passed away.
Viareggio
His strong commitment to improving the working conditions of Italian seafarers
In the first quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports grew by +1.4%
Piraeus
Passengers down by -1.1%
HD Hyundai Samho Orders Four New Container Ships
Seoul
Order worth approximately 468 million dollars
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