Having received no further clear indications either from the administrative justice nor by ordinary justice and not even by other organs of the State on what will be the future of one of the its main investments in Italy, after the ruling of the Council of State last autumn which, accepting the appeal of the terminal operator PSA SECH had annulled the port concession held by the Genoa Port Terminal of the Spinelli group ( of 16 October 2024), the German company Hapag-Lloyd, which owns the 49% of the Spinelli group ( of the 12th January 2023), now tries to stir things up by trying to give media visibility, rather than to the story judicial situation, to the possibility that this case will put in place the investments that the company has planned in Italy, from the Genoa Port Terminal which currently continues its activity with the authorization of the Port System Authority of the Sea Western Ligurian so far granted until next month.

Thus, in a statement, Hapag-Lloyd highlights what is its commitment in Italy, where - he recalls - it employs over 500 90% of whom are based in the Ligurian capital, and points out that it is the first customer in the container segment of the port of Genoa and second customer of the entire port system national. He also recalls that Genoa represents a strategic for the group since the 90s and, for almost six years, the "capital" of the Southern Europe Region which for Hapag-Lloyd it supervises the entire Mediterranean area.

In addition, Hapag-Lloyd points out that it has invested several hundred of millions of euros in the port of Genoa also in view of large infrastructure projects such as the breakwater and the Terzo Valico railway, "on the basis - specifies the German company - of a concession initially valid until 2056, relying on a stable, reliable, trusting and with the Italian authorities and on a regulatory framework Of course."

In the press release, the Hamburg company expresses its full firepower, pointing out that "Hapag-Lloyd is the Listed German freight forwarding and logistics group, with shareholders such as Kuhne Maritime, CSAV (Compañia Sudamericana de Vapores), Qatar Holding, the Public Investment Fund and the City of Hamburg" and that "the company is one of the main international investors who have chosen – and are ready to renewing - one's trust in Italy".

"With employment levels doubling since 2018 and with the company that has taken direct responsibility of another 700 workers in the port terminal and in logistics - continues the Hapag-Lloyd Italia press release - today We are ready to reaffirm our strategic choices. Precisely because of We seek the highest level of transparency in our dealings with institutions, as part of our right and duty to protect the our investments and, by extension, our shareholders. With the fleet of around 300 ships and our involvement in the Gemini cooperation, we need certainty and reliability to continue to invest and grow our business in Italy. We cannot carry out the plans if we are faced with to a concession that - beyond our control - is suddenly considered to be expiring at the end of the next June, thirty-one years before that original date of 2056 that justified our investment in the port terminal of Genoa".

That Hapag-Lloyd expects answers from the most important politicians that justice confirms it by the conclusion of the note in which it is specifies that the company is confident and trusts "In the excellent ongoing collaboration with the Government as a basis for overcoming misunderstandings, reactivating the concession and lay the foundations for the development of traffic through Genoa as well as for the growth of employment".