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The government appeals the law of the Friuli Venice Gulia on the regional portualità
Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti exhort the executive to safeguard the role of the Harbour Authorities
July 27, 2012

This morning the Council of Ministers has deliberated the impugnativa dinanzi to the Constitutional Court of the law n. 12 of the Region Friuli Venice bringing Julia "Discipline of the portualità of regional competence", that it is promulgated 31st May ( on 24 May 2012). The decision is assumed - precise a note of Palazzo Chigi - as the regional law, that we publish below, "contains a norm that, previewing the possibility for the Region to stipulate conventions with private in exception to the state discipline in matter of use of the assets the publics".

While the unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti have exhorted the government to safeguard the role of the Harbour Authorities, threatened - they have explained the three unions - as a result of the sentence of the Regional administrative court of the Latium that "modification the system and the contents of the law the 84/94 on the ports, considering Harbour Authorities as "inserted public administrations in the consolidated economic account of Public Administration"". According to the labor organizations of category, "this determines of the most serious consequences on the role of the same Harbour Authorities that will come subordinates to not necessary constraints that in fact of it they reduce the function, the operativity and above all of it they modify the job relationship that for all the dependent of the Authorities from private becomes public". "All this - they have found Filt, Fit and Uilt - unhinging the contractual system is national is premises that they give beyond ten years is enforced and that its validity in terms of protection of the workers and efficiency of the same Authorities in the more general interest of the ports has demonstrated in the facts all".

For Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti, "are more and more urgent and not rinviabile, being given the resource to the Council of State against the sentence of the REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT Latium, a legislative provision that clarifies the role of the Harbour Authorities. Without an participation of the government and the parliament in such sense - the unions consider - a damage to the workers would be determined, a hardening of the functions and the scopes of the fallen back Harbour Authorities with the consequent ones on the operativity of the port, without no economic benefit for the State, but more rather with a concrete risk that the ports are less efficient in the system of the transports of the goods of our Country".



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Friuli Venice Julia

Regional law 31 May 2012, n. 12

Discipline of the portualità of regional competence.


HEAD I
GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Art. 1
(General Principles and purpose)

1. Law anticipates, according to article 117, third codicil, of the Constitution, let alone in performance of I decree legislative 1 April 2004, n. 111 (Norms of performance of the special charter of the concerning region Friuli-Venezia Giulia the transfer of functions in practicability matter and transports), and of I on February 9, 2009 Prime Minister's decree of the Ministers, and in harmony with the strategic objectives of the European Community, it disciplines to the organization and the operation of the Port of Monfalcone and Porto Nogaro, based on the following principles:
  1. separation between activity of administration, regulation and activity of enterprise;
  2. transparency, impartiality and good course of Public Administration;
  3. freedom of enterprise and free circulation of the people, the goods and the services;
  4. protection of the efficiency of the harbour market and the user, the general services and the harbour operations;
  5. promotion of the marine and harbour services and the harbour development in general terms, in harmony with the system of infrastructures of transport and the logistics;
  6. simplification of the procedures and control of the tempistica in the release of the authorizations and concessions.
2. The Region exercises the regulation activity on the Ports of Monfalcone and Porto Nogaro in the optical primary to favor the realization of infrastructures and the development of the functional services to the organization of a regional logistic platform that considers the existing ports in the territory of the Region, the retroportuali and intermodal areas, also in relation to the transnational corridors of traffic promoted by the European Union. The Region recognizes the strategic interest of the Ports of Trieste, Monfalcone and Porto Nogaro, of it supports the development in the respect of the competences of the State by means of opportune forms of cooperation, also with own resources, taken into consideration the characteristics and of the necessities of everyone of the ports, let alone in consideration of their role for the access to the European corridors.


Art. 2
(Attributions of the Region)

1. Made blank the functions maintained in head to the State, in relation to the requirements of unitarism, of which to article 11 of I decree legislative 111/2004, the Region it exercises the pianificatorie, programmatorie and administrative functions for the organization and the operation of the Port of Monfalcone and Porto Nogaro, second the modalities indicated to codicils 2 and 3.

2. Regional Alla Giunta is attributed the choices of harbour politics to assume with the wider participation of the institutions and the local authorities. The Regional committee, in particular:
  1. it promotes the development of the regional harbour system, in an optical of sinergica cooperation between ports, retroporti, logistics of the transports, by means of instruments of territorial planning of the ports, address for the management of the areas of harbour interest, programming of infrastructures and coordination of the resources financial institutions;
  2. program the investments with the scope to favor integration of the systems of transport and the development of the regional logistic platform in support of the harbour activities;
  3. it favors the development of the nets of communication of European interest and their interrelations with harbour, retroportuali infrastructures and the regional logistic platform;
  4. it promotes forms of cooperation between the ports of the Adriatic north for the potenziamento of the offer and best integration between ports and infrastructural and logistic nets;
  5. it supplies, in the respect of the agreed fundamental principles in the understanding of which to article 11, codicil 1, letter aa), of I decree legislative 111/2004, actions of address for the editing of the harbour Town development plan and the triennial Operations plan.
3. Competent central Alla Direzione in matter of regional portualità is up the administrative functions not attributed to the Regional committee. Such central Direction, in particular:
  1. the harbour Town development plan elaborates;
  2. it manages the triennial Operations plan of which to next article 7;
  3. it supplies to the realization of new functional infrastructures to the harbour activity, let alone to the relative maintenance;
  4. it realizes, in substitution of the State, the works of great infrastructuring of the Port of Monfalcone, in case the Region participates to you financially, in all or partially;
  5. it entrusts the supply of the services of general interest to the indifferenziata user;
  6. it assures the navigability of the harbour within supplying to the maintenance of the backdrops;
  7. it authorizes the development of the business activities and industrial, the operations and the harbour services, let alone the temporary pause of goods and materials;
  8. it releases the concessions for I use it of the state property assets in the harbour within.
4. In the matters of own competence to the regional Administration vigilance powers are attributed, regulation and decree.


Art. 3
(Attributions of the Municipality)

1. For the purposes of the Municipality anticipates law:
  1. it participates to the choices of harbour politics of which to article 2, codicil 1, by means of proposals and opinions to subject the Regional committee;
  2. it expresses the understanding on the project of the harbour Town development plan and relative varying, as expected to article 6;
  3. it takes part to the work of the advisory Committee of which to article 8.

Art. 4
(Understanding with the State)

1. To the aims of the formulation of the understanding previewed from article 11, codicil 1, letter aa), of I decree legislative 111/2004 for the planning, programming and planning of the participations in the Port of national importance of Monfalcone, the Region assures, in the within of own competences, the respect of the following addresses:
  1. participation of the marine Authority and the technical organs of the State to the process of formation of the harbour Town development plan;
  2. sharing of the program of realization of the works of great infrastructuring, as defined to article 5, codicil 9, of the law 28 January 1994, n. 84 (I reorder of the legislation in harbour matter), and next modifications;
  3. participation regional financial institution or integral assumption of the financial burdens for the realization of the works of great infrastructuring, in case of outage of resources of the State.



HEAD II
HARBOUR WITHIN AND INSTRUMENTS OF PLANNING

Art. 5
(Harbour Within)

1. The harbour within is delimited by the harbour Town development plan, that it characterizes the functional destination of the areas and defines the total order of the port, there comprised the destined areas to the industrial production, the shipbuilding activity, street, railway infrastructures and of the logistics.

2. They are considered aimed at harbour the watery mirrors, also external to the forward defenses, interested from the harbour traffic and the performance of the harbour services.

3. Areas not pertaining to the marine Federal property, provided that functional can be enclosed in the harbour within also to the exercise of the harbour activities. The regulation of the use of the private areas, in the respect of the named point of destination from the Town development plan of the port, is defined priority by means of agreements with the subject owners of the areas and the not state property systems. In case of lacked agreement the Region establishes the discipline for I use it of the private areas with administrative provision.


Art. 6
(Harbour Town development plan)

1. The formation of the harbour Town development plan and its varying happens in compliance with directive 2001/42/CE of the European Parliament and the Council, on June 27, 2001, concerning the appraisal of the effects of determined plans and programs on the atmosphere, and to the next internal norms of recepimento.

2. The project of harbour Town development plan is managed on the base of the addresses supplied from the Regional committee according to article 2.

3. The harbour Town development plan is constituted gives:
  1. an illustrative relation that describes to the objectives and the operated choices and the criteria followed in the planning of the harbour areas;
  2. graphical representations in opportune number and scale, to the aim to describe the regional planning, let alone in order to assure a clear and univocal interpretation of the contents, the norms and the procedures; for the representations they can be used computer science technologies;
  3. the definition of the times of performance, with the highly summarized description of the works and previewed equipments and the relative elements of cost;
  4. the norms of performance of the Plan.
4. The harbour Town development plan is managed of understanding with the Municipality in whose territory develops the harbour within, and, for the aims of safety of navigation and the nautical services technical, with the Marine Authority, felt the advisory Committee of which to article 8, and it is approved of in via preliminary matter from the Regional committee. After the preliminary approval, copy of the Plan is deposited near the offices of the competent central Direction and the warehouse warning contextually is published on the Gazette of the Region Friuli Venice Julia and to white the praetorian one of the territorial competent Municipality in order to allow with anyone of it has interest the presentation of oppositions and observations within the twenty next days to the publication of the warning.

5. The harbour Town development plan, eventually modified in acceptation of the oppositions and the reached observations, is approved of in definitive way from the President of the Region, on consistent deliberation of the Regional committee.

6. The harbour Town development plan of Monfalcone, as approved of in via preliminary matter, is subordinate also to the opinion of the characterized state technical organ in the understanding of which to article 11, codicil 1, letter aa), of I decree legislative 111/2004, that it is expressed within forty-five days from the demand. Passed unfruitfully such term, the opinion is returned by the competent regional structure in harbour infrastructure matter.

7. The forecasts of the harbour Town development plan are harmonized with the dispositions of the communal town-planning instruments and they cannot with these contrast. In case contrast is found the Region promotes the harmonization indicating the opportune modifications. The harmonization of the harbour Town development plan priority is promoted within appropriate conference of planning indetta from the Region, by means of understanding between all the titular agencies of pianificatoria power in the within territorial interested, that is by means of agreement of program, according to the regional norm.

8. The harbour Town development plan is put into effect on the base of a triennial program updated annually. The programming of the works of great infrastructuring in the Port of Monfalcone is subordinate to the opinion of the characterized state technical organ from the understanding of which to article 11, codicil 1, letter aa), of I decree legislative 111/2004, that it is expressed within forty-five days from the demand. Passed unfruitfully such term, the opinion is returned by the competent regional structure in harbour infrastructure matter.

9. The procedure of which to article anticipates applies also to varying to the harbour Town development plan.

10. To the planning and programming of which to the codicils precedence the ricomprese areas in the harbour within are subjected all, included those private ones.


Art. 7
(Operations plan triennial)

1. The Operations plan triennial, subject to review anniversary, defines the strategies of development of the harbour activities and the participations you turn to guarantee the attainment of the fixed objectives, comprised the general criteria for the release of the authorizations and the state property concessions there.

2. The triennial Operations plan is written up on the base of the addresses supplied from the Regional committee according to article 2 and felt the advisory Committee of which to article 8, and it is approved of by the President of the Region.



HEAD III
ADVISORY FUNCTIONS AND OF SUPPORT TO THE REGION

Art. 8
(Advisory Committee)

1. An advisory Committee is instituted for every port, composed from the competent regional City council member for matter that presides it with delegation faculty, from the central Director of the competent regional structure in matter, from a designated representative, respective, from the Province, the Municipality, the harbour operators, the industrial enterprises, the lenders of services of general interest, from the workers of the operating enterprises in the port according to article 11 and from the labor organizations, let alone, for the port of Monfalcone, from the special Company for the Port of Monfalcone and from the Consortium for the industrial development ofthe Municipality of Monfalcone and, for Porto Nogaro, from the Consortium for the industrial development of the Aussa-Horn zone. To the work of the Committee the Marine Authority is invited that participates with right to vote.

2. The Committee has advisory functions in order to the formation of the harbour Town development plan and the triennial Operations plan, let alone in order to the criteria for the release of the authorizations and the concessions and in order to the organization of the job in the port. The Committee moreover is felt in merit to other issues of general interest.

3. From the participation and the operation of the advisory Committee burdens at the expense of the budget of the Region do not derive.

4. The Committee adopts regulations for disciplining the development of its activities, that it disciplines, among other things, the modalities of convocation, the validity of the sitting and the deliberations and the form of the verbalizzazione.


Art. 9
(Institutional Collaborations)

1. Al fine to assure the highest degree than effectiveness in the development of own tasks the regional Administration is authorized to:
a) to stipulate with the subjects operating publics in the harbour withins agreements that they preview the employment of the field professionalities you anticipate there, let alone the accomplishment of performances of service to support of the Region;

b) to delegate to the special Company for the Port of Monfalcone, to the Consortium for the industrial development of the Municipality of Monfalcone and to the Consortium for the industrial development of the Aussa-Horn zone coherent tasks with the institutional scopes of the same subjects.



HEAD IV
HARBOUR ACTIVITIES

Art. 10
(Activity of enterprise)

1. The regional Administration authorizes the development of the business activities and industrial, the operations and the harbour services, let alone the temporary pause of goods and materials and entrusts the supply of the services of general interest.


Art. 11
(Authorizations for harbour operations and services)

1. The cargo, the drainage, the transfer, the warehouse, the movement generally of the goods and every are harbour operations other material, carried out in the harbour within. Those reported to specialized, complementary and accessory performances are harbour services to the cycle of the harbour operations, characterized with provision of the competent central Director, felt the advisory Committee.

2. The regional Service competent discipline and supervises on the accomplishment of the harbour operations and the harbour services, let alone on the application of the rates indicated from each enterprise.

3. The exercise of the activities of which to codicil 1, carried out on behalf own or of third party, is subject to authorization, released advance verification of the correspondence of the activities of enterprise to the triennial Operations plan, let alone of the possession by the petitioner of requirement of which to codicil 4. The authorized enterprises I am enrolled in appropriate registries and are subject to the payment of a annual canon and to the performance of a bail.

4. The release of the authorizations of which to codicil 3 it is disposed in the respect of the provision of which to the codicil 1 that determines:
  1. requirement of personal and technical-organizational character, ability financial institution, professionality of the operators and the enterprises petitioners, adapted to the activities to carry out, between which the presentation of an operating program, assisted from suitable fideiussorie guarantees also, face to the increment of the traffics and the productivity of the port, let alone the comprising determination of organic of workers to the directed dependencies also managing pictures;
  2. the criteria, the modalities and the terms in order to the release, the suspension, the forfeiture and the revocation of the autorizzativo action, let alone to the relative controls;
  3. the parameters in order to define the limits minimums and maximums of the annual canons and the bail in relation to the duration and the specificity of the authorization, held you anticipate the volume of the investments and the activities to carry out;
  4. the inherent criteria the release of specific authorizations for the exercise of harbour operations, to be carried out to the arrival or the departure of endowed ships of own mechanical means and own staff adapted to the operations to carry out, let alone for the determination of a fee and a suitable bail; such authorizations do not re-enter in the maximum number of which to codicil 7.
5. The rates of the harbour operations of which to codicil 1 they are profitable public. The authorized enterprises according to codicil 3 must communicate the rates that intend to practice in confront of the users, let alone every next variation.

6. The authorization has lasted rapportata to the proposed operating program from the enterprise. The regional Administration verification every at least anniversary the respect of the conditions previewed in the operating program.

7. The regional Administration determines the maximum number of authorizations that can be released according to codicil 3 in relation to the requirements of functionality of the port and the traffic, assuring, however, the maximum of the competition in the field.


Art. 12
(Concessions)

1. The regional Administration, made saves the necessity to reserve in the harbour within spaces operating for the development of the harbour operations by not concessionary enterprises, can grant to the subjects authorized to the development of activity of enterprise or to the supply of having services of general interest economic importance the occupation and the use, also exclusive, of state property areas and docks by means of procedures to public evidence, in the respect of the principles of transparency, impartiality and competition.

2. The regional Administration proceeds, of norm, by means of warning to be published for extracted on the Gazette of the Region Friuli Venice White Julia and on the praetorian one of the Municipality, with which it informs of the understanding to entrust in concession a marine state property area inviting the candidates to introduce within advanced a not inferior term to twenty days neither to ninety days own best one offered, in the respect of the strategies indicated in the triennial Operations plan.

3. The question of participation to the public selection, besides necessary requirement for the release of the authorization of which to article 11, it must also document:
  1. a program of coherent activity with the which put on purposes and spaces;
  2. the technical-professional suitability, satisfied from the presence of the professionalities demanded for the accomplishment of the activities correlated to the concession, attested from the directory of activities previously carried out, relevant to that object of the concession;
  3. the organizational suitability, satisfied from the adequacy of the organic one and/or technical, material and instrumental equipments;
  4. the suitability economic-financial institution, satisfied from suitable bank statements, and/or balances or extracted of budgets, and/or total turnover or relative turnover to the similar activities to those of the concession.
4. If more questions, are favorite, with motivated provision, the petitioner who offers better guarantees about the correspondence of the programs of activity of the enterprise to the characteristics and the programs of established development of the port from the triennial Operations plan.

5. The concession action, among other things:
  1. it determines the duration, the powers of vigilance and control, the modalities of eventual cession of the systems to new concessionaire;
  2. it indicates the modalities of calculation, revaluation and deposit of the relative canon;
  3. it can preview the realization of harbour works, also of great infrastructuring, at the expense of the fixed concessionaire and the relative guarantees.
6. The regional Administration carries out assessments every anniversary to the aim to verify permanere of requirement in possession at the moment of the release of the concession and the performance of the investments previewed in the activity program.

7. In the hypothesis in which independent request of concession reaches, this is published for extracted on the Gazette of the Region Friuli Venice White Julia and on the praetorian one of the Municipality, with the invitation to who of it has interest to introduce within advanced a not inferior term to twenty days neither to ninety days observations and oppositions or eventual concurrent requests. The not compatible requests with constraints of town-planning, landscaped and environmental character are irricevibili enforced.

8. With the provision of which to article 11, codicil 4, they are determined also, also in consideration of influential the national and international policies tariff on the traffic of Alto Adriatico, the parameters in order to define the limits minimums and maximums of the annual canons and the bail in relation to the duration and the specificity of the marine state property concession, held you anticipate the volume of the investments and the activities to carry out; in particular, if, according to the codicil 5, letter c), it is to exclusive cargo of the concessionaire the realization of harbour works, also of great infrastructuring, that is structures of difficult removal, the minimal limit, limitedly to the zone interested from the works, it is reduced, respective, of the 50 percent and the 25 percent. In case the hypotheses rerun both, the total reduction of the canon cannot however exceed the 50 percent.

9. It is made saves the free use of the state property pieces of real estate by public administrations for the development of functions relating to marine and harbour activities.

10. It is made, also, it saves the free use of the state property areas by subjects publics, in case the occupation of the same ones becomes necessary in order to realize work or participations of public interest.


Art. 13
(Partnership public/private - finance of project)

1. The regional Administration can stipulate conventions that, using the instrument of the marine state property concession of which to following article 36 and of the navigation code, they put into effect models of private public partnership/or of finance of project to the aim to allow the realization of works and/or infrastructures not otherwise attainable. Such conventions, according to article 17 of the regional law 20 March 2000, n. 7 (Consolidated act of the norms in matter of administrative procedure and by right of access), and of article 11 of the 7 law August 1990, n. 241 (New norms in matter of administrative procedure and by right of access to administrative documents), characterize the modalities of exercise of the concession, also in exception to the discipline in matter of use of the assets publics.

2. The procedure of selection of the enterprises that ask to realize and to manage economically harbour infrastructures with the contribution of private capital happens in the respect of the following principles:
  1. compatibility with the principles and the dispositions of the European Union;
  2. technical approval of the project, also to the aims than previewed to codicil 3;
  3. adoption of the procedures in matter of contracts for the execution of public works;
  4. acquisition of the work realized to the marine Federal property upon maturity of the concession without some indemnification for the concessionaire.
3. Al fine to allow the recovery of the carried out investments, the concessionaire, by authority received of the regional Administration, can lease, with by right private contract according to article 1571 of the civil code, the realized work to enterprises in possession of the authorization of which to article 11, towards fee of a not inferior canon to that established for analogous fattispecie.

4. The regional Administration disciplines to the relationships with the subjects publics or private owners of areas and systems, of which to article 5, codicil 3, assuring:
  1. the distribution of the services of general interest to the indifferenziata user;
  2. the application of coherent rates with the tariff regime applied in the harbour within;
  3. the participation of the precited ones subject to the managerial general burdens of the port.


Art. 14
(Approval of the projects)

1. The projects are subject to the regional discipline in matter of public works of competence of the Region.

2. For the works of great infrastructuring to come true in the harbour within of the port of Monfalcone, the project he is subordinate to the opinion of the characterized state technical organ in the understanding of which to article 11, codicil 1, letter aa), of I decree legislative 111/2004, that it is expressed within forty-five days from the demand; passed such term uselessly, the opinion is returned by the competent regional structure in harbour infrastructure matter.

3. The approval of the projects constitutes, where necessary, varying to the harbour Town development plan, subordinately, in case of contrast with the town-planning forecasts of the communal general town development plan, to the favorable accomplishment of the procedures of which to article 6, codicil 7.


Art. 15
(Resources for the development of the portualità)

1. The entrances are destined to the development of the regional portualità for a reason or purpose of:
  1. canons of concession of assets of the marine Federal property and the territorial sea comprised in the harbour within;
  2. canons for the authorizations for harbour operations and services;
  3. proceeds deriving from the supply of the services of general interest;
  4. financings finalized from Been about to the activity carried out in the harbour field and of infrastructures;
  5. financings of the European Union, let alone of other national and international organisms and public institutions for the realization of specific projects in the within of the competence matters;
  6. contributions and subsidies of the Region, public bodies, associations and private;
  7. every other jettison at sea previewed from laws or agreements;
  8. bequests and donations.
2. The entrances deriving from the canons and the proceeds of which to codicil 1, letters a), b) and c), are destined to support the expenses for the management of the Port of Monfalcone and Porto Nogaro.



HEAD V
FINAL NORMS

Art. 16
(Transitory and final Norms)

1. The authorizations and the concessions which released to the date of effectiveness of anticipate law, remain enforced until the expiration previewed from the title and the relative canons, being given the adaptation anniversary based on the Istat indices, are introitati by the regional Administration, according to article 9, codicil 5, of decree legislative 111/2004.

2. In the blackberries of the definition of the understanding with the State of which to article 4, to the aims of the acquisition of the opinion of the state technical organ, the Region, in the respect of the principle of loyal collaboration, assures the participation to the procedure by the competent Head office of the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports, let alone of the Interregional Provveditorato for the Public works for Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige and Friuli Venice Julia.

3. In the within of the ports of Monfalcone and Porto Nogaro the dispositions of law 84/1994, and next modifications, not incompatible are applied hereby law.

4. The procedures for the release of the authorizations and the concessions according to, respective, of article 16 and article 18 of law 84/1994, and next modifications, hanging to the date of effectiveness of anticipate law are defined in the respect of the national dispositions.


Art. 17
(Norms financial institutions)

1. The entrances deriving from the canons and the proceeds of which to article 15, codicil 1, letters a), b) and c), are assessed and collected on unit budgetary 3.1.104 and chapter 1865 of new institution for memory in the state of forecast of the entrance of the pluriennale budget for years 2012-2014 and of the budget for year 2012, with the denomination <<Proventi deriving from the canons of concession of assets of the marine Federal property and the territorial sea comprised in the harbour within, let alone by the authorizations for harbour operations and services and by the proceeds deriving from the supply of the services of interest generale>> and they are enrolled in the next exercise in the state of forecast of the expense of the regional budget for the purposes previewed from same article 15, codicil 2.
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They had been suspended due to the removal in the USA of the "de minimis" threshold for goods with a value of less than 800 dollars.
World Business Council for Sustainable Development Statement in Support of the IMO Net-Zero Framework
Ancona: Tax fraud in the shipbuilding sector
Ancona
Over €2.3 million in non-existent tax credits seized
CMA CGM buys British rail freight operator Freightliner
Birmingham
The transaction will be completed in early 2026
Containerized cargo at the port of Algeciras decreased by -9.4% last month
Algeciras
The 20-foot containers handled were 399 thousand (-0.7%)
Italferr participates in Europe's largest railway electrification contract
Rome
Activities within the Rail Baltica project
Freight traffic increased in the ports of Barcelona and Valencia in August
Barcelona/Valencia
In the first eight months of 2025, decreases of -1.6% and -0.3% respectively were recorded
In the June-August quarter, FedEx express courier revenues increased by +3.1%
Memphis
An average of 16.8 million express shipments were handled per day (+3.5%)
Breakthrough in the exploratory tunnel of the Brenner Base Tunnel
Milan/Rome
At 64 kilometers, it will be the longest underground railway connection in the world.
Tender launched for privatization of Croatian shipyard 3. MAJ Rijeka 1905
Zagreb
The starting bid is 6.66 million euros.
To decarbonize, shipping should join forces with other hard-to-abate sectors
London
This is highlighted by a report by Accelleron which believes that a critical mass of demand is necessary to overcome a stalemate phase.
COSCO Reassures Customers on Impact of New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Vessels
Shanghai
We - the Chinese company assured - will maintain competitive freight rates and surcharges.
Shipping is still far from the target of 5-10% of fuel used coming from scalable, zero-emission sources by 2030
Copenhagen
The need to introduce incentives was underlined
Spain's Boluda acquires Transfesa's intermodal rail freight services.
Valencia
The agreement also includes industrial services, railway maintenance and shunting activities and intermodal terminals.
Til (MSC Group) to become a shareholder in Turkey's Petkim container port
Til (MSC Group) to become a shareholder in Turkey's Petkim container port
Baku
Agreement with the Azerbaijani oil group SOCAR
German and Austrian trailer manufacturers challenge EU regulation to reduce truck environmental impact
Berlin/Brussels
They denounce that its application leads to an increase in traffic volumes and therefore emissions.
The Venice Marghera station has been equipped with a track compliant with European TEN-T standards
Venice
A 740-meter freight track has been opened.
World Shipping Council introduces Cargo Safety Program to prevent ship fires
Washington
It is based on artificial intelligence and traditional goods inspections
Rheinmetall to enter naval shipbuilding sector by acquiring Naval Vessels Lürssen
Bremen
Lürssen Group to focus on megayacht production
The British government is investing half a billion pounds to reduce shipping emissions.
London
Private investments of 700 million expected
HMM signs new 10-year contract with Vale for iron ore transport
Seoul
It is worth around $310 million.
The Campania Port Authority reaches an agreement with UNIPORT and Assiterminal
Naples
The regional tax - highlights the port authority - risks undermining the competitiveness of ports
IAPH and WCO publish updated guidelines on cooperation between customs and port authorities
Tokyo/Brussels
Contributed by the World Shipping Council
ABB and Blykalla collaborate on nuclear marine propulsion
Stockholm
The agreement focuses on small modular fast reactors developed by the Swedish company
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Saipem wins new offshore contract worth approximately $1.5 billion in Türkiye
Milan
It is related to the third phase of the Sakarya gas field development project.
In the second quarter, freight traffic in the port of Civitavecchia grew by +5.7%
Civitavecchia
Record for cruise passengers this period
Uniport and Assiterminal oppose the additional fees demanded of port operators by the Campania Region.
Rome
Amount between 10% and 25% of the annual state fee
The first train from Belgium under the FS Logistix-Lineas agreement has arrived in Segrate.
Milan
Five return connections per week to Antwerp are scheduled
Modernization works are underway at the passenger terminal at the port of Igoumenitsa.
Naples
Grimaldi takes delivery of the PCTC "Grand Auckland"
Damage to submarine cables in the Red Sea
Portsmouth
According to the International Cable Protection Committee, the cause could be ship traffic
Dutch company Damen to build 24 naval vessels for British company Serco
Gorinchem/Amsterdam
Green light for a €270 million bridging loan to the shipbuilding company.
DP World to build and operate container terminal at Montreal's new Contrecœur port
Dubai/Montreal
It will become operational in 2030
Expansion work has begun at the Vienna South intermodal terminal.
Vienna
Annual traffic capacity expected to increase by 44%
In July, ship traffic in the Suez Canal increased by +0.8%
Cairo
In the first seven months of 2025, a decrease of -10.2% was recorded
In July, freight traffic in the ports of Genoa and Savona-Vado decreased by -3.0%
Genoa
The decline was limited by increased oil traffic in the Vado harbor. Ferry traffic dropped 9.9%.
Trump nominates Laura DiBella as chair of the Federal Maritime Commission.
Washington
The nomination of Robert Harvey as commissioner of the federal agency has also been forwarded to the Senate.
Genoa's new dam: a modification has been approved to allow for completion of work by the end of 2027.
Genoa
Phase A and Phase B works will be carried out rather than sequentially
Assiterminal, simplify and standardize dredging procedures to restore the operational competitiveness of ports.
Taranto Recommends: The Regasification Plant Would Promote the Port's Revitalization
Taranto
Melucci: a lifeline for the entire port system and for our city's economic growth.
Cargo and cruise traffic in eastern Sicily ports is on the rise
Catania
In the container segment, an increase of +27.9% was recorded
FS Logistix and Lineas form joint venture to manage the Antwerp Mainhub Terminal
Antwerp
Rail services between Antwerp and Milan expected to increase
Attack on a product tanker in the Red Sea
Southampton
A missile fell near the ship which suffered no damage
Sea trials have been completed for the new GNV Virgo ro-pax vessel.
Genoa
It will be GNV's first liquefied natural gas ship
In the first half of the year, Singamas' container sales decreased by -10%.
Hong Kong
The average selling price dropped by -3.8%
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
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
Geodis appoints Maurizio Bortolan as CEO for Italy
Milan
It will coordinate the three business lines Contract Logistics, Freight Forwarding and Road Transport
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.
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
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.
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
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
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
DEME orders new cable-laying vessel from Singapore-based PaxOcean
Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht
It will be built in the Chinese shipyard of Zhoushan
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
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.
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
Container traffic at the Port of Long Beach decreased by 1.3% last month.
Long Beach
Empty containers are increasing. Full containers are decreasing.
Assiterminal's Terminal Road Show is starting
Genoa
Cognolato: We want to strengthen our ties with local communities and territories.
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
Trieste: Fraudulent bankruptcy in the shipbuilding sector
Trieste
Investigation into a company based in Palermo
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong fell by 7.4% in August.
Hong Kong
In the first eight months of 2025 the decline was -3.8%
BigLift Shipping and CY Shipping order two additional heavy lift vessels
Amsterdam
Order placed at Chinese shipyard Jing Jiang Nanyang Shipbuilding Co.
Container traffic at the port of Singapore continued to decline in August
Singapore
Total volume of goods increased by +1.1%
The Charthage ferry was placed under administrative detention in the port of Genoa
Genoa
A Coast Guard inspection found numerous deficiencies
Disney Cruise Line's largest ship's debut delayed by three months
Lake Buena Vista
Construction delays force the maiden voyage to be postponed until March 10th.
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
Stena Line to buy Latvian port operator Terrabalt
Gothenburg
It handles rolling stock, bulk cargo, and general cargo traffic in the port of Liepaja.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
DHL eCommerce has acquired a minority stake in Saudi Arabia's AJEX Logistics Services.
Bonn/Riyadh
The Middle Eastern company has two thousand employees
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
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