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the Law court of the EU has confirmed the regularity of the nomination of Haralambides to president of the Harbour Authority of Brindisi
"article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE - the sentence explains - must be interpreted in the sense that does not allow with a Member States to reserve to own citizens the exercise of the functions of president of a Harbour Authority"
September 11, 2014

The Law court of the European Union, pronouncing itself with respect to the cause that opposes the Greek Hercules Haralambides against Calogero Casilli and in confronts of the ministry of Infrastructures and of the Transports and the harbour agency and the local governments of Brindisi, it has sentenziato that a foreign national can approach the charge of president of an Italian Harbour Authority.

Haralambides was named president of the Harbour Authority of Brindisi in 2011. Against such nomination the excluded competitor Calogero Casilli had introduced resorted asking the Regional administrative court of the Apulia to cancel it as Haralambides could not cover such assignment not being Italian national. In 2012 the REGIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE COURT had cancelled the nomination and successively the Council of State had decided to suspend the procedure and to put again to the Law court of the EU some prejudicial issues.

The sentence of the Court of Strasbourg, that we publish below, specific that "article 45, paragraphs from 1 to 3, TFUE sanctions the fundamental principle of the free circulation of the workers and the abolition of any discrimination, founded on the nationality, between the workers of the Member States. Article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE - the Court remembers - preview however that the dispositions of such article are not applicable to employ in Public Administration". The sentence continues specifying that "from the information communicated from the Italian government turns out that the powers of the president of a Harbour Authority constitute a marginal part of its activity, which in general terms anticipate a technical character and of economic management that cannot be modified from their exercise. Moreover, according to saying government, such same powers can be practised only in occasional way or exceptional circumstances. In such context, a general exclusion of the access of the citizens of other Member States to the charge of president of an Italian harbour authority constitutes a discrimination founded on the prohibited nationality from article 45, paragraphs from 1 to 3, TFUE. To light of the considerations that precede - the Court concludes - it is necessary to answer to the first issue declaring that, in circumstances as those of which to the main procedure, article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE it must be interpreted in the sense that does not allow with a Member States to reserve to own citizens the exercise of the functions of president of a Harbour Authority".


Law court of the European Union

Della Corte SENTENCE (Second Section)

10 september 2014 (*)

"Prejudicial dismissal - Free circulation of the workers - Article 45, paragraphs 1 and 4, TFUE - Notion of worker - Employs in Public Administration - Loaded with president of a harbour authority - Participation to the exercise of the publics powers - Requisitioned of the nationality"

In the C-270/13 cause,

having to object the question of pronounces prejudicial proposal to the Court, according to article 267 TFUE, from the Council of State (Italy), with decree of 8 January 2013, reached in papal chancery on May 17, 2013, in the proceedings

Iraklis Haralambidis

against

Calogero Casilli,

regarding:

Harbour authority of Brindisi,
Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports,
Region Apulia,
Province of Brindisi,
Municipality of Brindisi,
Industry, Chamber of Commerce, Handicraft and Agriculture of Brindisi,

The COURT (Second Section),

composed from R. Silva de Lapuerta, president of section, J.L by Cruz Vilaça (reporter), G. Arestis, J. - C. Bonichot and To. Arabadjiev, judges,

general lawyer: N. Wahl
chancellor: To. Impellizzeri, administrator

seen the written phase of the procedure and as a result of the audience on March 26, 2014,

considered the introduced observations:

- for I. Haralambidis, from G. Giacomini, R. Damonte, G. Scuras and G. Demartini, lawyers;
- for C. Casilli, from Russian R., lawyer;
- for the Harbour Authority of Brindisi, from G. Giacomini and R. Damonte, lawyers;
- for the Italian government, from G. Palmieri, in quality of agent, assisted from Florentine S., lawyer of the State;
- for the Spanish government, from J. García-Valdecasas Dorrego, in quality of agent;
- for the government of the Low Countries, from B. Koopman and M. Bulterman, in quality of agents;
- for the EU commission, from G. Gattinara, D. Martin and H. Tserepa-Lacombe, in quality of agents,

felt the conclusions of the general lawyer, introduced to the audience on June 5, 2014,

it has pronounced the following one

Sentence

The 1 question of pronounces prejudicial concerns on the interpretation of article 45 TFUE, 49 TFUE, 51 TFUE, of directive 2006/123/CE of the European Parliament and the Council, on December 12, 2006 relative to the services in home market (GU L 376, p. 36), let alone of article 15 and 21, paragraph 2, of the Paper of the fundamental rights of the European Union (in prosieguo: the "Paper").

2 Such question is proposed within a controversy between the Mr. Haralambidis, Greek citizen, and the Mr. Casilli, with respect to the nomination of the Mr. Haralambidis to president of the Harbour Authority of Brindisi.


The Italian right

3 article 51 of the Italian Constitution arranges that "[t] utti the citizens of one or the other sex can approach the offices publics and the elective charges in equality conditions, second requirement established from the law" and that "[l] to law can, for the admission to the publics offices and to the elective charges, to parificare to the citizens the Italians not pertaining to the Republic".

4 From the dismissal decree it emerges that the expression "the Italians not pertaining to the Republic" indicates the citizens of Italian nationality abroad residents.

5 article 38, paragraphs 1 and 2, of I decree on March 30, 2001 legislative, n. 165, bringing general norms on the ordering of the job to the dependencies of the public administrations (ordinary supplement to the GURI n. 106 on May 9, 2001; in prosieguo: "I decree legislative n. 165/01"), so arrange:

"1. The citizens of the Member States of the European Union can approach the places of work near the public administrations that do not imply direct or indirect exercise of publics powers, that is do not concern to the protection of the national interest.

2. With I Prime Minister's decree of the Ministers (…) the places and the functions are characterized for which it cannot be prescinded from the possession of the Italian citizenship, let alone indispensable requirement to the access of the citizens of which to codicil 1".

6 I on February 7, 1994 Prime Minister's decree of the Ministers, n. 174, "Regulations bringing norms on the access of the citizens of the Member States of the European Union to the places of work near public administrations" (GURI n. 61 on March 15, 1994), designates to the places and the functions for which the Italian citizenship is demanded. Such I decree is adopted in application of I decree that it has preceded I decree legislative n. 165/01, that is I decree on February 3, 1993 legislative, n. 29 (GURI n. 30 on February 6, 1993), the whose editing did not introduce meaningful differences regarding I decree legislative n. 165/01.

7 article 1, paragraph 1, letter b), of I decree on February 7, 1994, n. 174, so preview:

"The places of the public administrations for the access to which it cannot be prescinded from the possession of the Italian citizenship are the following ones:

(…)

b) the places with functions of administrative summit of the peripheral structures of the public administrations of the State, also to independent ordering, of the not economic public bodies, the provinces and the municipalities let alone of the E regions the Bank of Italy".

8 From the dismissal decree it emerges that the harbour authority is a public organism, created from the law on January 28, 1994, n. 84, bringing I reorder of the legislation in harbour matter (ordinary supplement to the GURI n. 28 on February 4, 1994; in prosieguo: the "law n. 84/94").

9 article 6 of the law n. 84/94 so preview:

"1. In the ports of (…) Brindisi (…) the harbour authority with the following tasks is instituted (…):

a) address, programming, coordination, promotion and control of the harbour operations (…) and of exercised commercial and industrial other asset in the ports, with powers of regulation and decree, also in reference to safety regarding risks of incidents connected to such activities and to the conditions of hygiene of the job (…);

b) ordinary and extraordinary maintenance of the common parts in the harbour within (…);

c) confidence and control of the activities directed to the supply under onerous title to the harbour users of services of general interest, not coinciding neither closely connected to the harbour operations (…) characterized with I decree of the Minister of the transports and navigation.

2. The harbour authority has by right public legal personality and is equipped of administrative autonomy except how much having from article 12, let alone of autonomy budgetary and financial institution in the limits previewed from law anticipates. To it the dispositions are not applied of which to the law 20 March 1975, n. 70, and next modifications, let alone the 3 dispositions of which to I decree legislative February 1993, n. 29, and next modifications and integrations, made exception for how much specifically previewed from codicil 2 of article 23 of law anticipates.

3. The patrimonial management and financial institution of the harbour authority are disciplined by regulations of accounting approved of from the Minister of the transports and navigation, together with the Minister of the treasure. The consuntivo account of the harbour authorities is attached to the state of forecast of the navigation and Ministry of Transportation for the next exercise to that in which the same one is approved of.

4. The statement of the management financial institution of the harbour authority is subject to the control of the State Audit Court.

(…)”.

10 article 7 of the law n. 84/94 so arrange:

“(…)

2. The emolument of the president (…) they are at the expense of the budget of the authority and are determined by the committee within the established maximum limits (…) with I decree of the Minister of the transports and navigation (…).

3. With I decree of the Minister of the transports and of navigation they are arranged the revocation of the mandate of the president and the issolution of the harbour committee in case:

a) passed the term of which to article 9, codicil 3, letter a), the triennial operations plan is not approved of in the next term of thirty days;

(…)

c) the consuntivo account evidences a deficit.

(...)”.

11 article 8 of the law n. 84/94 are written up in the following terms:

“1. The president is named, advance understanding with the interested Region, with decrees of the Minister of the transports and navigation, within a tern of experts of maximum and proven professional qualification in the fields of the economy of the transports and harbour (…).

(...)

2. The president has the representation of the harbour authority, remains in charge four years and can be reconfirmed a single time. (…)

(...)

3. The president of the harbour authority:

a) the harbour committee presides;

b) it subjects the harbour committee, for the approval, the triennial operations plan;

c) it subjects the harbour committee, for the adoption, the harbour town development plan;

d) the pre-emptive budget subjects to the harbour committee the outlines of regarding deliberations and the relative variations, the consuntivo account and the treatment of the general secretary, let alone the recepimento of relative the contractual agreements to the staff of the technical-operating secretariat;

e) it proposes to the harbour committee the outlines of regarding deliberations the concessions of which to article 6, codicil 5;

f) it supplies to the coordination of the activities carried out in the port from Public Administration, let alone to the coordination and the control of the activities subject to authorization and concession, and of the harbour services; (…)

(...)

h) it administers the areas and the assets of the marine Federal property comprised in the within of the territorial administrative division of which to article 6, codicil 7, on the base of the dispositions of law in matter, exercising, felt the harbour committee, the attributions established in articles from 36 to 55 and 68 of the navigation code and in the relative norms of performance;

i) it exercises the competences attributed to the harbour authority from article 16 and 18 and releases, felt the harbour committee, the authorizations and the concessions of which to same articles when these have lasted not advanced to four years, determining the amount of the relative canons (…);

l) it promotes the institution of the association of the harbour job (…);

m) it assures the navigability in the harbour within (…). To the aims of the participations of excavation and maintenance of the backdrops it can call, assuming of the presidency, a conference of services with the interested administrations to conclude itself in the term of sixty days. In the indifferibili cases of necessity and urgency it can adopt provisions of coactive character (…);

n) it exercises the tasks of proposal in matter of marking out of the bonded areas, felt the marine authority and the interested local governments;

n-second) other competence exercises every that is not attributed by anticipates law to the other organs of the harbour authority”.

12 According to article 12 of the law n. 84/94, rubricato “Vigilance on the harbour authority”:

“1. The harbour authority is subordinate to the vigilance of the Minister of the transports and navigation.

2. The deliberations of the relative president and the harbour committee are subordinates to the approval of the vigilance authority:

a) to the approval of the forecast budget, of eventual notes of variation and the consuntivo account;

b) to the determination of the organic one of the technical-operating secretariat;

(…)”.

13 article 18 of the law n. 84/94, to which ago dismissal article 8, codicil 3, letter i), of this same law, has to object the “concession of areas and docks” and previews that it is up to the harbour authority to attribute to such concessions to the enterprises for the accomplishment of harbour operations and/or the supply of harbour services. Such article previews moreover that the realization and the management of works relating to the marine and harbour activities are subordinated to concession of the harbour authority also to carry out inside of the port.

14 From the answer of the Italian government to the written questions places from the Court turn out that the president of the harbour authority is the qualified administrative authority to exercise the previewed functions from article 54 of the navigation code, approved of with the regal one decrees on March 30, 1942, n. 327, dawned to the law on March 7, 2001, n. 51, that is to emit an administrative provision with which to enjoin to who it occupies areas of the marine Federal property illicit, situated in the harbour within, to restore the state of the places, with faculty, in implementation defect, to supply compulsory placing the expenses at the expense of the interested one.


Main procedure and prejudicial issues

15 On April 6, 2010, expiration date of the mandate of the president of the Harbour Authority of Brindisi, is started the procedure for the nomination of a new president by the minister of Infrastructures and the Transports (already minister of the Transports and Navigation; in prosieguo: the “minister”).

16 Within such procedure the Province of Brindisi, the Municipality of Brindisi and the Industry, Chamber of Commerce, Handicraft and Agriculture of Brindisi have designated everyone, in compliance with article 8, codicil 1, of the law n. 84/94, a tern of experts in the fields of the economy of the transports and harbour, between which the Mr. Haralambidis and the Mr. Casilli.

17 With I decree on June 7, 2011 the minister has named the Mr. Haralambidis president of the harbour authority of Brindisi.

18 the Mr. Casilli has proposed rerun dinanzi to the Regional administrative court for the Apulia asking the cancellation for such decrees. To foundation of its resource the Mr. Casilli supported that the Mr. Haralambidis could not be named president of such authority since it did not possess the Italian citizenship.

19 As a result of the acceptation of the resource on the foundation of article 51 of the Italian Constitution, the Mr. Haralambidis has interposed appeal dinanzi to the judge of the dismissal.

20 In the dismissal decree the Council of State observes that in Italian right the issue of the legal qualification of the harbour authorities is many times over mail until from the moment of their institution and that in the jurisprudence - also in that of the Council of State - these last ones are characterized as “economic public bodies” or “public bodies”.

21 To such purpose the judge of the precise dismissal that the configuration of the legal nature of the harbour authority assumes relief in so far as to its presidency is named a natural person of not Italian citizenship, considering that, in the hypothesis in which to such harbour authority nature of economic public body had to be recognized that acts by right in private regime, could not set obstacles of kind to such nomination. On the other hand, if to the same authority public body nature had to be recognized who institutionally work in by right public regime, and that therefore connotes of full authority which “Public Administration”, the solution would turn out various.

22 Orbene, according to the judge of the dismissal, is undeniable that the competences of the president of a harbour authority, previewed which to article 8, codicil 3, of the law n. 84/94, have pubblicistica nature. The same specific judge who said president must assure the navigability of the harbour zone, manage the harbour town development plan and elaborate the triennial operations plan.

23 Moreover, the Council of State finds that the activity of the president of a harbour authority does not appear configurabile which relationship of job subordinated to the dependencies of an administration, but which assumption of a conferred fiduciary assignment from the governmental authority of the Italian, temporary limited State and to carry out as president of a legal person led back from the right of the Union a by right public organism.

24 In such context, the Council of State has decided to suspend the procedure and to subject to the Court the following prejudicial issues:

“1) Appearing inconferente to the species case [nomination of a citizen of other Member States of the European Union to President of a Harbour Authority, qualificabile legal person as by right public organism] the exclusion arranged from art. the 45 TFUE § the 4, as regarding (...) working hypotheses subordinated with Public Administration (if [...] under investigation not subsistent) and - nevertheless - being however the fiduciary assignment of President of the Harbour Authority [of riguardabile Brindisi] which “job activity” broadly speaking, (...) if the clause of reserve for the accomplishment of the same assignment in favor of the single Italian nationals sostanzi - or less - a discrimination on the nationality prohibited from the art. 45 same.

2) [S] and the acquitted assignment which President of an Italian Harbour Authority by the citizen of other Member States of the European Union can - otherwise - shape himself as re-entering in the plant right of which to art. the 49 and ss. TFUE and if, in this case, the by right internal prohibition to the performance of the same assignment by not the Italian national sostanzi - or less - a discrimination founded on the nationality, that is if such circumstance can be deemed excluded from above-mentioned art. the 51 TFUE.

3) [S] and the acquitted assignment which President of an Italian Harbour Authority by the citizen of other Member States of the uropea Union [and] can - about to subordine - shape which performance of “service”, [to] the senses of directive 2006/123/CE, if the exclusion [of] the application of the same directive to the harbour services less finds or also to the aims that interest here and - where this was not - if the by right internal prohibition to the performance of the same assignment sostanzi - or less - a discrimination founded on the nationality.

4) [The] n via of extreme subordine (...) if the acquitted assignment which President of an Italian Harbour Authority by the citizen of other Member States of where which deemed the European Union, not inquadrabile in suesposte the forecasts, can - however - be regarded in via more general, [to] the senses of art. the 15 of [the Paper], which prerogative re-entering in the right of the communitarian citizen “to work, to settle or lend services in any Member States”, also to prescind from the specific contained dispositions “of field” in the articles. 45 and 49 and ss. TFUE, let alone in relative directive 2006/123/CE to the services in the home market, and if, therefore, the by right internal prohibition to the performance of the same assignment contrasts - or less - with equally the general prohibition of discrimination based on the citizenship contemplated from art. the 21, codicil 2, of foretold [the Paper]”.


On the prejudicial issues

On the first issue

25 With the first issue the judge of the dismissal asks in short if, if article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE are applicable to a situation as that of which to the main procedure, such disposition must be interpreted in the sense that does not allow with a Member States to reserve to own citizens the exercise of the functions of president of a harbour authority.

On the notion of “worker” according to article 45, paragraph 1, TFUE

26 In via preliminary matter it is necessary to find that from the decree of dismissal, and in particular from the literal tenor of the first issue, it emerges that the judge of the dismissal nutre doubts on the nature of the activity exercised from the president of a harbour authority. According to saying judge, such activity according to does not appear configurabile which relationship of job subordinate of article 45 TFUE.

27 To such purpose it is necessary to remember that the notion of “worker” according to article 45 TFUE has independent capacity own of the right of the Union and it does not go interpreted (v restrictively., in particular, sentence Commission/Low Countries, C 542/09, EU: C: 2012:346, point 68).

28 Therefore, it must be qualified as “working” according to article 45 TFUE anyone carries out real and effective activities, to exclusion of activities so reduced to set itself as pure marginal and accessory. The characteristic of the job relationship is given, second the jurisprudence of the Court, from the circumstance that a person supplies for a sure period of time, in favor of another and under the direction of this last one, performances in counterpart of which receive one salary and wage (v. Lawrie-Blum sentences, 66/85, EU: C: 1986:284, point 17, and Petersen, C 544/11, EU: C: 2013:124, point 30).

29 it achieves some that the subordination relationship and the payment of a salary and wage forms the constituent elements of any relationship of employment, provided that the professional activity in question you anticipate a real and effective character.

30 As for the subordination relationship, from the law n. 84/94 turn out that the minister has of directive powers and control let alone, if of the case, of endorsement in he confronts of the president of a harbour authority.

31 In fact, the minister nomination the president of such a authority for a renewable mandate four-year-old a single time (article 8, codicils 1 and 2, of the law n. 84/94) and can revoke it if the relative triennial operations plan to the management of the port is not approved of and if the consuntivo account evidences a deficit, that is in case of bad management financial institution [article 7, codicil 3, letters a) and c), of the law n. 84/94]. From the answer of the Italian government to the written questions places from the Court also emerge that the minister can arrange the “revocation” of the president of a harbour authority “in the cases in which not insignificant irregularities are found, under the managerial profile, such to determine prejudice for the correct management of the agency. Moreover, the cases can involve the revocation of the assignment in which the behavior of the president it is not in compliance with the principles of loyalty and mutual collaboration”.

32 the minister exercises moreover vigilance powers as he approves of the deliberations of the president of relative the harbour authority, in particular, to the approval of the budget of forecast, eventual notes of variation and the consuntivo account, let alone to the determination of organic of the technical-operating secretariat [article 12, codicil 2, letters a) and b), of the law n. 84/94].

33 On the other hand, as observed from the general lawyer to paragraph 32 of its conclusions, the place of president of a harbour authority typically does not possess the characteristics associated to the functions of an independent supplier of services, that is a greater flexibility with regard to the choice of the type of job and the tasks to carry out, to the way in which such job or such tasks must be carried out let alone to the timetable and the place of job, and a greater freedom in the selection of own collaborators.

34 it achieves some that the activities of the president of a harbour authority are exercised under the direction and the control of the minister and, therefore, within a subordination relationship, according to the jurisprudence cited to point 28 of anticipates sentence.

35 As for the emolument of the president of a harbour authority, from the answer of the Italian government to the written questions places from the Court turn out that it is defined by decrees on March 31, 2003 of the minister. According to saying I decree, such emolument is determined based on the previewed fundamental economic treatment for the general leaders of the ministry. It is therefore fixed with reference to that of a high civil employee of Public Administration.

36 Such emolument is poured to the president of a harbour authority as fee for the development of the tasks that are entrusted to it by the law. It anticipates therefore the characteristics of prevedibilità and regularities inborn in a job relationship subordinate.

37 Occorre last to find that, as emerges from the dismissal decree, in the proceedings main the real and effective character of the functions exercised from the president of a harbour authority is not contested (v. Lawrie-Blum sentence, EU: C: 1986:284, point 21, last phrase).

38 he must himself therefore be declared that, in circumstances as those of which to the main procedure, the president of a harbour authority must be considered a worker according to article 45, paragraph 1, TFUE.

39 Such conclusion cannot be inficiata from the affirmation of the judge of the dismissal second which the nomination to president of a harbour authority cannot be shaped as a job relationship that places in the within of the “Civil Service”, but corresponds to the assumption of a “conferred fiduciary assignment” from a governmental and connected authority to the exercise of public functions.

40 In fact, according to constant jurisprudence, the public or by right by right private nature of the legal nexus of the job relationship is insignificant as for the application of article 45 TFUE (v. Sotgiu sentences, 152/73, EU: C: 1974:13, point 5, and Bettray, 344/87, EU: C: 1989:226, point 16).

41 Moreover, the Court has already declared, in the within of the appraisal of the existing relationship between a member of a board of directors of a society of capitals and such same society, than the member of a council of that sort, which supplies, in exchange for a salary and wage, performances to the society that has named it and of which it is part integrating, that it exercises own activity under the direction or the control of another organ of such society and that, anytime, it can be revoked from its functions, satisfies the conditions for being qualified worker according to the jurisprudence of the Court (Danosa sentence, C 232/09, EU: C: 2010:674, point 51).

On the notion of “employment in Public Administration” according to article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE

42 article 45, paragraphs from 1 to 3, TFUE sanctions the fundamental principle of the free circulation of the workers and the abolition of any discrimination, founded on the nationality, between the workers of the Member States. Article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE preview however that the dispositions of such article are not applicable to employ in Public Administration.

43 Second the jurisprudence of the Court, the notion of “Public Administration” according to article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE must receive a uniform interpretation and an application in the entire Union and cannot therefore be remittance to the total discrezionalità of the Member States (v., in particular, Sotgiu sentences, EU: C: 1974:13, point 5, and Colegio de Oficiales de Marina Mercante Española, C 405/01, EU: C: 2003:515, point 38). Moreover, such exception must receive an interpretation that of it you limit the capacity to how much it is closely necessary in order to safeguard the interests that it allows with the Member States of protecting (v. sentence Colegio de Oficiales de Marina Mercante Española, C 405/01, EU: C: 2003:515, point 41).

44 To such purpose the Court has already declared that the notion of “Public Administration” according to article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE regards the places that imply the participation, directed or indirect, to the exercise of the publics powers and to the duties that have to object the protection of the general interests of the State or the other public collectivities and presuppose therefore, by their holders, the existence of a particular relationship of solidarity regarding the State let alone the reciprocity of the rights and duties that constitute the foundation of the tie of citizenship (v., in particular, sentences Commission/Greece, C 290/94, EU: C: 1996:265, point 2, and Colegio de Oficiales de Marina Mercante Española, EU: C: 2003:515, point 39).

45 On the other hand, the exception of which to article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE it does not find application to employs that, also depending on the State or from other public bodies, they do not imply however some participation to tasks being up to Public Administration properly said (sentences Commission/Greece, EU: C: 1996:265, point 2, and Colegio de Oficiales de Marina Mercante Española, EU: C: 2003:515, point 40).

46 Occorre therefore to verify if the functions attributed to the president of a harbour authority involve powers of imperium and the protection of the general interests of the State, that they justify consequently that they are classified to the Italian nationals.

47 article 8, codicil 3, of the law n. 84/94 list the attributed tasks to the president of a harbour authority.

48 it must first of all be stated that, besides the presidency of the harbour committee, the activities contemplated from article 8, codicil 3, letters from a) to e) and n), of such law are limited to proposal functions, by the president of a harbour authority, to the harbour committee, of some measures connected to the ordinary management of the port.

49 Such activities cannot re-enter in the exception previewed from article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE, so much more than the president of the harbour authority it does not have decisional power, that it is up instead to the harbour committee.

50 Of the pairs, the competences described to article 8, codicil 3, letters f) and l), of the law n. 84/94, as they preview only powers of coordination and promotion of activity of other agencies, cannot re-enter in the exercise of the publics powers and the functions whose objective is the protection of the general interests of the State.

51 In purpose it goes observed that from the issue introduced to the Court it does not emerge that the agencies of which the president of a harbour authority guarantees the coordination or promotes the activity is they same preplaces to the development of functions of Public Administration according to article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE.

52 True it is that, in force of article 8, codicil 3, letter i), of the law n. 84/94, read in joint provision with article 18 of such law, the president of the harbour authority exercises the competences that are attributed to the harbour authority and release authorizations and concessions of areas and docks to enterprises that intend to carry out harbour operations or to supply harbour services.

53 However, contrarily to supported how much from the governments Spanish and Dutch, not even the release of such authorizations and such concessions, as management actions that obey to considerations of mainly economic nature, can be considered re-entering within application of article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE.

54 At last, under certain circumstances, the president of a harbour authority, in the exercise of the powers of injunction of which he arranges, is legitimized to adopt provisions of coactive character intended to the protection of the general interests of the State, if of species of integrity of the common assets.

55 Between the number of such powers of injunction they figure, on one side, in the within of the functions of administration of the areas and of the assets of the marine Federal property, the power to enjoin to who it illicit occupies state property zones situated in the harbour within to put again in pristine the state of the places, with faculty, in case of nonperformance of the injunction, to compulsory order to the restoration to expenses of the offender [article 8, codicil 3, letter h), of the law n. 84/94, in joint provision with article 54 of the navigation code].

56 From the other side, in application of article 8, codicil 3, letter m), of the law n. 84/94, the president of the harbour authority assures the navigability in the harbour within let alone the execution of work of excavation and maintenance of the seabeds. To such fine, and in indifferibili cases of necessity and urgency, the president has the power to adopt provisions of coactive character.

57 Such competences, implying the exercise of imperium powers, can re-enter in the exception to the free circulation of the workers previewed from article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE.

58 However, the resource to such exception cannot be justified from the single fact that the national right attributes imperium powers to the president of a harbour authority. It is necessary pure that such powers effectively are exercised in habitual way said holder and they do not represent a reduced part a lot of its activities.

59 In fact, as reminded to point 43 of sentence anticipates, it dictates exception must receive an interpretation that of it you limit the capacity to how much it is closely necessary in order to safeguard the general interests of the interested Member States, that they cannot turn out in danger in case imperium powers are only exercised in sporadic way, or quite exceptionally, by citizens of other Member States (v. sentences Colegio de Oficiales de Marina Mercante Española, EU: C: 2003:515, point 44; Anker and to, C 47/02, EU: C: 2003:516, point 63, let alone Commission/France, C 89/07, EU: C: 2008:154, point 14).

60 Orbene, from the information communicated from the Italian government turn out that the powers of the president of a harbour authority constitute a marginal part of its activity, which in general terms anticipate a technical character and of economic management that cannot be modified from their exercise. Moreover, according to saying government, such same powers can be practised only in occasional way or exceptional circumstances.

61 In such context, a general exclusion of the access of the citizens of other Member States to the charge of president of an Italian harbour authority constitutes a discrimination founded on the prohibited nationality from article 45, paragraphs from 1 to 3, TFUE.

62 To light of the considerations that precede, it is necessary to answer to the first issue declaring that, in circumstances as those of which to the main procedure, article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE it must be interpreted in the sense that does not allow with a Member States to reserve to own citizens the exercise of the functions of president of a harbour authority.

On the issues from the second one to the fourth

The 63 issues from the second one to the fourth are placed in via subordinated and the hypothesis in which article 45 TFUE he was not applicable to the main procedure.

64 Taken into consideration the answer supplied to the first issue, it is not necessary to answer to the other issues.


On the expenses

65 Regarding the parts in the proceedings main cause anticipates constitutes an incident raised dinanzi to the national judge, which it is up therefore to statuire on the expenses. The expenses supported from other subjects in order to introduce observations to the Court cannot give rise to remelting.

For these reasons, the Court (Second Section) declares:

In circumstances as those of which to the main procedure, article 45, paragraph 4, TFUE it must be interpreted in the sense that does not allow with a Member States to reserve to own citizens the exercise of the functions of president of a harbour authority.

Signatures


* trial-like Language: the Italian.
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In August, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +10.9%
Ravenna
Bulk cargo is on the rise. Miscellaneous cargo is on the decline.
Federlogistica has established its own representation in the Iberian Peninsula
Genoa
It will support Italian entrepreneurs operating in Spain
Boluda acquires Royal Boskalis' towage and salvage operations in Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Valencia
Transaction valued at $640 million
ESPO urges IMO States to formally adopt the Net-Zero Framework
Brussels
The association also urges the EU Commission to align European standards
The Port of Los Angeles plans to build a new container terminal.
Los Angeles
Invitation to submit expressions of interest
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
In the third quarter, Italy's connection index to the global containerized maritime services network grew by +2.7%.
Geneva
The most significant growth in PLSCI was recorded by the port of Savona-Vado Ligure (+53.7%)
ONE will not charge surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Singapore
They will be applied starting from October 14th
Fincantieri and Aeronautical Service sign agreement for the use of composite materials in the naval, civil, and military sectors.
Trieste
Genoa Port Terminal concession renewal approved until 2054
Genoa
The terminal's operating conditions have been redefined, bringing them back to the multipurpose function, in compliance with the ruling of the Council of State and the PRP
PSA Italia-Logtainer and Rail Hub Milano-Medlog have submitted offers to manage the Interporto Padova intermodal terminal.
Padua
Cargo traffic in Chinese seaports increased by 4.5% last month.
Beijing
Containers amounted to 27.7 million TEUs (+6.8%)
The Netherlands is referring to the Court of Justice of the European Union the question of whether to entrust seafarers or dock workers with the lashing operations on smaller container ships.
In the second quarter, container traffic handled by Eurokai terminals grew by +16.4%
Hamburg
Significant growth of 16.1% in Germany. In Italy (Contship), volumes increased by 5.2%.
China enacted regulation in response to US taxes on Chinese-owned and -built vessels
Beijing
The new rules include the possibility of introducing similar countermeasures
New attack on ships transiting the Gulf of Aden
Southampton
UKMTO announced that a fire broke out on a vessel hit by a shell
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Carnival closes its best quarter ever
Carnival closes its best quarter ever
Miami
The American cruise group announces a further strengthening of the growth trend in bookings
Marella Cruises sells Fincantieri slots for two new cruise ships to TUI Cruises.
Hannover/Trieste
With a gross tonnage of 160,000 tons, they will be larger than the units originally planned
GNV-Portitalia bridge agreement on lashing operations in the ports of Palermo and Termini Imerese
HMM will not introduce surcharges for new US taxes on Chinese ships
Seoul
The company will not modify scheduled services that stop in the United States
GATX Rail Europe signs sale-leaseback agreement with DB Cargo to purchase 6,000 railcars
Vienna
The transaction will be completed by the end of this year.
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
In the second quarter of 2025, freight throughput at the port of Bremen/Bremerhaven increased by +6.0%
Bremen
Miscellaneous cargo is growing. Bulk cargo is declining.
India launches nearly $8 billion package to support its shipbuilding and maritime sectors
New Delhi
Shipyard production capacity expected to increase to 4.5 million gross tonnage per year
In the second quarter of this year, freight traffic in French ports fell by -0.4%.
Paris
Dry bulk and rolling bulk trades are declining. Container and liquid bulk trades are growing.
Antin Infrastructure Partners to acquire UK's leading marina operator
Paris/London/New York
It will take over ownership from British private equity firm LDC
Royal Caribbean agrees with Meyer Turku to build Icon ships for a decade
Miami
Order confirmed for a fifth Icon cruise ship and option placed on a seventh unit of the same series
Maersk announces it will not apply surcharges for new US tariffs on Chinese vessels
Copenhagen
The company assures that it will not make any changes to its services
Cochin Shipyard and KSOE enter into strategic collaboration in shipbuilding sector
New Delhi
The creation of approximately two thousand direct jobs is expected
DHL will resume freight shipments from Germany to the United States for corporate customers.
Bonn
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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