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FISE Uniport denunciation the creation of a new monopoly in the port of Civitavecchia
The AdSP of the Centro Settentrionale Tyrrhenian Sea has tax to the "ships in line service" to use an only terminal containers authorized in the port of call
July 31, 2018

Federico Barbera, president of Uniport (National Unione Harbour Enterprises), the association that inside of the Federation Enterprises of Services (FISE) represents the harbour enterprises that carry out operations of boarding and disembarkation, displacement of the goods, accessory activities to navigation, harbour terminals operator and services, has written to the Direction Marine Transport of the Ministry of Infrastructures of the Transports having asked to take part timely in relation to how much he is happening near the ports of competence of the Authorities of Harbour System of the Tyrrhenian Sea of Nord and Centro Settentrionale.

Barb it has explained that with the decree 13th July, that we publish below, the Authority has in fact tax to the so-called "ships in line service" to use an only terminal containers authorized in the port of Civitavecchia and has evidenced that in this way she transported in hold or with containers has prevented itself to an operating historian of the field on ships specialized in the fruit transport (is refrigerator) to decide freely as carrying out the activities object of own industrial plan, favoring directing competitor.

"Draft - Federico Barbera has denounced - of a decision liberticida that a new monopoly gives the go-ahead free and that risks to having occupational repercussions, as well as to penalize operating that in the past they have invested on infrastructures of the port of Civitavecchia; decision that goes exactly in opposite sense to recorded how much, opportunely on analogous argument, to work of then the Harbour Authority of Livorno. In the same moment in which the offices of the MIT deservedly they have been activated in order to above all bring back order and legitimacy in the field of the "Harbour Job" in the field of the so-called "self-handlers", analogous replies are not had, whereby, as to Livorno all this are aggravated by a situation of commistione of roles authorize to you, managerial and of control that does not have replies in other truths and where, quite, the entire inspecting system of the U.L.P are dismantled. We have asked the Ministry of Transportation - it has specified Barb - to acquire details on how much it is happening and to take part in order to favor homogeneity of rules on a national level, flood competition, investments and development of new traffics".



Authority of Harbour System of the Centro Settentrionale Tyrrhenian Sea

DECREE N. 28/2018
THE PRESIDENT

  • SEEN Legge n. 84 on January 28, 1994 bringing I reorder of the legislation in harbour matter and the next modifications and integrations;
  • VISA, in particular, the next D.Lgs. 169 on August 04, 2016 bringing "Reorganization, rationalization and simplification of the concerning discipline the Harbour Authorities of which to the Law on January 28, 1994, n.84, in performance of art. the 8, codicil], letter f), of the Law on August 07, 2015, n. 124, with which the "Authorities Harbour" and instituted the "Authorities of Harbour System" are suppressed and, in particular, to the Attached one To, are characterized the Authority of Harbour System of the Tyrrhenian Sea center - northern as constituted by the Ports of Civitavecchia, Fiumicino and Gaeta (below also ADSP);
  • SEEN the D.Lgs. 13 Decembers 2017, n. 232 bringing "4 integrating and corrective Dispositions to I decree legislative August 2016, n. 169, concerning the harbour Authorities";
  • VISA in particular the art.6, codicil 4, letter a) of L.84 1994 and s.m.i that it arranges: "the Authority of Harbour System in the perseguimento of the objectives and the purposes of which to art. the 1 it carries out the following ones compiles: a) address, programming, coordination, regulation, promotion and control, also by means of the harbour territorial offices second previewed how much to the art.6 second, codicil 1, letter c), of the operations and the harbour services, the autorizzatorie and concessorie activities of which to article 16, 17 and 18 and of exercised commercial and industrial other asset in the ports and territorial administrative divisions. To the Authority of harbour system they are, also, conferred decree powers, also in reference to safety regarding the risks of incidents connected to the activities and the conditions of hygiene on the job according to the art.24";
  • SEEN article 16, 18 and 24, codicil 2 second of L.84/94 and ss.mm and ii.;
  • SEEN Decreto of the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports n. 392 on November 24, 2016 of nomination of the President of the Authority of Harbour System of the Tyrrhenian Sea northern center;
  • SEEN the Navigation code -.Regal I decree 30.03.1942, n. 327;
  • SEEN Regolamento of execution of the Navigation code - I decree of President of the Republic 15 February 1952, n.328;
  • SEEN the Deliberation of the Harbour Committee n. 116 on 28 November Implementing Detailed 2006-Plan (P.P.A.) Commercial Functional area of the Port of Civitavecchia;
  • SEEN the Deliberation of Regional committee n.121 on March 23, 2012 - Approval of varying to the Portuale Town development plan of Civitavecchia;
  • SEEN Decreto of Commissioner Straordinario n. 87/2016de1 02.05.2016;
  • SEEN Decreto of Commissioner Straordinario n. 88/2016de1 02.05.2016;
  • Taken into consideration the fact that this AdSP is held to write up, according to the taken part normative modifications to law 84/94, a Town development plan of fine Harbour System and that to such one has become necessary to assess the correct interpretation to give in particular regarding to the functional destinations the commercial area of the Port of Civitavecchia that is subdivided in three subzones, mainly the Cl (having to object relative the harbour operations to handling and storage of containers; whose area with the relative dock n.25 has been date from 2006 in concession, according to art. the 18 of law 84 94, to society RTC); the C2 (having to object relative the harbour operations to handling and conventional storage of goods, the whose two docks n.23 and n.24 are still public) and the C3 (having to object relative the harbour operations to handling and storage solid bulk, whose dock, the n.26, is also public);
  • CONSIDERED that the propedeutiche necessities to the elaboration of the Town development plan of Harbour System are anticipated in terms of requirement of this Administration to above all assure the development of a recent traffic of producing agricultural and food- (bananas) that, for effect of the fast evolution of the transport modalities that have interested the cited merceologica category, they travel in containers cooled rather than in pallets generally through naval units c.d. "full hand container";
  • Taken into consideration the fact that for the boarding operations disembarkation of such type of traffic is used by an operator (in recent months and with a trend in increase) in prevailing way the dock n.24 instead of dock 25, these last electively destined from the turning out Portuale Town development plan to the suitable function of terminal containers and (which essential infrastructure) to the development of such operations as well as underused regarding own total abilities;
  • CONSIDERED that they do not turn out obstacles of operating nature technical that prevent the transport of the container from the dock 25, that is zone US, to the warehouse of the fruit situated in the C2 zone, in compliance with previewed how much from the Portuale Town development plan which, in the total distribution of the functions, characterizes among other things, an ulterior positioning of the activities of handling of the containers in the areas called Energetic Dock Great Masses;
  • CONSIDERED also that had with regard to the operations of refuel/defuel of the containers it is not recorded, as it happens in other in increase equally present merceologici fields in the port of Civitavecchia, the impossibility of location of positionings alternatives for which they must be able to be used (on the base of a flexible approach, to which, in these cases, the Administration can appeal to the aim of the promotion of the traffics and the competitiveness of the port) areas not consented in concession from which manutentivi burdens also of extraordinary ordinary nature derive for the Administration as well as;
  • CONSIDERED that, according to already cited art 6, codicil 4, lett. a) of the L.84, 94, is prerogative of the regular AdSP the activities that are shaped as harbour operations and to supervise on the correct execution of the same ones are from the subjective point of view of the qualifications of the enterprise that regarding the positioning of the activities, in conformity in particular of the PRP;
  • Considered that it is interest of this administration let alone of the harbour community to favor the development of this traffic of producing ortofrutticoli that it generates important fallen back economic let alone occupational for the entire territory and constitutes (as specified in the Triennial Operations plan a 2018-2020 of this AdSP) important sinergico field with the market of the cruises (in which the Port of Civitavecchia he is leader to European level) regarding supplyings of edge and marine marine storage more in general terms;
  • CONSIDERED that, in the light of how much over and from the ascertainment of a trend in cooled increase of disembarks/embarks of container on dock 24 let alone of connected demanded of authorizations to the temporary pause of container on such dock (with all the consequences, is restated, than this involves in terms of greater manutentivi burdens for the Administration), is risen the urgency, by this Administration, to assess if the identification of a specific zone, which that Cl, for container handling. the sopracitato imprinted approach does not allow (although with the flexibility of the functional destinations) that the same activity is carried out in areas falling back in other subzones more generically identified, as in particular the dock n.24;
  • SEEN the note prot. 6362 of the 24.05.2017 with which this AdSP therefore has considered opportune to advance a demand for seeming to the Higher council of the public works to the aim in particular to decline the contents of the contained dispositions in the relative PRP to the various previewed functional destinations in the Commercial Area of the Port of Civitavecchia;
  • SEEN the opinion of the Higher council of the Public works (below also only CSLLPP) n.44 2017 returned from the 23.03.2018 Assembly of and acquired to the actions of this Authority in date 04.05.2018, prot. 6477 in response to over demand for this AdSP;
  • SEEN the Decree n.21 of the 14.05.2018, with which this AdSP has given full spread of the contents of the recalled one to seem n.44 2017 been profitable from the CSLLPP;
  • SEEN the Orders of Service n° 19 of the 16.05.2018 and n° 22 of the 05.06.2018 with which a working group with the task is instituted to decline the contents of the opinion n.44.17 of the CSLLPP;
  • SEEN Presidential Decreto n° 138 of the 23.05.2018 with which the explicitness of the concept of “occasionalità” expressed the cited one is constituted a Interistituzionale Commission with the task to write up an advisory opinion having to object to seem of the CSLLPP, respect “to the boarding/disembarkation of goods containerized in sottozot2a relative to handling and a conventional storage of goods”, considered also of the effects that this last activity can eventually determine in it confronts of the financial concessionaires who have elaborated an economic plan and for the development ‘consolidation of own specialized terminalistiche activities in the field of the containers;
  • SEEN the final relation of the working group of the AdSP of which under orders of Service of 19 2018 and 22 2018;
  • SEEN the note of the Secretary Generale of the 11 July 2018 with which the opinion is returned final that concludes the procedure of which to the recalled Orders of Service n° 19/2018 and 22/2018 and it encloses the contained considerations in the enclosed opinions of the members of the interistituzionale Commission of which to Decreto 138 2018;
  • CONSIDERED THAT with over cited To seem n.44 the 2017 CSLLPP it has specified that “within a generic attributed “commercial” function from the PRP to a harbour area, the subdivision in subzones characterized from specific “types categories of harbour operations, has lynxes incidence on the declination (internal) of the destination of use of the foretold area”. Various it could not be, pain an excessive genericità of the destination of “commercial” use, that it appears in contrast with the currents you address methodological in harbour topic of planning”;
  • Considered also that in the Opinion n. 44/2017 the CSLLPP has emphasized that “the finzionale distribution of the destinations of use inside a port inside constitutes the frame of which the private concessionaires coherently elaborate the economic-financial plans for the development/consolidation of own specialized terminalistiche activities” and that “this was where not respected, in the name of unexpected “a deregulation” regarding the original previewed destinations of use from the PRP, of it would derive a picture of aleatorietà and uncertainty for the private investor, to damage of the total efficiency of the harbour system”.
  • CONSIDERED that to light of the foretold one To seem n. 44/2017 and from the reading that has been some date from the Interistituzionale Commission, not sussistono, therefore, elements that “handling and conventional storage of goods” can justify an extensive interpretation of the destination (C2 Subzone) in reason of the specific type of the container reefer (that is container cooled) that they disembark embark on the dock n. 24 let alone in reason of the specific harbour operations that are carried out in reference to this type of traffic which after its disembarkation acquires, in fact, a marginal role regarding the entire cycle of the harbour operations carried out there, various from that instead it happens for the harbour operations carried out in the terminal containers in which instead it is the same container that constitutes the main element of the same cycle;
  • Considered that, as specified in the opinion n. 44/17 of the Higher council of the Public works, the occasional boarding/disembarkation of goods containerized in a relative subzone to “handlings and conventional storages of goods” cannot be prevented, in principle, on condition that it does not modify in some way the function attributed from the enforced not dumb Portuale Town development plan and the functional organization to earth of the terminal, that it must remain that of a terminal for goods conventional;
  • CONSIDERED that according to the Higher council of the Public works the disembarkation boarding of container (comprised the reefer there) could therefore happen, if of the case, also on the dock n.24 provided that it maintains the occasionalità character;
  • CONSIDERED that, under the profile of the public interest and based on the principle of good administration of which to art. the 97 of the Constitution, the management of the government property must be imprinted to guarantee of the most profitable use (as specified from art. the 37 of the navigation code in relation the competition more questions than concession);
  • SEEN the explicitness that it has been date from the Interistituzionale Commission, as a result of demanded how much from the President of the AdSP with I decree n. 138/2018, of the concept of “occasionalità” regarding the boarding disembarkation of goods containerized in a relative subzone to handling and conventional storage of goods, held also account of the effects that such activity can eventually determine regarding financial concessionaires that they have elaborated an economic plan and for the development/consolidation of own specialized terminalistiche activities in the field of the container;
  • CONSIDERED therefore that it cannot be defined, than according to express in the cited one To seem of the Interistituzionale Commission, “occasional” an activity that are characterized for its habitualness, sistematicità, ripetitività, regularity and stability such from being able to be riconducibile to the definition of which to the shipping prot. n. 000724/XI in date 10.01.1992 of then the Inspector general's office of the Harbour offices, recalled in the circular letter prot. n° RAM/3919-2/2009 of the Ministry of the Atmosphere and the Protection of the Territory and the Sea, second which shapes “ship in line service” that which it carries out ports of call in more ports with frequency and which predetermined routes;
  • Considered that, according to the art.8, par. 3 lett. g) of the L.84/94, the President supplies “to the coordination and the control of the activities subject to authorization and concession”;
  • CONSIDERED the urgency to establish, in the light of how many had from the Higher council of the Public works in the cited one To seem n.44•17 let alone than are emerged by the interistituzionale Commission of which to the cited one I decree 138 2018, a transitory regime that, in the blackberries of the application of the determination that emerge in the cited opinions, can order, establishing quotas them, the eventual containerized operations of boarding disembarkation of goods near docks 23 and 24 with the objective of contemperare, on one side, the observance of the corrected functional destination of the commercial area of the port of Civitavecchia, so as characterized from the recalled Portuale Town development plan and specified in the Opinion n.44/17 as well as the most profitable use of the government property also whereby same I am not concession object and, givethe other, to avoid that producing can fail important traffics of ortofrutticoli. that they at this point happen generally through container to damage, held) account of their positive ones fallen back for the delivery is in economic terms that occupational;
  • Considered also of the organizational necessities and commercial times to allow I use it optimal of the infrastructure harbour for handling and storage of the container reefer through an effective and economic connection between the destined area US to the “relative harbour operations to handlings and storage containers” that the dock comprises n.25 and the “terminal fruit” given in concession to the CFFT, equipped for the storage and the treatment of the ortofrutticoli produced ones;
  • Considered that in the course of such transitory regime the AdSP, in the within of the assigned tasks to it in particular from the art.6, par.4, lett. a) of the L.84 94, let alone in the light of indicated how much in point 3,1 of the conclusions of the cognitive Investigation in the field of the Harbour services carried out from the Guarantor Authority for competition and the Market of 1997, it intends to create and to promote the conditions for the definition of agreements or understandings between private harbour operators based on the respect of the principle of loyal competition and this to the aim to optimize I use it of the entire harbour infrastructure it take part of the commercial area for the benefit of a correct and harmonious development of the business activities in the port of Civitavecchia;


IT ORDERS

ART. 1

  1. With expiration 15 september the 2018 and until when the area is not realized dí which to the Energetic Dock Great Masses, boarding disembarkation of containers by naval unit used after the container transport that they carry out services of line will have to only happen near the dock n. 25 of the Port of Civitavecchia.
  2. The containers will be transported by the dock n. 25, that is from the subzone US, through the areas overleaf of Dock 25 and or with modality of connection that the Administration is engaged to realize and/or to order in the term of which to precedence art. 1.

ART. 2

  1. Until the date on September 15, 2018 the eventual demands for authorizations to the temporary pause of container near it arch commercial of the Port of Civitavecchia in the specific subzones docks 23 and 24, could be received provided that they do not exceed the number of which released authorizations 2018 for the container in June.
  2. Successively to the date on September 15, 2018 the disembarkation container boarding (included those refeer) on docks 23 and 24 there will be allowed only if such activities cover occasionalità character, in compliance with the explicitness given in the opinion n. 44/2017 of the Higher council of the Public works and that which released from the Interistituzionale Commission of which to Presidential Decreto n° 138/2018, that is when such activities are not characterized by the habitualness, sistematicità, ripetitività, regularity and stability and they are not therefore riconducibili to the definition of which to the shipping prot. n. 000724/XI in date 10.01.1992 of then the Inspector general's office of the Harbour offices, recalled in the circular letter prot. n° RAM 3919/2/2009 of the Ministry of the Atmosphere and the Protection of the Territory and the Sea, second which shapes “ship in line service” that which it carries out ports of call in more ports with frequency and which predetermined routes.

ART. 3

  1. It is given sent to the technical Secretariat - operating of giving adequate spread of it anticipates provision.
  2. It is also given sent to the operating technical Secretariat to start the turned procedure on the verification of eventual necessities of review of Regolamento n. 87 on May 2, 2016 bringing “Discipline for the development of the harbour operations in the ports of Civitavecchia and Gaeta”.

Civitavecchia, them 13/07/2018

THE PRESIDENT
Avv. Francesco Maria di Majo

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Taipei
Charter of three additional vessels
The Spanish observatory on the EU ETS notes an unusual increase in container traffic in neighbouring non-European ports
Madrid
Growing activity in ports such as those in the UK, Egypt and Turkey
Marsa Maroc to acquire 45% of Spain's Boluda Maritime Terminals
Casablanca/Valencia
Investment worth 80 million euros
Investment firm BC Partners to acquire majority stake in Fortidia
Milan
The company operates through multiple franchise brands, including Mail Boxes Etc. and PostNet
MPC Container Ships orders six 3,700 TEU containerships
Oslo
Taizhou Sanfu Ship Engineering wins $292.5 million contract
Ownership of the Fagioli group will pass to CEVA Logistics
Milan
The Sant'Ilario D'Enza group specializes in the project logistics sector
MSC Cruises orders Meyer Werft to build four cruise ships with options for two more
MSC Cruises orders Meyer Werft to build four cruise ships with options for two more
Berlin
Orders for a total value of up to ten billion euros
AD Ports submits a bid to acquire control of Egypt's Alexandria Container & Cargo Handling Co.
Cairo/Abu Dhabi
An investment of at least 435 million dollars is expected
The number of calls at Italian ports in the Premier Alliance network for 2026 is increasing.
Seoul/Singapore/Keelung
Three calls in Genoa, two in La Spezia, and two in Gioia Tauro. The Asia-Europe services will continue to circumnavigate Africa.
Stefano Messina is heading for a new term as president of Assarmatori.
Rome
The renewal of the association's positions for the four-year period 2026-2030 is scheduled for next month.
Hapag-Lloyd orders CIMC Raffles to build eight 4,500-TEU containerships
Hamburg
Long-term charter of 14 container ships with capacities ranging from 1,800 to 4,500 TEUs
Hanwha raises its stake in Austal from 9.9% to 19.9%
Henderson
The South Korean group has become the reference shareholder of the Australian company
Maersk Group changes several top positions in the company
Copenhagen
New CFO and appointment of new regional managers
In the first half of the year, Italian ports recorded growth in containers and dry bulk cargo
Rome
Rolling stock and liquid bulk volumes decreased. "Port Infographics" by Assoporti-SRM
Snam will acquire 48.2% of Igneo Infrastructure Partners in OLT - Offshore LNG Toscana
London/San Donato Milanese
Operation worth approximately 126 million euros
The first "Decade of Sustainable Transport" established by the UN will begin on January 1st.
New York
Kramek (WSC): Effective global regulation of greenhouse gas emissions at IMO is vital for shipping
EU investigation into joint control of Spanish company Tercat by TiL (MSC Group) and Hutchison Ports
Brussels
The company manages the BEST terminal at the port of Barcelona
Marsa Maroc orders 106 electric terminal tractors from Terberg
Benschop
They will be employed in the port of Nador West Med
A single binding offer from Dubai for the purchase of the Venice Ro-Port Mos
Venice
The company manages the terminal for the motorways of the sea and cruises in Fusina
Contargo acquires 50% of Cargo-Center-Graz Logistik
Mannheim
The German company extends its intermodal network to the Adriatic ports of Koper and Rijeka.
The Port of Long Beach handled record container traffic in 2025
Long Beach
In the last quarter, a decrease of -8.8% was recorded
HMM to introduce AI-based autonomous navigation solutions on 40 vessels
Seoul
Contract with Avikus and agreement with KSOE
Two new rail connections to Germany from the Padua Interport
Padua
They are operated by InRail and LTE Italia
Intersea has become the general agent in Italy for the Portuguese GS Lines
Genoa
The shipping company is part of Grupo Sousa
MSC and Qatari company Maha to develop and manage the Libyan port of Misurata
Paris/Misurata
An investment of 1.5 billion dollars is expected
F2i has been awarded the concession for the Lavagna tourist port
Milan
The concession contract will have a duration of 50 years
Eni launches the hull of the Coral North FLNG
Geoje/San Donato Milanese
It will be used offshore Cabo Delgado, north of Mozambique.
Laghezza has acquired a logistics warehouse in Sarzana
La Spezia
The aim is to establish a local hub for local production activities.
The Red Sea Container Terminal at the Egyptian port of Sokhna has been inaugurated.
Sokhna
It is operated by a joint venture of Hutchison Ports, COSCO and CMA Terminals
The GNV Altair ferry has joined the GNV fleet
Genoa
It has a capacity of 2,700 passengers and 915 linear metres of rolling stock.
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Ignazio Messina & C. has acquired full control of Thermocar
Genoa
The Genoese company operates in the temperature-controlled refrigerated container logistics sector.
Maersk confirms resumption of MECL transits through the Suez Canal
Copenhagen
The line connects India and the Middle East with the US East Coast
Genco's board of directors rejected Diana Shipping's acquisition proposal.
New York/Athens
The American company, however, leaves a glimmer of hope by admitting the validity of the merger
MSC will include the port of Trieste in the Dragon Italy-USA service
Geneva
The Julian port will be reached starting from the second half of February
De Wave Group has acquired French company DL Services.
Genoa
The company specializes in the design of industrial kitchens and the supply of technical components and spare parts on board
CMA CGM's TUX transatlantic service will call at the port of Salerno
Marseille
The line connects Turkey with the East Coast of the USA
New intermodal connections between Northern Italy and Belgium by GTS Rail and CargoBeamer
Bari/Leipzig
Activated on the Padua-Zeebrugge and Liège-Domodossola lines
Cruise traffic in the port of Piraeus increased by +9% last year
Piraeus
Approximately 1.85 million passengers moved
In 2025, cruise traffic in the port of Genoa grew by +6.5%
Genoa
Ferry passengers down 3.6%
Grimaldi took delivery of the PCTC Grande Manila
Naples
The vessel has a total capacity of 9,241 CEUs.
Expedition cruise ship Exploris One to be auctioned off
Nantes
It has a capacity of 144 passengers and 102 crew members.
SeaCube Container Leasing has acquired Martin Container.
Montvale
The company specializes in the refrigerated container segment
Pisano: The Simplified Logistics Zone has great strategic importance for the port of La Spezia.
La Spezia
RINA and HPC launch project to promote green ports in the Caspian region
Genoa
Five-year contract with the OSCE
Vard to build four Multi-Purpose Robotic Vessels for Ocean Infinity
Trieste
The contract has a total value of over 200 million euros
Hanseatic Global Terminals will become sole owner of Florida International Terminal
Rotterdam
A conference on congestion in the North West logistics system will be held in Genoa on January 19th.
Genoa
It will be held at the Transparency Hall of the Liguria Region
The transportation sector enters a turning point with the adoption of artificial intelligence
Ulm
However, most companies are still in the early stages of this process.
Work completed to widen the access channel to the port of Livorno.
Livorno
The width between the two banks will be increased from 70 to 120 meters
Nexans sets a record for the depth of laying a high-voltage submarine cable on the Tyrrhenian Link
Paris
Installation at -2,150 meters
Funds for Spanish ports to adapt to the use of wind energy and other marine renewable energy sources
Madrid
Program with a total value of 212 million euros
CMD - Costruzioni Motori Diesel returns to wholly Italian ownership
Atella
Giorgio and Mariano Negri have acquired 67% of the capital held by the Chinese Loncin Motor Co.
Intesa Sanpaolo is financing the construction of three PCTCs for Grimaldi Euromed.
Milan
The new ships will be delivered later this year
Medlog acquires Australian intermodal operations of Seaway
Fremantle
The transaction will be completed within the first quarter of this year.
MIT has updated cybersecurity measures for national ships, ports and port facilities
Rome
A circular has been published which, among other things, introduces staff training
V.Group has bought the Danish company Njord
London
The company offers the shipping industry solutions for energy efficiency and decarbonisation
Fire aboard the Majestic ferry in the Port of Genoa
Genoa
The flames were extinguished by the intervention of the on-board fire brigade and did not cause any injuries.
COSCO to acquire control of German logistics company Zippel
Hamburg
Agreement to acquire 80% of its capital
Colombo Port Sets New Annual Container Traffic Record
Columbus
Sri Lanka Ports Authority signs agreement with French shipping group CMA CGM
Viasat to exit British company Navarino's capital
London
ICG to support the Tsikopoulos brothers in reinvesting in the company
The Palau government ensures the full operation of the Naval Registry
Koror
Moses (BMT): Services continue to be provided in accordance with international procedures and standards
In the first nine months of 2025, freight transported on the Austrian rail network increased by +1.4%
Vienna
Growth of +4.9% was recorded in the third quarter alone
Saipem wins $425 million offshore contract to develop the Sakarya gas field.
The decree for the distribution of PNRR resources to interports has been signed.
Rome
The disbursement of 1.9 million euros is expected
Messina, a Genoese company, launches a new service to Algeria.
Genoa
The rotation touches the ports of Fos, Genoa, Barcelona, Algiers, Fos
FS Logistix is the first company in Europe to certify its carbon footprint for freight transport.
Rome
The FS group company has obtained ISO 14067 certification
WASS (Fincantieri Group) wins torpedo supply contract for Indian Navy
Trieste
Contract with a total value of over 200 million euros
FHP Intermodal will become operational on January 1st
Milan
FHP Group completes the integration process between its subsidiaries CFI Intermodal and Lotras
The Coral Adventurer cruise ship ran aground in Papua New Guinea.
Port Moresby
No harm to people on board
d'Amico International Shipping orders two new MR1 product tankers from Guangzhou Shipyard International.
Port of Gioia Tauro: Anchorage fee reduction approved again
Gioia Tauro
A total sum of 1.5 million euros has been allocated
The Council of State has confirmed the legitimacy of the tender for the new Ravano Pier in La Spezia.
Rome/La Spezia
The TAR ruling for Liguria has been confirmed.
Hupac will launch a new shuttle train service between Duisburg and Novara.
Noise
Schedule six rotations per week
Ferry docking slots for Piombino and Elba Island in 2026 have been assigned.
Livorno
Project financing process for the first hydrogen production plant in the port of La Spezia
La Spezia
Project to provide "mobile" supplies to vehicles such as locomotives and boats
The new hydrofoil terminal at the port of Messina will be named after a victim of femicide.
Messina
The initiative to remember Omayma Benghaloum
Three new e-RTG yard cranes have arrived at the PSA Venice-Vecon terminal
Venice
Investment of 8.5 million euros
Fincantieri delivers second multipurpose combat ship to the Indonesian Navy
Trieste
Ceremony at the Muggiano shipyard
In June the Grendi group will equip itself with a fifth ro-ro vessel
Genoa
It will have a load capacity of 3,000 linear meters
The employment contract renewal for transport and logistics company managers has been signed.
Rome
Signed today by Manageritalia and Confetra
Brussels has approved the loan to rescue the rail freight company Lineas.
Brussels
Sixty-one million euros granted by the Belgian government
Green Mobility Partners and KKR Partner to Create European Rail Leasing Platform
Frankfurt
American company invests in GMP
Saipem wins offshore EPCI contract in Qatar
Milan
The contract is worth approximately $3.1 billion.
Wärtsilä sells its Gas Solutions division to German private equity firm Mutares.
Helsinki/Munich
Bank of China finances purchase of Grimaldi Euromed's Grande Melbourne
Amount of 57 million euros
GeneSYS Informatica (Fratelli Cosulich) has acquired 51% of the capital of Navimeteo
KSOE wins $466 million order for four container ships
Lysaker/Seongnam
NYK and Ocean Yield Award Order for Four New LNG Carriers
ONE's Adriatic Service 1 will also make stops at the port of Ancona
Singapore
The line to Damietta has a weekly frequency
Consolidation work on the Riva quay at the port of Ortona has been completed.
Ancona
Thirteen million is the cost for the adaptation of the infrastructure
Vard has signed a cooperation agreement with the Norwegian research institute Norce
Ålesund
It concerns all fields of research and innovation in the naval sector
Energy transition, regulatory simplification, competitiveness of the maritime industry, and port governance are Confitarma's priorities.
Rome
Federlogistica reports the project cargo's inability to travel on Northwest highways.
Genoa
Falteri: We are facing a real systemic crisis.
ZIM shareholders reach agreement again
Haifa
Agreement reached on candidates for the renewal of the board of directors
Merger by incorporation of Degrosolutions into CLS
Milan
Castelli: We aim to strengthen our growth path in the Italian forklift market.
Approval has been given to measures to support the re-employment of workers at the Pippo Rebagliati Company in Savona-Vado.
Genoa
Administrative proceedings for cold ironing at the cruise terminal in the port of Savona have begun.
Assiterminal reports an assault on a worker at the Vado Gateway terminal.
Genoa
It is not tolerable - the association highlighted - that similar episodes occur
The Management Committee of the Central-Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority has been established.
Ravenna
It is composed of Francesco Benevolo, Luca Coffari, Tomaso Triossi and Maurizio Tattoli
Stonepeak (Textainer) Completes Acquisition of Seaco
Hamilton
It was sold by China's Bohai Leasing Co.
In the second quarter of 2025, cargo traffic in Greek ports decreased by -3.9%.
Piraeus
Passengers increased by +0.9%
AD Ports involved in container traffic development at Shuaiba Port
Abu Dhabi
Agreement with the Kuwait Ports Authority
EU expands fight against Russian shadow fleet to include operators facilitating its deployment
Brussels
Five more people and four companies fined
In November, the port of Barcelona handled 296,000 containers (+1.0%)
Barcelona
Import and export containers are increasing; transit containers are decreasing.
Paolo Spada, vice president of Federagenti, has passed away.
Rome
Pessina: He leaves an unfillable void in the entire Italian maritime community.
Container traffic at the port of Hong Kong decreased by -12.0% in November
Hong Kong
In the first 11 months of 2025 the decline was -5.7%
Rebranding for the Messina Group's activities
Genoa
Common graphic and lexical choice for all business areas
Emanuele Grimaldi has been appointed an honorary member of the National Order of Merit of Malta.
Naples
He is among the founders of the Malta International Shipowners' Association, of which he holds the position of vice-president.
Six new 100% electric yard cranes have arrived at the PSA Genova Pra' terminal.
Genoa
Three more vehicles will be delivered to the PSA Venice-Vecon terminal at Christmas
ICTSI to upgrade the Rio Brasil Terminal container terminal at the Port of Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Investment of approximately 175 million dollars
In the first 11 months of 2025, the Port of Singapore handled over 40.7 million containers (+8.5%)
Singapore
Overall freight traffic decreased by -1.1%
GTS increases the frequency of its intermodal connections between Bari and Verona and Piacenza and Nola.
Bari
The first will increase to six rotations; the second will become daily
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 conference on congestion in the North West logistics system will be held in Genoa on January 19th.
Genoa
It will be held at the Transparency Hall of the Liguria Region
Spediporto's conference "Take opportunities navigating trade tensions" will be held in Genoa on December 1st and 2nd.
Genoa
It will be held at the Conference Hall of Banca Bper
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Bulgarian court rejects extradition of Russian owner of a ship linked to Beirut port blast
(ABCNEWS.com)
Three UAE Firms Eye Investment In Kenya's Port, Renewable Energy, And Shipping Projects
(Capital FM Kenya)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Intervento del presidente Tomaso Cognolato
Roma, 19 giugno 2025
››› File
The Partnership Body for the Sea Resources of the Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority has been established.
La Spezia
Appointment by decree of President Pisano
Agreement between the Port Authority and the Chamber of Commerce to facilitate the entry of an industrial partner into Genoa Airport.
Genoa
It will be signed soon
Paolo Guidi has been elected the new president of Assologistica.
Milan
The Vice Presidents are Sabrina De Filippis, Riccardo Fuochi, Agostino Gallozzi, Paolo Pandolfo, Umberto Ruggerone and Renzo Sartori.
138 kilos of cocaine seized at the port of Civitavecchia.
Rome
Found inside an articulated lorry disembarked from a ship coming from Spain
The decree has been signed for the disposal of dredged sediment from the port of La Spezia at the new breakwater in Genoa.
La Spezia
The transfer of 282,000 cubic meters is planned
Greek CCEC has almost completed its exit from the containership segment
Athens
$814.3 million in proceeds from the sale of 14 full containers in 22 months
GNV Virgo was christened in the port of Palermo
Genoa
GNV's fleet renewal program includes the construction of eight ships
The Livorno Port Center celebrates a decade spent integrating the port and city reality
Livorno
Gariglio (AdSP): in recent years we have managed to create a community atmosphere
Fincantieri and WSense reach agreement on underwater monitoring and communication technologies for maritime infrastructure.
Trieste/Milan
Members of the Management Committee of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority have been appointed.
Livorno
The nomination of the member expressed by the Tuscany Region has not yet been received
The entry into force of the EU ETS for construction and road transport has been postponed to 2028.
Brussels/Rome
Confetra, the deferral allows for more rational planning of investments in fleet renewal
Costa Cruises is testing the use of electric trucks to supply ships in the ports of Genoa and Savona.
Genoa
Tests as part of the collaboration with LC3 Trasporti
Collaboration agreement between ALIS and ANITA to promote the development of road haulage and logistics
Rome
Agreement also extended to the field of industrial relations
The Regional Administrative Court for Lazio has accepted Grimaldi's request to suspend the sale of the five Moby ships.
Rome
Appeal aimed at "preventing the consolidation of an irreversible anti-competitive structure"
The launch of the ultra-luxury cruise ship Seven Seas Prestige was celebrated at the Marghera shipyard.
Trieste
It will be delivered next year to Regent Seven Seas Cruises
The last two journeys of the rolling highway on the railway line between Fribourg and Novara will be on Thursday.
Olten
RAlpin, in the company's nearly 25-year history, has transported over two million trucks by rail
Edison signs a contract with Knutsen for the charter of a new LNG vessel
Milan
With a capacity of 174,000 cubic meters, it will be built by Hanwha Ocean
Unifeeder, P&O Ferrymasters and P&O Maritime Logistics will be brought together under the single DP World brand.
Dubai
Project to build a tourist center at the cruise terminal of the Mexican port of Ensenada
Miami/Cancun
Agreement between Carnival Corporation, ITM Group and Hutchison Ports
Lineas and FS Logistix have inaugurated the Modalink terminal joint venture.
Antwerp
Five weekly train rotations between Antwerp and Milan
Marcel Theis will be the new CEO of SBB Cargo International from January 1st.
Olten
He will take over from Sven Flore
In October, freight traffic in the port of Ravenna grew by +13.4%
Ravenna
A rise of +14.5% is expected in November
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