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Three proposals of the Confetra to the government so that the economic pandemic does not make more damages than that sanitary one
Nicolini: draft of a package of measures that needs of covers for about nine billions
March 31, 2020

The president of the General Confederation Italiana of the Transports and the Logistics (Confetra), Guido Nicolini, has introduced the Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister, and to the ministra of Infrastructures and of the Transports, Paola De Micheli, a document from the title "To react quickly. The ‘post-war period’ of the Logistics risks to undermine the entire national economy", that we publish below, evidencing that the economic pandemic risks to make more damages than that sanitary one.

On a yearly basis - it has explained the organization that represent the Italian enterprises of the logistics - Centro Studi of the Confederation previews a contraction of the volumes between the 20 and 25%. If the commercial interchange of the Country with the remainder of the World will inflect of about 150 billion euros, as by projection - it has specified Confetra - in terms of goods enlivened this would be equivalent to about 90 million tons, between import and export: the equivalent of 18 billion turnover for the entire field of the logistics and the transport goods. The Confederation has emphasized that this is equivalent to a devastation for activities that, as demonstrated also in this dramatic provoked crisis diffusing itself of the contagion of Covid-19, represent the connecting woven one of the national economy, the consumption, supplyings, the exchanges, of the imports, of the exports.

"We are - president of Confetra, Guido Nicolini has remembered - the net that holds the real economy and if it had to collassare, not there is resumption that holds. From weeks we work substantially in loss: to that is unchanged fixed costs, but medium to the 25-30% of the volumes. Specifying that in this moment of emergency the field of the logistics could not "certainly remain at home", Nicolini has evidenced that but "now it serves a solid injection of liquidity through direct and attivabili instruments in a matter of days, not weeks, in order to hold the field standing".

Three, substantially, the proposals advanced from the Confederation to the government: a reduction flat of the fiscal wedge of 40% for next the 20 months, the possibility to quickly embed through CDP 50% of the invoices inevase without burdens, the constitution of a national Bottom in order to eat the enterprises that can demonstrate a gap of turnover between the period of the emergency and lockdown 2020 regarding the same period of 2019.

"Draft - it has specified Nicolini - of a "package" of measures that needs of covers for about nine billions. And we only speak about the logistic field and transport goods. It is clearly that all this has a sense if the government, as we hope, will want indeed to set up urgent politics for the resumption as that evoked in recent days from Dragons. An other provision from 25 billion euros instead, bond in order to only postpone of an ulterior month the fiscal expirations and little other, would mean in wide measure to condemn to us to close clappers in a matter of weeks".


TO REACT QUICKLY
The "post-war period" of the Logistics risks to undermine the entire national economy

30 March 2020

PREMISED

The Field of the logistics and the transport goods has been revealed, in the emergency, all its strategicità. Almost 100 thousand enterprises, 1,5 million attache's, 85 billion turnover in 2019: 9% of the GDP national.
The connecting architecture and organizational engineering of national the economic system: harbour terminalisti, to interpose, operating railway goods, logistic haulers, warehouses, postal centers of distribution, couriers, operators, shippers, doganalisti, operators to you of the aerial cargo, handlers. A longest and complex chain of enterprises and professionality, all interrelate between they, than every day it has guaranteed and it guarantees consumption, distribution, supplying, import, export. This a lot to the final, city consumers and families, as for the manufacturers of every section, from steel to agriculture.
The effects of the Covid-19 have been and are tragic. For activity as ours that are based on the OPERATING FLUIDITY and VOLUMES TO TRANSPORT, the twofold effect of the physical limitations taxes from the control measures and of the closing of the productive activities our customers, is dramatic. To obviously unchanged fixed costs for the companies (costs of labor, management of the fleets of carriers, rent and management of the warehouses, software, administrative burdens) has corresponded instead reductions of the volumes until 70%, according to the specific segments.
AND the WORSE one MUST STILL COME, at least for two orders of reasons. The first: the effects of the lockdown, before only in the commerce then also productive-manufacturer, will produce its indefensible economic effects in next the 6/8 weeks. According to our Centro Studi, an ulterior contraction between the 40 and 60% of the enlivened residual volumes will be recorded, to April and then to May, regarding freedom of expression. Obviously a lot will depend on the eventual delay of the lockdown same after on 3 April.
But, paradoxicalally, still more worrisome are the analyses of scene of medium period.
Istat and State Audit Court, in Relazioni of accompanyment to the DL Italy Cure, have spoken about "economy from post-war period".

ChinaDesk (attached 1), on the base of the projections OCSE that estimate the contraction of the World gdp of the -1,5% (crisis of 2009 carried to the contraction of the -1,4%), executes an analysis of the impacts on the commercial exchanges and the balance of the balance of payments in Italy in 2020.

It is taken to the 2009 (Great Recession and Porcine pandemic H1N1) to reference. Esteem, so, a contraction of the exchanges in 2020 between Italy and remainder of the world of 149,1 billion euros (- 18%) so shared: consumer goods (- 80,6 Mld€), industrial goodses (- 32,4 industrial Mld€) and assets consumption/(- 36.1 Mld€).

The Cerved (attached 2), working on two various scenes (concluded crisis to May or December 2020) previews, for our Field, on base anniversary, a reduction of the turnover attested in a scissor between the 18 and 30%.

With of the data of such first studies, confirmation a tendency: the crisis for our varrà Field medium at least 20% of volumes and turnovers, and consequently of job and occupation. We speak therefore about 95 million tons of goods in less, that they are worth 17 billion turnover and 320 thousand places of work.

It has done good the Government to offer to first answers to the enterprises previewing deferrals of burdens and taxes to 30 or 60 days.

Now he is indispensable to change registry.
These over exposed are numbers "from post-war period" for the Field of the logistics and the transport goods, and need participations and set in action urgent that are able to give spallata to these statistics from the immediate side of the liquidity availability.
Some of these will need of direct investments and administrative speditezza: beginning from the realization of all the relative programmed infrastructural works to the completion - in our Pese - of the nets TRY for corridors, adductions, Core nodes and comprehensive. Other measures do not need, instead, of economic coverage, be a matter themselves of innovations and normative and procedural simplifications that the logistic industry invokes from years.

These the little and clear priorities that the entire Confederal System intends, in the immediate one, to subject to the Government and the Parliament being depended on the support of the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports.
This also to light of taken of contained formal action in article 61 of the DL relative the Italy Cure and to the acknowledgment of the Field transport goods and logistics (letter n article 61) as one of the productive rows more hit by the effects of the crisis.


1 - PARTICIPATIONS FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE COSTS OF LABOR

The logistics is the Field labour intensive for excellence and the costs of labor are the incomprimibile element of greater impact on the business budgets. A reduction of such cost would allow with the enterprises first of all to survive and favorably to assign at least part of such savings to the investments, in particular those in technological innovation. The Covid-19 emergency has returned not more rinviabile such measure. One wonders therefore to preview relief contributive for the enterprises that post-emergence maintain to the occupational levels precedence substantially unchanged. To pull down of 40% the costs of labor needs of estimable cover between the 6 and 7 billion euros considering an audience of beneficiaries of about 90 thousand enterprises, 900 thousand employee and a medium annual salary and wage (RAL) of 30 thousand euros.

He is moreover indispensable to preview a moratorium of the CCNL in expiration in the period of the Covid-19 emergency; this measure does not have costs for the State.



Contributive bonus for the companies of logistics, shipment, transport


Alle enterprises of the logistic Field, shipment, transport that, also hit from the emergency Coronavirus, on December 31, 2021 maintain until at least 80% of the occupational levels in force to the date of 1 February 2020, intending for such the workers not in test to time indeterminate and excluded the apprentices, is recognized for the same period as above the exoneration from the deposit of the 40 percent of the social insurance contributions for cover IVS at the expense of the same ones. The share remains firm of computes of the pension performances.


Moratorium CCNL in expiration


In consideration of the economic repercussions Coronaviruses provoked by the emergency, are postponed until on December 31, 2020 the vigenza of the national collective bargaining agreements of all the economic fields under renew to the date of effectiveness of anticipate disposition.


2 - LIQUIDITY

The Covid-19 emergency is provoking in the field a liquidity crisis financial institution of unimaginable proportions. They are estimated already today beyond 2,5 billion euros of unsolved credits for the single sections of the transport on rubber, the deliveries and shipments. If helped the great part of the companies does not risk the failure: the times of proceeds of the invoices, today, medium on the 80 days, are not more sustainable. One wonders therefore to activate an extraordinary participation of Bank of Deposits and Loans so that it, directly or through the financial institutions, advance payments the quota proceeds leave of the issued invoices. For the cover of the measure a fabisogno is estimated of 1,2 miliaridi of euro, partially intended as spin bottom, partially to cover of burdens and interests.

Moreover the creation of a Bottom to the aim is necessary to eat the Field of the logistics and the transport goods for the dimunuzione of turnover.

One moreover wonders to suppress for the 2020 increase anniversary on triennial base of the Ires share for the concessionaires. That features of airports, freeways, ports, to interpose you or railway infrastructures, the heavy financial ruin of volumes enlivened and transported for all the year in course, today return this forecast introduced with the last Law of Stability indefensible.



Advance on invoice
1. The enterprises that carry out road haulage activity third parties goods, international shipment, courier, doganalista, operating department store postal, terminalisti, can introduce to Bank of Deposits and Loans for through of the financial institutions demanded of advance on the invoices emitted in the period from 1 February 2020 on September 30, 2020 pairs to the 50 percent of the taxable income, without burdens neither interests. The advance is given back to Bank of Deposits and Loans in the term of 12 months with burdens borne by the State.
2. With I decree of the Ministry of the Economy and Finances to emanate itself within 15 days from the effectiveness of the disposition of which to codicil 1 the relative modalities of performance are established


Bottom for the logistics


Near the Ministry of Infrastructures and the Transports a Bottom is instituted in order to eat the transport companies shipment and logistics that in the period of the Covid-19 emergency, even though remained in activity to the aim to guarantee the transport of the goods of which to attached the 1 of DM 25.3.2020, they can demonstrate a reduction of the revenues regarding the same period of 2019.


Abolition for 2020 of the Ires increase for the concessionaires


The Ires increase in head to the public Federal property concessionaires, of which to article 1 codicil 716 of Legge 27 December 2019 n.160, it is suppressed for the annuity in course


3 - PARTICIPATIONS OF SIMPLIFICATION

Confetra has collaborated with the Cnel to a first mapping of the participations of simplification that interest the logistics. It is calculated that the weight of the bureaucracy on the Field involves an increase of annual estimable burdens in 30 billion. One wonders to take part with a first series of participations that do not involve burdens borne by the State, but contribute, in particular in the phase post-emergence to make to share the Field.

They are brought back unanimously under five proposals already approved of by the Shareholders' meeting of the Cnel, correspondents from the Presidency of the Cnel to the Chambers and already hinged and partially discussed in the competent Commission (you see attached 3). To accelerate their transformation in bureaucratic laws would overwhelm good part degi onrei that weigh on the enterprises and that over they are recalled.



Rationalization of the warnings ship that the commanders must send to the several P.A of the port


1. To article 179 of the navigation code they are assistants, in fine, the following codicils:
“The note of information of which to the first codicil, comprising data of the forms listed there, it is acquired in via data transmission from the competent marine authority, on system PMIS (Port Management Information System), and from this contextually made available, in via data transmission, to all the public administrations of which to article 1, codicil 2, of I decree legislative 30 March 2001, n. 165, that they take part in the procedures of assessment and control inherent to the operations of arrival and departure of the ships of which to anticipates article.
It is made prohibition the public administrations of which to the eighth codicil asking the commander for the ship or the marine raccomandatario or another representative for the shipowner or person authorized from the commander, the shipment of the data of which to the note of already acquired information from the competent marine authority”


Competence of Justice of the Peace in the controversies on the CdS of the road haulage enterprises


2. After codicil 2 of article 7 of I decree legislative 1 september 2011, n. 150, are inserted the following one:
“2-second. In the cases in which the violation it is contested to leading of commercial of properties or stopped vehicles in leasing from subjects enrolled in White the national one of the haulers, the opposition of which to codicil 2 it is proposed in front of Justice of the Peace of the place in which the society has registered office”.


Harmonization of the business hours of the P.A participants to the phase of clearance


To article 1 of I decree legislative 8 November 1990, n. 374, are assistant, in fine, the following codicil:
“9-second. The dispositions of codicils 1, 2, 4, 5 and 8 of anticipate article are applied also to the staff been dependent on the public administrations of which to article 1, codicil 2, of I decree legislative 30 March 2001, n. 165, that they take part in the procedures of assessment and control in the norm and law enforcement of the European Union in matter of breaking in of the goods in the territory of the European Union and of export of the goods from the territory of the European Union. To the aims of which to codicil anticipates, the implementations that codicil 2 places at the expense of the Director of the Agency of customs and the monopolies intend places at the expense of the Minister that is of the summit of the administration whose offices are involved in the aforesaid procedures”.


Delegation for I reorder of the activity of regulation in the Field you transport and logistics


1. The Government is delegated to adopt, within twelve months from the date of effectiveness of anticipates law, decrees legislative for reorders and the simplification of the afferent discipline to the system of the logistics of the goods, in the respect of the following principles and directive criteria:
a) definition of the withins of competence of the placed activities of regulation in being from the Ministry of infrastructures and the transports, from the national Agency for safety of the railroads and street and highway infrastructures, from the Manager of the railway infrastructure national railway Net Italian Spa and from the Authorities of harbour system and, with reference to the within of the services of public usefullness, from the Authority of regulation of the transports, in the matter of the logistics of the goods;
b) simplification and rationalization, also to the aim to avoid duplications of participations regolators, the concessori procedures, authorized to you and of control whose phases are remittances to the competence of distinguished public administrations contemperando the requirements of effectiveness of the safety procedures in the circulation of the goods with the efficiency and the speditezza of the procedures, the certainty of the regulation, the clarity and not duplication of the implementations.
2. I decree legislative of which to codicil 1 it is adopted on proposal of the Minister of infrastructures and the transports, advance acquisition of the opinion of the unified Conference of which to 28 article 8 of I decree legislative August 1997, n. 281, of the Council of State and the national Council of the economy and the job, that they are profitable in the term of forty-five days from the date of transmission of the outline of I decree legislative, passed which the Government can however proceed.
The outline of I decree legislative successively is transmitted to the Chambers for the expression of the opinions of the competent Parliamentary commissions for matter and the financial profiles and of the Parliamentary commission for the simplification, than they are pronounced in the term of sixty days from the date of transmission, passed which I decree legislative can be however adopted. If the term previewed for the opinion falls in the thirty days that successively precede the expiration of the term previewed from codicil 1 or, the same expiration is postponed of ninety days. The Government, in case does not intend to comply to the opinions parliamentarians, newly transmits the text to the Chambers with its observations and eventual modifications, equipped with the necessary integrating elements of information and motivation. The competent Parliamentary commissions for matter can be expressed on the observations of the Government within the term of ten days from the date of the new transmission. Passed such term, I decree legislative can however be adopted.
3. Within twelve months from the date of effectiveness of I decree legislative of which to codicil 1, the Government can adopt, in the respect of the principles and directive criteria and of the procedure of which to article anticipates, or more you decree legislative bringing integrating and corrective dispositions.


Update of the concerning dispositions of the Civil code the shipment activity goods


Al Regio I decree 16 March 1942, n.262, Book IV, Title III, Head IX, Section III are brought the following modifications.
Article 1737 so is replaced:
Art.1737 (Notion)
The shipment contract is a mandate with which the shipper assumes the obligation to conclude on behalf in proper noun and of sending or, if equipped of representation powers, in name and on behalf of sending, or more contracts than transport, with or more carriers and than to complete the accessory operations.

Article 1738 so is replaced:
Art. 1738 (Revokes)
It stops remaining the observance of the disposed one of article 1725, until the shipper has not concluded the contract of transport with the carrier, sending can revoke the shipment order object of the mandate, reimbursing the shipper of the supported expenses and corresponding a fair compensation to it for the lend activity.

Article 1739 so is replaced:
Art. 1739 (Obligation of the shipper)
In the execution of the mandate the shipper is held to observe the instructions of sending.
The shipper does not have the obligation to supply to the assurance of the things sent, except expressed demanded of sending. Article 1740 so is replaced:

Art. 1740 (Straight of the shipper)
The fee which had to the shipper is determined by the free dealing of the parts that stipulate the contract.
Sending is always responsible towards the shipper of the payment of the hire and the other expenses supported from the shipper for the execution of the mandate, also with regard to the costs deriving from the fact of parts third, independently from the existing pacts between said parts third and sending.
Being given how much arranged from article 1710, codicil 1 and 1739 codicil 1, the shipper is not responsible towards sending of the nonperformance of the carriers and of other subjects with which it has contracted or that however they take part in the execution of the transport.

Article 1741 so is replaced:
Art. 1741 (Shipper carrier: notion and responsibility)
The shipper who with means other people's own or express assumes the execution of the transport - in all or partially - is defined shipper carrier and has the obligations and the rights of the carrier.
In case the Shipper carrier is held to the compensation of the derivative damages to has right it, for loss or damage of the sent things been necessary during the phases of transport and technical lying, the due compensation could not be advanced to indicated how much from art. 1696.

Article 1696 so is replaced:
Art. 1696 (Limits to the compensation for loss or damage of the transported things)
The damage deriving from loss or damage is estimated according to the going rate of the things transported in the place and in the time of it gives back.
The compensation which had from the carrier cannot be advanced to an euro for every kilogram of gross weight of the goods lost or damaged in transport national earthlings and to the amount of which to article 23, codicil 3, of the Convention for the street transport of goods, ratified with law 6 Decembers 1960, n. 1621, and next modifications, in transport international earthlings, that is to the limits previewed from the international conventions or the applicable national laws for transport airplane, marine, fluvial and railway, there always that they rerun the previewed foundations for rising of the responsibility of the carrier.
If the transport is carried out for through more vectorial means than various nature, and it is not possible to distinguish in which phase of the transport the damage has happened, the compensation which had from the carrier could not in any case be advanced to an euro for every kilogram of in transport national gross weight of the goods lost or damaged and to three euros for every kilogram of in transport international gross weight of the goods lost or damaged.
The forecast of which to the codicils precedence he is not derogabile in favor of the carrier if not in the cases and with the modalities previewed from the special laws and the applicable international conventions.
The carrier cannot make use of the limitation of the responsibility previewed to its favor from anticipates article where is supplied the test that the loss or the damage of the goods is determined by fraud or serious guilt of the carrier or employee its and preplaces, that is of every other subject of which it has made use for the execution of the transport, when such subjects have churn in the exercise of their functions.

Article 2761 so is replaced:
Art. 2761 (Credits of the carrier, the shipper, the mandatory, the depositary and the sequestratario)
The credits employee from the contract of transport and shipment and those for expenses of tax anticipated by the carrier or the shipper have privilege on the transported things or sent until these remain near of he.
Such privilege can be practised also on assets object of a various transport or of a shipment from those for which the credit is risen provided that sayings you transport or shipments constitute execution of an only contract for periodic or ongoing performances.
The credits deriving from the execution of the mandate have privilege on the things of sending that the mandatory stops for the execution of the mandate.
The credits deriving from the warehouse or the conventional seizure in favor of the depositary and of the sequestratario have parimenti privilege on the things that these stop for effect of the warehouse or the seizure. The dispositions of the second and the third codicil of art. the 2756 are applied to these privileges.
In case the mandatory has supplied to on behalf pay the custom duties of sending, its credit has the privilege of which to art. the 2752.


4 - PARTICIPATIONS IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE THE DIGITALISATION IN THE FIELD

The Covid-19 emergency has been profitable obvious how much the digitalisation of the administrative procedures and in general terms I use it of the digital technologies are fundamental for the operativity of the system Country. The immaterial connections return the continuation of many activities also of the PA possible. In the logistics moreover still too many procedures are unfortunately employee from the paper. Profit appears to pick such opportunity, sure exceptional, in order to recover the lost time and to quickly proceed in the digitalisation of all a series of documents and processes, is in the relationships between operators and PA who between same operators. The immediate start wonders moreover for the Unico Amministratico Door (ITS) and for the Unico Doganale Door and Controls (SUDOCO) introduced with the D.Lgvo n.169/2016. Ques'tulitmoche allows the interoperability of the systems of all the PA involved in the clearance procedures, with optimization of the times and consequent reduction of the burdens at the expense of the enterprises. The DPCM for the start of the SUDOCO is ready from years, but ispiegabilmente firm in order better not specified verifications still in course. It goes immediately emanated and put in action Contextually one wonders that in order to favor the ripartenza of the economy, taken into consideration the fundamental role of the international exchanges, allows the maximum fluidity of the traffics in import-export reducing temporary the coefficients of risk of the customs system computerized that determine the outcomes of the clearance.



Digitalisation of documents and the processes that impattano on the Field of the logistics


In exception to the enforced normative dispositions or the commercial uses of square, all the destined certifications of any nature to private Public Administration or, documents of transport, the authorizations, the certificates of credit and every document necessary to assist the operations of import and export of goods, will be sent in the single digital format. Whereby the paper document was demanded originally, the document could be replaced from suitable digital forms of authentication.


Modifications analysis of customs risk


In constancy of Covid-19 emergency, made blank detailed lists investigative requirements for anti-drug, anti-terrorism, traffic of sanitary weapons and for alert, to all the goods is recognized a temporary reduction of the percentages of physical control in import and export apt to guarantee the maximum operating fluidity in the phase of clearance.
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Brussels
A joint letter from producers, utilities, shipowners and NGOs calls for the reservation of quotas for e-fuels and the introduction of advance booking
The Port of Los Angeles sets new all-time monthly and quarterly container throughput records.
Los Angeles
New peaks in full containers upon disembarkation and empty boxes
Rheinmetall acquires Mangalia shipyard for €138 million
Bucharest
The project is linked to the relaunch of the Romanian shipbuilding industry and the construction of four units for the Navy
United Transport Mutual is born: ships, ports and logistics under the same insurance umbrella.
London
UK P&I Club and TT Club members approve merger, retaining names, brands and teams
Spain, short sea shipping is declining
Madrid
SPC Spain warns that the costs of environmental regulations are pushing trafficking away from the sea
Port of Ravenna, August at -20.5% and September estimated at -9%.
Ravenna
Global trade is more resilient than expected. AI is boosting goods, while services are holding back.
Geneva
The WTO has revised its estimates: goods growth of 3.9% in 2026, services growth of 3.3%. But the impact of the Middle East crisis is not the same for everyone.
European ports: sustainability enters the implementation phase
Brussels
From policies to results: the ESPO report photographs the sector's progress, declines, and priorities.
Le Aziende informano
Ufficiali di Macchina: l'Accademia Italiana della Marina Mercantile apre le selezioni per il corso ITS triennale gratuito. Scadenza 26 ottobre
German Federal Government Bans Sale of Zippel to Chinese Group COSCO
Berlin
In February the antitrust authority had approved it
Fedespedi Report: Northern Adriatic Ports Are Growing, But They Speak Slovenian and Croatian
Milan
Assoporti represented the Italian position on the EU ETS at ESPO
Rome
Petri: No to the indiscriminate application of rules designed for profoundly different territorial realities.
DP World secures ten more years of management of the multipurpose terminal at the port of Luanda
Dubai
Since 2021, it has invested over 260 million dollars in it
Port of Naples, the Darsena di Levante - warns Confindustria Napoli - can no longer wait
Naples
Hupac's new shuttle train between Busto Arsizio/Gallarate and Barcelona
Noise
The three-weekly service will be inaugurated on November 9th
Uniport: Port resilience must be transformed into growth
Uniport: Port resilience must be transformed into growth
Rome
The association is calling on the government to provide clear timelines for infrastructure and dredging, to give businesses more weight in decision-making, and to amend the EU ETS.
Bangladesh seeks to increase competitiveness of ship recycling sector
Dhaka
A plant for the treatment, storage and disposal of waste resulting from ship demolition is planned
Ports, new investments in Tuscany and Sardinia
Livorno/Cagliari
The 2027 budget estimates for the two Port Authorities have been approved. Highlights include the Piombino dock, works in Livorno, and dredging and electrification projects in Sardinian ports.
Finding qualified personnel in Italian ports is increasingly difficult.
Naples
An analysis by Randstad Research of 13 professional profiles also highlights a marked gender imbalance
COSCO Shipping Ports reports record third-quarter revenue
Hong Kong
In the July-September period, net profit was 102.5 million dollars (+3.4%)
Approval for the 2027 budget forecast and the 2027-2029 POT of the Southern Tyrrhenian and Ionian Sea Port Authority.
Gioia Tauro
The forecast document shows revenues of approximately 24 million euros and expenses of approximately 88 million
Ravenna native Bongiovanni confirmed as president of the Federagenti Youth Committee.
Rome
Renewal of the federation's board of directors
The 2027-2029 Three-Year Operational Plan for the Central Adriatic Port System has been approved.
Ancona
308 million euros of investments are planned, of which 218 million for the Marche region and 91 million for Abruzzo.
The 2027 budget forecast for the Western Liguria Port Authority has been approved.
Genoa
New surcharge on goods postponed to 2028
DP World opens a temperature-controlled warehouse near Bologna
Bologna
Surface area of 22 thousand square meters
Saipem wins two new offshore drilling contracts
Milan
The total value of the orders is approximately 121 million dollars.
Hanwha brings Philadelphia Naval Shipyard under Defense Division control
Arlington
The goal is to integrate the construction of commercial and military ships
The Ports of La Spezia and Carrara approve the 2027-2029 Three-Year Public Works Program and the 2027 Budget.
La Spezia
Pisano: PTLP concrete and consistent with currently available resources
Port concessions: Regional Administrative Court (TAR) blocks 2025 fee increase
Rome
The appeal of Assiterminal and sixteen port companies has been accepted.
Wärtsilä sees quarterly order increases, but not in the Marine segment
Helsinki
In the period July-September the company recorded a net profit of 125 million euros (-31%)
Montaresi appointed general secretary of the Eastern Ligurian Sea Port Authority for another four years.
La Spezia
Renewal of office on the proposal of President Pisano
Double ceremony for two Explora Journeys ships at the Fincantieri shipyard in Genoa
Genoa
Launch of "Explora V" and coin ceremony of "Explora VI"
Italian CMD passes under the control of the UAE group EDGE
Abu Dhabi/Rome
Cousins Mariano and Giorgio Negri retain a significant shareholding
The Northern Tyrrhenian Port Authority presents the new layout of the port of Piombino.
Livorno
Gariglio: A concrete step towards industrial reconversion and the future of Piombino.
FS Logistix has purchased six new CZ LOKO locomotives for freight and shunting services
Rome/Prague
This is the fourth order of this type for the Czech company in ten years.
Port of Bremerhaven: The cruise ship Mein Schiff 3 collided with two container ships.
Bremen
No injuries. The cruise was canceled.
Paolo Moretti has been appointed CEO of RINA Spa.
Genoa
Giosuè Vezzuto has assumed the role of CEO of RINA Services
HD Hyundai and Kiewit to establish joint venture at new shipyard in the US
Houston/Seoul
The construction of both military and commercial vessels is planned
Konecranes' quarterly port equipment orders decline as revenue increases
Helsinki
Kuehne+Nagel's third quarter was very positive
Schindellegi
Growth in economic and operating results in all business segments
Wildcat's race for US defense: exclusive agreement with historic Fraser shipyard
Superior
The Miami Beach fund's operation is part of the government's plan to relaunch the American shipbuilding industry.
Port of Ancona: First single ZES authorization issued
Ancona
A three million euro investment in yacht construction has been unblocked.
Access to the port of Ravenna is authorized for vessels with a maximum draft of 11.00 meters.
Ravenna
Benevolent: it is a fundamental step for the economic and strategic development of the airport
Port of Genoa extends food inspection authorization to PSA SECH terminal
Genoa
The provision of the Ministry of Health expands the categories of products that can be subjected to control
SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
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On Thursday, the Unione Interporti Riuniti will present the ELODIE project at the Chamber of Deputies.
Rome
The aim is to create a digital federation of interports
ABB reports record orders of $12 billion in the third quarter.
Zurich
Revenues and profits also increased, while the group announced a joint venture with Mitsubishi Electric
In the third quarter of 2026, containers in the port of Barcelona decreased by -9.2%
Barcelona
The decline was driven by a 19.9% reduction in transhipment traffic.
COSCO Shipping Ports terminals set new quarterly container throughput record
Hong Kong
In the period July-September also volumes handled by CMPort
In August, the ports of Western Liguria handled 5.2 million tons of goods (+1.6)
Genoa
In Genoa, an increase of +6.1% was recorded, while Savona-Vado Ligure suffered a decrease of -10.0%.
Raben Italy opens a new warehouse in Pomezia
Milan
The goal is to consolidate the positioning and territorial expansion in road transport
Port of La Spezia signs agreement to develop blue economy and security projects
La Spezia
It was signed by the AdSP and the Foundation of the National Centre of the Underwater Dimension
The Port of Long Beach celebrates new monthly container throughput record
Long Beach
New all-time high also in the July-September quarter
The tender for the partial demolition of the North Pier of the Port of Ancona has been launched.
Ancona
The intervention includes the regularization of the relevant seabeds
HMM invests over $1.6 billion for 12 new container ships
Busan
By 2029, the delivery of eight 13,000 TEU vessels, three 2,800 TEU vessels and one 1,700 TEU vessel
Paolo Pessina confirmed as president of Federagenti
Rome
Unanimous vote of the Federation assembly
Negotiations have begun to renew the single collective bargaining agreement for the shipping industry.
Rome
The parties have agreed on a busy schedule of meetings
Container traffic in the port of Hong Kong grew by 15.1% in the third quarter
Hong Kong
In September the increase was +25.0%
Maritime training: Appeal to the Regional Administrative Court (TAR) against the Port Authority's fee hike
Rome
ANIFORMAR, CONFORMAR, and 15 training centers challenge the MIT-MEF decree: increases reach up to 149.3%.
The Spinelli Group has opened a new empty container depot in Novi Ligure.
Genoa
Investment worth 14 million euros
Rhenus integrates its logistics services into a single hub at the Padua Interporto.
Padua
The site will bring together road transport, air and sea freight, warehousing and specialized services
A truck driver dies at the Cagliari canal port.
Cagliari
He would have been crushed by a load of large pipes
Maritime labor, Confitarma is concerned about the uncertainty arising from the Revenue Agency's interpretative stance.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries plans to expand shipbuilding capacity
Tokyo
The company plans to invest 100 billion yen
Trasportounito: The government is crazy if it thinks the road haulage crisis can be solved on its own.
Rome
Application of the diesel cost adjustment clause urged
Emanuele Grimaldi is the new president of the Malta International Shipowners Association.
Valletta
She takes over from Marily Frangista, who has been leading the association since April 2022.
The fourth edition of Green Logitics Expo kicks off tomorrow morning in Padua.
Padua
It will see the participation of over 300 exhibitors and the holding of 30 conference events
In the third quarter of this year, cargo traffic in Turkish ports decreased by -1.1%.
Ankara
Volumes to and from Italy grew by +6.2%
Assiterminal, the flexibility of the PRPs should take into account the relevant market in which the ports operate
Genoa
Cetus Maritime plans to list on the Euronext Growth Oslo stock market
Hong Kong
Acquisition of 16 ships in preparation for listing on the stock exchange
On Saturday, a U.S. jet struck a bulk carrier in the Gulf of Oman.
Tampa
Centcom: The ship had attempted to enforce a naval blockade against Iran.
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
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
On Thursday, the Unione Interporti Riuniti will present the ELODIE project at the Chamber of Deputies.
Rome
The aim is to create a digital federation of interports
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
Cosco Shipping arm readies China IPO to capitalise on global shipbuilding wave
(South China Morning Post)
Rosatom expects cargo traffic along Northern Sea Route to rise 14% in 2026 - CEO
(Interfax)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del Presidente Mario Zanetti
Roma, 27 ottobre 2026
››› File
Ship hit near Strait of Hormuz
Southampton
A bullet started a fire which was later put out
OOCL reports 9.0% growth in vessel-borne volumes in the third quarter
Hong Kong
The increase in the value of maritime freight rates causes a +45.1% increase in revenues
HD Hyundai Marine Solutions to Acquire American Company Goltens Worldwide
Dubai/Seongnam
The company deals with the repair and maintenance of large marine engines and industrial machinery.
UNATRAS to the government: Immediately unblock measures to reduce diesel prices.
Rome
Road transport associations report delays and uncertainties in implementing the May 22 agreement and are calling for an urgent meeting.
Port of Taranto: Gugliotti renews his request to the government for funding for the port's wind farm.
Taranto
The project - he underlined - can neither be scaled down nor postponed.
Attack on a ship in the middle of the Persian Gulf
Southampton
The UKMTO reported that several projectiles caused casualties among the crew members.
Gioia Tauro: Addendum to the updated Port Plan approved
Gioia Tauro
The analysis will allow us to evaluate the Port Agency's employment and staffing needs.
Ships queuing, fuel wasted: how waiting at anchor can save you money.
Copenhagen
The Global Maritime Forum publishes Cargill's test results on 16 real-world voyages. Slowing down and arriving when the berth is free reduces fuel consumption and emissions.
ZIM raises full-year 2026 guidance
Haifa
Adjusted EBITDA and EBIT expected to be $2.7 billion/$3.0 billion and $1.4 billion/$1.7 billion
Gabriele Sangiorgi appointed acting secretary general of the Ravenna Port Authority.
Ravenna
Fabio Maletti's term has expired
Port of Genoa: Messina Terminal workers strike for one hour for a month
Genoa
The company reports that one of the union members did not show up at the last meeting as part of the cooling-off procedure provided for by the National Collective Labour Agreement.
Port of Taranto, agreement to participate in the development of the Valbasento Interporto in Ferrandina.
Matera/Taranto
A logistical-functional masterplan will be developed within 180 days
Attica, the deficit is reduced thanks mainly to capital gains and coverage
Kallithea
First half of the year with fewer crossings and slightly increasing revenues
Since the beginning of the year, passengers and goods on GNV ships have increased by +2% and +5%
Marrakech
Three-year strategic partnership with the Office National Marocain du Tourisme
Filt Cgil, recognize maritime and port work as arduous
Rome
The union is calling for a clear provision to be included in the next budget law.
Escola Europea - Intermodal Transport celebrates its 20th anniversary
Barcelona
A Mediterranean sea voyage between Barcelona, Civitavecchia, Palermo, and Genoa.
Tanker attacked in Hormuz
Southampton
The unit continued its navigation regularly
FS Logistix and Interporto Bologna presented the first Italian experimental DAC train
Assologistica event to discuss the Mediterranean strategy for Italian competitiveness
Rome
It will be held next October 30th in Naples
Sanilog launches a special cancer prevention campaign.
Rome
Three new areas dedicated to the prevention of head and neck and oral cavity cancers and the assessment of vascular risk
Contract awarded for dredging and completion of the electrification of the docks at the port of Gioia Tauro.
Gioia Tauro
They will be carried out respectively by Dravo and RTI Saet-Suardi
Student Naval Architect Award Awarded in Genoa
Genoa
The d'Amico Group and the Royal Institution of Naval Architects recognize excellence in naval engineering.
Freight transport is more expensive for Malta: €35 million per year between ETS, FuelEU and BAF
Zebbug
The hauliers' association calls on the government to challenge a European policy designed for the continent.
CMA CGM has finalized the acquisition of FedEx Supply Chain.
Marseille/Atlanta
With the transaction, CEVA Logistics' presence in North America has tripled.
Contships to order 10 feeder vessels with options for a further 10+10
Athens
Letter of intent with China's Hubei Guangji Green Energy Shipbuilding Group Co.
DP World signs agreement to develop deepwater port in Nigeria's Ogun State.
Dubai
The project includes approximately four kilometers of docks
New port regulations for Civitavecchia, Fiumicino, and Gaeta have been approved.
Civitavecchia
The procedural agreement with Interminal in Gaeta has been approved.
Kotug Acquires Majority Stake in Vortex Offshore
Rotterdam
The Dubai-based company provides maritime services to the offshore industry in the Middle East.
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