The renewal process has been completed in recent days of the associative bodies of the International Center for Container Studies (CISCo) with the installation of the newly elected board of directors by the shareholders' meeting of 20 May and the attribution of the corporate offices that took place in the council meeting of 12 June. The new board of directors, which will remain in office for the three-year period 2026-2029, is composed of Samuele Abbate (Fedespedi), Giampaolo Botta (Spediporto), Pietro Benito Coniglio (ISLA), Alberta Frondoni (Genoa Chambers), Bartolomeo Giachino (Saimare), Giordano Bruno Guerrini (CISCo secretary and member of the BIC Board), Filippo Gallo (Finsea), Fernando Pagano (Bureau Veritas Italia), Paolo Pandolfo (Interporto di Padova), Paolo Pessina (Hapag-Lloyd Italy) and Alberto Pozzobon (Port System Authority of the Ligurian Sea Western)

The new board of directors has therefore confirmed Filippo Gallo to the presidency and Paolo Pessina to the vice-presidency who, as part of the of the Executive Committee of the Association, also in office in three-year period 2026-2029, will be joined by Alberto Pozzobon in as a director appointed by the Authority of Port System of the Western Ligurian Sea.

Founded in 1967, CISCo is now an association of reference for dissemination and training in the field of container transport and operates as a National Registration (NRO) Organization), i.e. in Italian organizational representation of the Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal (BIC) and on its behalf manages relations with Italian owners BIC code (the alphanumeric code placed on each marine container that uniquely identifies the owner or the main operator of that container). Finally, he is a member of UNI, the national body Italian unification.