In 2015, SRM carried out a scientific mission in Hamburg with the aim of gaining a better knowledge of the strategies and the issues regarding the maritime sector in a country like Germany, which is considered one of the top European countries as for maritime logistics. During the mission, SRM interviewed Bengt van Beuningen, Head of Communication & Information, Port of Hamburg Marketing Regd. Assn.

We have carried out an interesting interview with Jonathan C. Williams, General Manager of FONASBA to explore the role of Ship Brokers and Agents in the international context.

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We have interviewed the Vice President of Contship Italia, a company whose core businesses are the operations and investments in port terminals and all the container-related services, especially intermodal transport, maintenance and storage which bring added value to the company’s core business. With Marco Simonetti we have discussed the competitiveness and the economic scenarios, besides the more obvious talk about the company’s strategies.

We have interviewed again the General Manager of the Tanger Med port – Najlaa Diouri – to illustrate all the characteristics of the activities carried out, the strategies pursued by the Port Authority, and the goals laid out, with an overview of the projects under way and those in the pipeline, and of the implications they will have on the economy of the port and of the territory it is located in.

Maersk Italy operates in the maritime shipping of containerised goods to and from the rest of the world. In Italy it operates in 12 ports, and is currently establishing, together with MSC and CMA CGM, the P3 Network alliance, which will bring about important changes in the global balances of the maritime transport and port sectors. We discussed this, and many other topics, with Orazio Stella, the company’s Chief Executive Officer, who is always available to share with us his views on issues relating to the all-important subject of logistics.