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.

Throughout world history, ports have been drivers of urban development. Is that still the case? That was the core question of the Port-Cities Programme of the OECD, conducted in 2011-2013, which resulted in ten reports on different world port-cities, four thematic reports and one overall synthesis report. Programme director Olaf Merk elaborates in this article on the main findings of the programme: port-cities are subject to a mismatch of benefits and negative impacts, intensified by trends in global shipping, which results in complex policy challenges, but effective port-city policies are able to solve these.

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P3 Network is the name of the new alliance that is set to be launched by three European carriers that are world leaders in the maritime transport of containers: Danish company Maersk Line, Swiss company MSC, and French company CMA CGM, which combined control a 37% market share of all the TEUs (6.5 million) transported on the planet.A port selection process has also begun, with tree northern Italian ports – Genoa, La Spezia and Trieste – and two ports in Southern Italy – Naples and Gioia Tauro – at the fore for now.

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With this short report begins the process of investigating the ports of the countries in competition with Italy. The first country analysed within this process is Germany, which given its geographical features and export vocation, attaches strategic value to logistics and to the maritime trading of goods, as confirmed by the World Bank, which ranks Germany second in the world for logistics competitiveness, just behind Singapore.The results achieved are the fruit of the major efforts made by Germany over the years to support the development of the sector, also through the construction of the port of Hamburg and of the Frankfurt airport, which have made the country the most important logistics hub in Europe.

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Synthesis Report (September 2013)

This report provides a synthesis of main findings from the OECD Port-Cities Programme, created in 2010 in order to assess the impact of ports on their cities and provide policy recommendations to increase the positive impacts of ports on their cities. This Programme was directed by Olaf Merk, Administrator Port-Cities within the OECD Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate. The synthesis report is based on findings from a series of OECD Port-Cities case studies. Such case studies were conducted for Le Havre/Rouen/Paris/Caen (France), Hamburg (Germany), Helsinki (Finland), Marseille (France), Mersin (Turkey), Rotterdam/Amsterdam (the Netherlands), Antofagasta (Chile), Bratislava/Komárno/Štúrova (Slovak Republic), Durban (South Africa) and Shanghai (China). The OECD Port-Cities Programme also benefited from visits to the following ports and port-cities and discussion with port-related actors in the following port-cities: Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Singapore, Casablanca, Venice, Trieste, Genoa, Valparaíso, Varna, Gdansk, Koper, Vienna, Antwerp, Felixstowe, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Sydney and Newcastle (Australia).

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SRM’s research provides data and statistics on traffic, fleet size, areas of development in the industry and the strengths and weaknesses of maritime transport, without neglecting issues connected with the presence of strong and clever international competitors in the areas of shipping and port logistics services. More specifically, attention is focused on Italy’s “commercial influence” in the Mediterranean and on the maritime traffic to and from the Med Area, with an indication of the intensity of trade and the main partners involved, most notably Turkey, Libya, Tunisia and Egypt. The report shows the presence of centres of excellence, such as the Campania maritime cluster and the ports of Genoa and Trieste, which are the three engines of our maritime economy.

The book is in English. To request the version on paper (35 euros + shipping costs) write to comunicazione@sr-m.it