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With the first edition of the Annual Report, SRM collects the findings of the monitoring carried out by the Observatory in 2014, and provides a detailed picture of the current global and European scenario. More in detail, the first part of the study – pertaining to the current economic situation – provides insights and statistics on infrastructure, enterprise and on the most important indicators of the soundness of this sector in relation to the international context. Also pointing out the sentiment of the opinion leaders and focusing on the role of the South of Italy, always central in our studies, especially within this initiative. Lastly, the second part includes technical contributions that enrich the volume on topics of current interest, such as the Short Sea Shipping, Naval Gigantism, and the alliances among major carriers. Leaf through the book

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This new issue of our newsletter marks the continuation of the collaboration between Assoporti and SRM. This report aims to analyze – in both economic and territorial point of view – problems and opportunities in the port sector. The newsletter contains data and statistics on Italian freight and passenger traffic in the Mediterranean sea, and the Maritime Indicators: three set of indicators on the market share, the international trade and the trade exchanges between Italy and the Mediterranean Area.
The newsletter also includes a section of in-depth interviews to the main personalities of the port sector. In this issue: Luigi MERLO, President of Assoporti, Alessandro RICCI, President of UIR-Unione Interporti Riuniti, and Najlaa DIOURI, General Manager of Tanger Med Port Authority.

The report is available in the Italian version.

This new issue of our newsletter marks the continuation of the collaboration between Assoporti and SRM. This report aiming to analyze – in both economic and territorial point of view- problems and opportunities in the port sector. The newsletter contains data and statistics on Italian freight and passenger traffic in the Mediterranean sea. It also includes a section of in-depth interviews to the main personalities of the port sector. In this issue: Sixte Cambra, Chairman of the Port of Barcelona; Luigi Merlo, Chairman of the Port of Genoa; and Sergio Prete, Chairman of the Port of Taranto.

The report is available in the Italian version.

This new issue of our newsletter marks the continuation of the collaboration between the Research Centre of the Naples Port Authority and SRM. The newsletter analyses the port of Naples’ connections with the ports of the Southern Rim of the Mediterranean, as part of an assessment of Italian maritime trade with the countries of the Mediterranean. To round up the analysis, an interview to the Secretary General of the port of Naples, Emilio Squillante, offers a realistic picture of port activity in Naples, and the strategies the Authority is pursuing to become an increasingly integral part of the Mediterranean economy.

The Research Centre of the Port Authority of Naples, in collaboration with SRM, produces a periodic newsletter presenting the main statistics of Italian ports, paying special attention to Campania and Naples. The report is available in the Italian version.

The report is available in the Italian version.

Despite the forecasts, 2014 was not the year of the recovery for the shipbuilding industry. Without a strong world economy, the fleet utilization rate remained steady although considerable differences amongst the various market segments came to light: a favourable trend for LPG and tankers while bulk carriers recorded a drop. The volatility of freight rates, as characterized last year, arose from endogenous industrial factors due to American shale oil production, which provoked an increase in the LPG shipments and, as a consequence, a drop in the oil price, although the extraction levels remained constant. In the bulk segment, the swing in the Chinese energetic policy led to a reduction in coal consumption while the ban for Indonesia to export bauxite and nickel contributed to the drop of freight rates.

The “Maritime Indicators Abruzzo, Marche and Molise” intends to offer an interpretative key to dynamics and the phenomena that characterize the sea economy of these regions located in the Centre of Italy along the Adriatic coast. This report is divided in three sections: international trade relations, competitiveness, companies’ analysis. Of course, the analysis pays particular attention to the Port of Ancona.