The work starts by analysing the main factors for the competitiveness of Italian logistics in relation to the processes of globalisation and of enterprise internationalisation. Then the paper moves on to examining the new geography of world trade, and its effects on maritime transport. After an overview of Italian interport facilities, the paper continues with an analyses of the logistics relations between Italy and the Mediterranean. The work ends with the interviews carried out with important representatives of trade associations, the world of finance, and the corporate worlds; plus the case studies on the logistics system, which offer the reader a closer look at the sector from a dual perspective: territorial and industrial.

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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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SRM presents a new research dedicated to Italy’s logistics assets, drawing a 360 degree analysis of the sector, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses, the risks and opportunities at play. The aim of this new study is to define four “pillars” for the development of logistics, a solid and necessary platform from which to boost the sector’s takeoff in Italy.
To achieve this aim, the project identifies the most important obstacles that are holding back the sector, examines possible strategies to relaunch investments in infrastructure, outlines potential growth horizons in terms of countries and territories, and stigmatises errors which must not be repeated in future cohesion policies.

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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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This paper (Italian language) will show that maritime transport is a dynamic sector, a business that over time has attracted investments also from abroad; it has a historical value and has resisted, and is still resisting, not without difficulty, to the crisis, by consistently seeking new paths and solutions to offer increasingly fast and efficient connections.
This paper’s aim is therefore to analyse the role played by maritime transport as a competitiveness-building factor, its importance for the economy, and its growth prospects. With the support of data and statistics, the paper will highlight the value of the sector at the international level, in terms of the country system as well as of individual regional territories, by means of case studies.

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