Organización y explotación de los puertos italianos: situación actual y propuesta de reforma

Abstract

Already more than twenty years ago, before even risking the first serious attempts at the level of the European Union extend the liberalizing process within the scope of the port services Act 84/1994 design a new system of administration of the large Italian ports that respond precisely to that goal: attributed to port authorities the public function of regulation of port operating, and allow the development of economic activities for the provision of port services and operations in the hands of private initiative. And all with the ultimate aim of improving the competitiveness of the port system. However, the reality of the law has shown that its content was not fully in accordance with its objective. And the experience of time, on the other hand, proved that the competitiveness of Italian ports is still ballasted by some shortcomings that the law has failed to resolve. In this scenario, some years is pending a proposed reform of port legislation. It is, however, a still-unfinished project. And what is perhaps most worrying, is a reform proposal that raises questions if you know give adequate response to the problems that tries to address.