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The present chapter assesses the impact of the Italian port reform on port planning and funding schemes. After reviewing the historical development of the Italian port system, Sect. “The Italian Port System” highlights the main critical issues of the current regulatory framework while Sects.”Port Investment And Finance In The Italian Port System” and “Port Operations in the Italian Port System” discuss the funding and operational impacts of the chosen regulatory solutions, with a particular focus on the concession regimes applied by the Italian ports.
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In June 2020, P. Maccarini, the head of MSC terminal investment, publicly stated that the company’s plan is to promote further investments on Gioia Tauro in order to turn it into the main Mediterranean containter hub in the next future (Capuzzo, 2020).
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Prete, S., Tei, A. (2022). Aims, Goals, and Results of Port Reforms in Italy. In: Ferrari, C., Haralambides, H., Prete, S., Tei, A. (eds) Regulation and Finance in the Port Industry. Palgrave Studies in Maritime Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-83985-7_15
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