VERSO UNA NUOVA RIFORMA DELL’ORDINAMENTO PORTUALE

In recent months, the Italian Council of Ministers approved a bill to introduce substantial amendments to the national Port Law. The text reveals the Government’s intent to push the national port system toward heavy centralization, devolving additional structural competencies to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, as well as the Ministry of Economy and Finance. Crucially, the bill contains a series of provisions aimed at granting a newly established public company, “Porti d’Italia S.p.a.,” a key role within the system. While the bill has its pros and cons, it more broadly highlights the system’s structural difficulty in defining its identity.