Round Table

28th February 2024, at 14:45 

Bachelet Room, 1st floor

Building A

Piazzale Europa 1

A large share of global trade passes through the Suez Canal, and with the recent escalation of the crisis in the Middle East, particularly attacks on commercial traffic passing through Suez, we are witnessing significant repercussions on shipping from the Far East destined to the Mediterranean. If the current poor security situation were to continue, the Adriatic ports would be those most heavily affected.

The port of Trieste has been reclaiming its key role in the transportation of goods to and from Central Europe for some years now. Is it possible that the prolongation or possible worsening of the crisis in the Middle East will force us to review the increasingly optimistic development forecasts for our port?

The University of Trieste boasts excellent interdisciplinary expertise in transport matters, and with the round table entitled "The crisis in the Middle East and the Adriatic port system: what are the potential economic and legal scenarios?" it actively participates in the debate.

Opening Address

Gian Paolo Dolso, Head of the Department of Legal, Language, Interpreting and Translation Studies, UniTS

Introduction and Conclusion

Massimo Campailla, Professor of Navigation and Transport Law, UniTS

Coordinator

Alberto Bollis, Deputy Director of the Nord Est Multimedia Group

The following will discuss the topic at hand:

Zeno D'Agostino, President of the Eastern Adriatic Port System Authority, Ports of Trieste and Monfalcone

Giuseppe Borruso, Professor of Economic and Political Geography, UniTS

Giovanni Longo, Professor of Transport Engineering, UniTS

Stefano Mazzitelli, Business Market Director, Open Fiber Spa

Luca Sisto, General Manager, Confitarma

Marco Spinedi, President, Interporto Bologna Spa

Stefano Visintin, President, Confetra FVG

Stefano Zunarelli, Professor of Navigation Law, University of Bologna