The Mediterranean ports, and Italian ports in particular, both the hub and commercial ports, have experienced pronounced growth favored by: 1) world growth in volume of containers; 2) greater inflow/outflow of containers pertaining to the area extending from Bavaria to Hungary; 3) time savings...

In this paper we will describe the liner shipping industry in the Mediterranean and in Italy. The structure of the industry is representative of the oligopolistic structure that is taking shape on a worldwide level. In particular the main terminals in Italy have undergone a "colonization...