Table Of Content12th+1 edition 2015 issue free LiFe, opinions and data From the shipping worLd
insights
Shipbrokers & Shipagents Dinner
Genoa Shipping Week
interview
Hassan Abou Ayoub
Ambassador of Morocco
photogaLLery
Sailing Regatta
the oFFiciaL journaL oF
Magazine Menù Index of contents
MMaaggaazziinnee MMeennùù
Appetizer
Editorials
A successfull event for our city 3
An important networking opportunity 3
Drinks
spEcial contEnts
Motivation and enthusiasm in two words: Young group 4
Three centuries of maritime information 55
#shootyourport contest 7
Starter
tEchnical contEnt
Milan rediscovers its port 9
Salad
intErviEws
Watchword: sustainability 13
"Gsw, best way to do network" 33
"Genoa is a good location for continental market" 33
This is why Dinner is important to Fonasba 60
Main Course
insights
Genoa Shipping Week 18
Shipping run with olympic marathoner Stefano Baldini 25
See you in Naples next year 27
When business meets fun 46
Facts and figures 49
Side Dishes
gsw guEsts
Morocco the locomotive of Africa 17
Heroes of our time 29
Finger food
advErtorials
PSA Voltri-Pra - F.a.m.a. 16
Federagenti - Ente Bilaterale Nazionale 37
Almaviva - Terminal Sech 43
Dessert
photo gallEry
Thursday? Party! 39
Closing with sailing regatta 57
Appetizer edItorIals
A successfull event for our city
It was a real pleasure meeting you at the 1400 companies involved in the event; about
thirteenth edition of the Shipbrokers 40 countries represented and 67 sponsors.
and Shipagents Dinner - 12+1 for tho-
se who are superstitious - organized by The initiative is influential for our associate
Assagenti Young Group, that I have the companies, as it is one of the most important
honour of chairing. networking events for global shipping opera-
tors, but also for Genoa, a beautiful city that
Our event is now part of a wide project, the many people get to know thanks to this event.
Genoa Shipping Week, that, since two years
now, we organize together with our partner I want to thank the institutions, the sponsors and
ClickUtility Team, transforming the city for a our members, that support us with great enthu-
whole week in the leading capital of national siasm making the Dinner possible every two
and international shipping. years. I really hope to see you all again in 2017.
I’m very impressed and proud by this edition Aldo Negri
numbers: more than 3000 guests welcomed in PrESiDENT oF
ASSAGENTi YouNG GrouP
the Jean Nouvel Pavilion at Fiera di Genova;
An important networking opportunity
as President of Assagenti, it was a honour tional forwarders, MTOs, traders, termi-
to welcome you at Fiera di Genova for the nal operators, but also lawyers and insu-
thirteenth edition of the Shipbrokers and rance and bank representatives.
Shipagents Dinner.
The Dinner - closing event of the Week -
First of all I want to thank all the Young Group is one of the most important networking
and the Secretary of the Association because it occasion for the maritime cluster at a worldwi-
is thanks to their effort that since a long time de level, during which we all get the chance to
we manage to share with you all a wonderful exchange opinions and strengthen professional
scenario, a great and complex event, that today relationships, but also to better understand and
involves more than 3000 guests. keep up to date with a always more complex
market.
As two years ago, the Gala Dinner has been part
of the Genoa Shipping Week, the event that ani- None of this would be possible without the sup-
mated Genoa from 14th to 20th September pro- port of the institutions, our guests and our asso-
moting many conferences and meetings, some ciate companies. I thank you all, hoping to see
of which addressed to the city and its people. you at the next edition in 2017.
Our city on this occasion welcomes eminent
exponents of the shipping world: shipowners, Gian Enzo Duci
maritime agents, shipping companies, interna- PrESiDENT oF ASSAGENTi
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Motivation
1
and enthusiasm
2
in two words:
1 From left to right: aldo negri,
niccolò Braibanti, Martina Belziti,
raffaele negri, gian alberto cerruti.
2 giuseppe totorizzo, simone carlini.
Young group
3 tommaso scolaro. 4 giulia de
paolis. 5 carolina villa. 6 stefano
calvi, antonella novi. 7 Michela villa.
8 valeria salzano, silvia poggio.
The Group organizes in the space of a few years, it has professionals in the field: over 3,000
become “The Event” at Genoa. One participants at the Dinner, and 5,000
the Shipbrokers and
of the most important events of during the course of the week.
Shipagents Dinner and
all. The Shipbrokers and Shipagents The Dinner has always been
other initiatives to open Dinner made a qualitative leap two organised by Assagenti’s Young
years ago when the decision was Members group: “We realised just
Genoa port to the city
taken to combine it with a series of how keenly it was awaited from the
events including conferences, cultural floods of phone calls we received
events, training initiatives and events from people wanting to take part,”
dedicated entirely to entertainment: Chairman Aldo Negri told us, “even
the Genoa Shipping Week. The though it is an invitation-only
figures are astonishing, considering event. It is a business opportunity
it is an initiative largely aimed at set in a pleasant context.”
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“It is a unique opportunity. There group,” Negri explained. “It is the speaking, it is an important time,”
are similar events around the world,” only organisation of its kind in Italy, Negri said. “Optimisation has
Carolina Villa, Vice President added. and includes groups of young people become the buzzword,” added Gian
“I have taken part in the ones in from the various entrepreneurial Alberto Cerruti, the other Vice
Naples, London and Hamburg, but and professional associations from President of the Young group, “in
whilst this one is the most convivial, the Province of Genoa. They say a field of work which has been
it also maintains a very high the future belongs to young people, completely overhauled in the last
professional profile. This ensures but if young people just stand there 20 years: people spend less time
the evening’s objectives are met: in the port and more in front of
networking and discussing business “Geopolitical scenarios the computer.” A revolution in the
issues with dozens of clients who way people work, and changes that
change far faster than in
one would normally meet over the might also affect China, the sector’s
the past. The key to the
space of a year.” “locomotive” for years, which has
These young people are rolling up future is flexibility” now slowed down: “We came into
their sleeves and proving a shared the working world with the Far East
commitment that is rare. Their goal watching, waiting for someone to as the market of reference,” Cerruti
is to relaunch the city, for too long help them, they risk getting old stated. “it was the main route for
now a prisoner of veto upon veto, without having achieved anything.” both imports and exports. If China
and a lack of cooperation between A future which needs to be were to go into an economic crisis, it
the various economic sectors: “The built, following one of the most would be another landmark moment
youngsters from Assagenti are devastating economic crises of for our whole sector.”
part of the GGR, the United Young the last 100 years: “Formatively “Geopolitical scenarios change
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far faster than in the past, and governments still haven’t managed ceremonies, yet none of them turned
with them balances of power in the to implement reform. The rest of the up at the Genoa Shipping Week. But
market. The key to the future is world is moving forward. People say they did attend the London Shipping
flexibility,” maintained Villa. the maritime economy is worth 3% Week to represent Italy: it’s absurd!”
“Many people say Africa could of the GDP, but how important are Cerruti took the issue to a broader
become the new China,” Negri noted, these connections for the rest of the level. “This political absence means
“but at the moment there is an world? Immensely important.” that the population is not aware of
absence of a political unity which what a maritime economy really
"The world has changed,
can also guarantee lasting stability is, of how many people it involves,
and economic development.” and governments still although we are also partly to blame
On the subject of politics, the Young haven’t managed to because we don’t communicate with
group of Assagenti have launched the outside world enough.”
implement reform"
an appeal to the Italian government The objectives of the Young group
for a greater sense of responsibility, Villa was not mincing her words: include taking the port beyond
which has fallen at a dizzying rate “It might not be a new factor but I the dimension which cannot be
since the Merchant Navy Ministry still find it incomprehensible and permeated by those who do not
was abolished. discouraging how little interest experience it on a daily basis. It is
“The law governing ports has Italian politicians have in our for this very reason that the second
proven extremely important, but it sector. We sent out invitations to edition of the Instagram contest
was passed in 1994,” Negri stated. government representatives to take entitled #shootyourport has been
“The world has changed, and part in a variety of conferences and promoted.
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#shootyourport contest: over two thousand pictures participating w
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A success that exceeded all capture a detail of daily working life
expectations, with over 2,000 inside the port. Third place went to
photographs vying for the top @nedualismineregole who snapped a
three places. The second edition of photo from outside the port, showing
#shootyourport conceived by the how the port is seen by the citizens.
Young Members Group of Assagen- The use of perspective highlighted
ti, with the backing of the Reunited the fact that it is an integral part of
Young Members Group, made its the city.
debut on Instagram thanks to a part- The prizes were offered by the spon-
nership with IgersGenova. A means sors: the winning photograph received
of celebrating the port in the very a prize donated by Grandi Navi Veloci
best of ways, while bringing it even with a return trip for four people plus
closer to the city. vehicle to Sicily or Sardinia. An Ipad
First place went to @alegiudi- mini and two season tickets for the
ce73, who overlapped the port with 2015/2016 theatre season were the photographs that the jury decided to
the Genoese skyline, working on awards for the second and third-pla- add nine special mentions as well as
reflections and black and white. ce shots, respectively donated by the the top three photos; these received
Second place went to @marioma- Fos Group and Politeama Genove- holdalls as prizes, donated by Slam,
ri99: using his mobile, he managed to se. There were so many high quality which also hosted the event.
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1 First place: @alegiudice73
2 second place: @mariomari99
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