Browsing Tag Cabotage
The Court of Justice rules on the transport of empty containers before loading or after unloading of goods in the context of combined transport
The road transport of empty containers between a container terminal and a point where the goods are loaded or unloaded falls within the concept of “combined transport”, so that it benefits from the liberalised scheme laid down for initial and/or final road transport legs which form an integral part of a combined transport operation and which are exempt from the application of the provisions relating to cabotage laid down by Regulation No 1072/2009
Cabotage: An Italian initiative against the abuse of cabotage rights
Following a request from Confitarma (the association of Italian ship-owners), the Italian Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport has drafted a decree which will require ships intending to carry out cabotage traffic in Italy to submit a declaration certifying, inter alia, the identity of the master, of the registered owner, of the entity in charge of compliance with ISM, of the technical and commercial managers of the ship.