Port System Authority of the Ionian Sea - Port of Taranto

PRESIDENT

PROF. SERGIO PRETE, ESQ.

Born in Taranto on 6 September 1967. Married with two children. Graduated in Law from the University of Bari in 1992. Member of the Bar of the Province of Taranto since 1995. Coordinator for professional development in navigation law of the Fondazione Scuola Forense of the Taranto Bar Association. Adjunct Professor of Navigation Law at the 1st and 2nd Faculty of Economics of the University of Bari "Aldo Moro" from the academic year 2004-2005 to the academic year 2013-2014. Adjunct Professor of "Port Management" from the academic year 2014/2015 at the Ionian Department in Mediterranean Legal and Economic Systems: Society, Environment, and Cultures of the University of Bari "Aldo Moro".

He has been a speaker at numerous international conferences and seminars on port and maritime law, transport and logistics. Author of two monographs: "Il raccomandatario marittimo nella evoluzione giurisprudenziale" (The maritime agent in the evolution of case law - Giuffrè Editore, 2009) and "L'impresa turistico-balneare. La gestione del demanio marittimo tra principi comunitari e federalismo" (The seaside tourism enterprise. Management of maritime state property: community principles and federalism - Progedit, 2011) and numerous articles of doctrine and notes to judgments published in the most important Italian and foreign journals of the maritime and transport sector, under the headings "demanio" (state property) and "demanio marittimo" (maritime state property) of the UTET Technical Codes.

President of the Port Authority of Taranto, appointed by Decree of the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport no. 233 of 7 June 2011, he was appointed Extraordinary Commissioner of the Port of Taranto by Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 17 February 2012. Extraordinary Commissioner of the Port Authority of Taranto since 13.07.2015.

On 21 December 2012, he was appointed Member of the Expert Committee of the Shanghai International Shipping Institute, where he also carried out research activities. From 2013 to 2015 he was appointed Vice President of the Italian Association of Ports (Assoporti) and from 2014 to 2016 President of the Apulian Ports Association - APP. On 07.06.2011 he was appointed President of the Port Authority of Taranto until 12.07.2015, in addition to which he was appointed - at no cost to the public budget - Extraordinary Commissioner for the construction of maritime works and major infrastructure in the Port of Taranto, with Prime Ministerial Decree of 17.02.2012. Since 2015 he has been a Member of the Permanent Institutional Table of the Institutional Development Contract.

On 13.07.2015 he was appointed - by Decree of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport no. 238 of 10.07.2015 - Extraordinary Commissioner of the Port of Taranto, an appointment renewed in the first instance on 13.07.2016, by Decree of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport no. 4 of 11.01.2016, and subsequently until 04.11.2016, by Decree of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport no. 240 of 14.07.2016. On 10.11.2016, he was notified of his appointment as President of the newly established Port System Authority of the Ionian Sea, for a four-year term, by Decree no. 362 of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport.

On 29.12.2020 he was appointed - by Decree of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport no. 621 of 29.12.2020 - Extraordinary Commissioner of the Port of Taranto.

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decreto nomina Presidente Adsp Mar Ionio n.14.14-01-2021_Redatto.pdf		167 kB	03-04-2023 14:09	03-04-2023 14:09
CV _Sergio Prete.pdf		574 kB	03-04-2023 14:09	03-04-2023 14:09