Articles
1) “The scope of application of the 1952 Brussels Convention on arrest of ships and the “periculum in mora” vis-à-vis a foreign flag ship”, Il Diritto Marittimo 1994, 187
2) “Arrest of ships: practical problems and their possible solutions”, Il Diritto Marittimo 1995, 768
3) “The ship, the non propelled craft and the Tax Authority in between”, Il Diritto Marittimo 1996, 1008
4) “The arrest under art. 39 of the 1968 Brussels Convention on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (now art. 47 of EU Regulation 44/2001)”, Il Diritto Marittimo 2001, 1109
5) “Chronique de droit maritime italien en 2002“, Droit Maritime Français 2003, 858
6) “Chronique de droit maritime italien en 2003“, Droit Maritime Français 2004, 923
7) “Understanding ship mortgage law”, The Maritime Advocate, Issue 28, October 2004, 36
8) “Possibility to claim, allegation of claim and arrest of ships”, Il Diritto Marittimo 2004, 1465
9) “The transport documents in the UNCITRAL Draft Convention for the International Carriage of Goods wholly or partly by sea”, Il Diritto Marittimo 2006, 1026
10) “European Rules on Maritime Casualties”, Tecnologie Trasporti Mare 2008, 83
11) “The fascination of a centennial knowledge”, Dossier Liguria, October 2008, 134
12) “Ship Mortgage”, Section for Italy, Shipping Finance, IV Ed., Euromoney Books 2009
13) “Vessel Registration”, Section for Italy, Shipping Finance, IV Ed., Euromoney Books 2009
14) “Judicial Sales of Vessels and Priority of Claims”, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 33, Wolters Kluwer, 2009
15) “Flag and Registration of Vessels and Mortgages on Vessels”, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 33, Wolters Kluwer, 2009
16) “Arrest of Ships”, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 33, Wolters Kluwer, 2009
17) “Towage”, Treaty of Contractual Liability – The contracts, Vol. II, Cedam, Padua 2009
18) “Pilotage”, Treaty of Contractual Liability – The contracts, Vol. II, Cedam, Padua 2009
19) “Safeguarding the sea and those who live on it”, Dossier Liguria, May 2009, 176
20) “The Rotterdam Rules: what will be the changes”, Corriere dei Trasporti, 15 June 2009
21) “From frogman to maritime lawyer”, Essays in honour of Francesco Berlingieri, Il Diritto Marittimo 2010, 147
22) “The entry into force of the new Convention on arrest of ships”, Il Diritto Marittimo 2011, 1141
23) A report on the session at Beijing on Fair Treatment of Seafarers, CMI Yearbook 2013, 362
24) “Judicial Sales of Vessels and Priority of Claims”, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 33, Wolters Kluwer, 2012
25) “Flag and Registration of Vessels and Mortgages on Vessels”, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 33, Wolters Kluwer, 2012
26) “Arrest of Ships”, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 33, Wolters Kluwer, 2012
27) “Judicial Sales of Vessels and Priority of Claims”, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 52, Wolters Kluwer, 2014
28) “Flag and Registration of Vessels and Mortgages on Vessels, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 52, Wolters Kluwer, 2014
29) “Arrest of Ships”, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 52, Wolters Kluwer, 2014
30) “Liability for wrongful arrest: a report on this study and on the activities of the IWG”, CMI Yearbook 2015, 296
31) “The need of a Convention on foreign judicial sales of ships and their recognition”, Essays on Maritime Law- Tribute to Aurelio Fernándes Concheso, April 2016
32) Hypothéques/mortgages, maritime liens and enforced sale: attempts at unification, CMI Yearbook 2016, 253
33) Towards uniform rules on wrongful arrest or still with the law of the jurisdiction where the arrest is made? CMI Yearbook 2016, 338
34) “The New York Produce Exchange Form 2015. An overview with focus on Liens, G.A. and Arbitration”, Liber Amicorum in Memory of Prof. A.N. Yiannopoulos, July 2017
35) “The CMI between New York and Genoa” Il Diritto Marittimo, 2017, 1115 and Comparative Maritime Law Journal, 2018, 7
36) “Arrest of Vessels”, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Suppl. 64, Wolters Kluwer 2018
37) “Flag and Registration of Vessels and Mortgages on Vessels”, Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Suppl. 64, Wolters Kluwer 2018
38) “Judicial Sales of Vessels and Priority of Claims”, Maritime Law Handbook, Section for Italy, Suppl. 64, Wolters Kluwer 2018
39) “Salvage in Spanish law 14/2014, in the Italian Code of Navigation and in the 1989 Salvage Convention”, Il Diritto Marittimo, 2018, 5 and Essays in memory of José Luis Goñi Etchevers
40) “Arrest of ships in the International Conventions, in Italian law and in Spanish law”, Il Diritto Marittimo, 2019, 245 and Commemorative Volume for the two hundred years of the foundation of the Venezuelan Admiralty Court, Caracas 2019, 249
41) “Maritime Liens in Italian law and in the International Conventions: an historical overview”, Il Diritto Marittimo, 2019, 475 and Essays in Honour of Ignacio Luis Melo Ruiz, Mexico City, 2019, 121
42) “The Italian Maritime Law Association: over 120 years since its foundation”, Il Diritto Marittimo, 2019, 671
43) “Arrest of Vessels – Flag and Registration of Vessels and Mortgages on Vessels – Judicial Sales of Vessels and Priority of Claims”; Maritime Law Handbook 2019, Wolters Kluwer
44) “Liability for the wrongful Arrest of Ships: where we stand”, Comparative Maritime Law Journal, 2020, 107
45) “Il Diritto marittimo – 120 years of doctrine, jurisprudence and Italian and foreign legislation”, Il Diritto Marittimo, 2020, 3
46) “Liability for wrongful arrest of ships: the efforts towards possible uniform rules”, Il Diritto Marittimo, 2020, 285
47) “Carriers’ liability for damages to passengers in the event of a maritime casualty and punitive damages” E-book Ibero American Institute of Maritime Law, Argentinian Branch, 2020
48) “Journey over the Channel through the interpretation of the International Conventions”, Il Diritto Marittimo, 2020, 1180
49) “Arrest of Vessels – Flag and Registration of Vessels and Mortgages on Vessels – Judicial Sales of Vessels and Priority of Claims”; Maritime Law Handbook 2020, Wolters Kluwer
50) “The payment of the Salvage reward in the 1910 Brussels Convention, in the 1989 London Convention and in Italian law”, Il Diritto Marittimo, 2021, and Revista de Estudios Maritimos, n.60
51) “Comments on the nature of the salvage claim”, Il Diritto Marittimo, 2021
52) “Ship Finance”, Lexology 2021
53) “Pilotage does not rhyme with salvage”, Il Diritto Marittimo, 2021
Presentations – Lectures
1) The works of the Comité Maritime International and the uniformity in the field of maritime transport, Fall Meeting of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, Marco Island, Florida, USA, 1988
2) Accidents at sea: international and domestic legislation, Conventions on emergency at sea, prevention, management and response, Seminar by Thetis, Centre of Shipping Technologies, Venice 26-28 May 1993
3) Speech at the Congress “One hundred years of works for the unification of maritime law – A review of what achieved and a program for the future”, Genoa 22-23 January 1999, Il Diritto Marittimo 1999, 270
4) Places of Refuge for ships in distress, International Congress on Maritime Law, Piraeus, 28 September-1 October 2004
5) Place of Refuge in a Mediterranean Sea perspective, CMI Conference, Vancouver, 2 June 2004
6) Monitoring Traffic and Places of Refuge, 1st European Maritime Lawyers’ Summit, Benalmadena Costa (Costa del Sol) Spain 1-3 November 2006
7) Jurisdiction and Arbitration in the UNCITRAL Draft Convention on carriage of goods wholly or partly by sea, XVI International Congress of Maritime Arbitrators, Singapore 26 February-2 March 2007
8) The growth of the European Union policy in maritime transport, Round Table on “European Union Transport Policy – Developments and Perspectives”, University of Parma 16 March 2007
9) The liability of Yacht Clubs as organizers of sailing regattas, Colloquium on “The law and the sailing regattas: Rules and Liabilities”, Union of the Lawyers’ Councils of the Venetian Regions, Venice 26 October 2007
10) Places of Refuge and certain issues relating to salvage, financial security and authorities of the coastal State, Congress “The Maritime Law in the XXI Century – Conflict of Legal Systems or hopes for uniformity” Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho Maritimo, Sevilla 13-16 November 2007
11) Investigations into Maritime Casualties – The International and the National Rules, Colloquium Italian Maritime Law Association, Genoa 23 November 2007
12) The arrest of ships in the code of navigation and in the 1952 Brussels Convention, Seminar at the University of Udine 13 March 2008
13) Investigations into Maritime Casualties, Congress on “The New Regime of the Maritime Investigations and the relating legal questions”, University of Modena 28 March 2008
14) Chairman at the session Liberalization of Port Services at the 2nd European Maritime Lawyers Summit, Rome 13 June 2008
15) A comparison between the international conventions and Italian law on arrest of ships and maritime liens, Congress “Maritime litigation between market crisis and credit crunch: the views of suppliers and cargo interests”, Confederation of the Italian Industry – Venetian Branch, Venice 8 May 2009
16) Criminalization of shipmasters worldwide, 14th General Assembly of CESMA, Confederation of European Shipmasters’ Association, Genoa 26 May 2009
17) Cargo insurance against the risk of transport, the changes under the Rotterdam Rules, Colloquium Italian Maritime Law Association – National Association of Insurance Companies, Milan 28 May 2009
18) Carriers’ liability in the carriage of passengers by sea (EU Regulation 392/2009), Lecture at the II Level Master, Faculty of Law, University of Messina, 3 October 2009
19) From maritime liens on ships to arrest of ships: outlines on the protection of maritime claims, Lecture at the II Level Master, Postgraduate certificate on legal and private sciences, University of Messina, 26 November 2009
20) The Rotterdam Rules: why a new convention on maritime transport, I Conference on maritime and shipping law, Civitavecchia 11 December 2009
21) The officer of the assault units of the Italian Navy, speech at the presentation of the Essays in honour of Francesco Berlingieri, Palazzo della Borsa, Genoa 19 February 2010
22) The Rotterdam Rules: The main differences with the Hague-Visby Rules and the Hamburg Rules, Conference WISTA Switzerland, Geneva 14 September 2010
23) Salvage – Arrest of ships and maritime liens – The Rotterdam Rules, Master online Newton Management Innovation S.p.A., Milan 2 May 2011
24) Enforcement, arrest of ships and maritime liens – Legal issues on salvage and towage – The main clauses and issues relating to insurance contracts, Master Scuola Formazione IPSOA, Viareggio 18 May 2011
25) The work of the CMI towards unification of maritime law on the occasion of the VX anniversary of the foundation of the Israel Maritime Law Association, Tel Aviv Carlton Hotel, Tel Aviv 15 February 2012
26) The Italian Maritime Law Association, the Comité Maritime International and the unification of maritime law, Meeting at ANIA-Italian Association of Insurance Companies – Working Group on Transport, Milan 12 April 2012
27) Ports and logistics between contractual terms and international instruments, The International Propeller Club, The Province of Livorno and the University of Pisa-University Center on Logistic issues, Livorno 23 April 2012
28) Maritime inquiries: the legislative novelties, Conference on the Investigations into maritime casualties in the commercial and pleasure navigation between European and domestic legislation, Center of Culture, Formation and Legal Affairs, Seminar organized by Diritto e Trasporti, Genoa 20 May 2012
29) – The work of the CMI towards unification of maritime law, the Slovenian Maritime Law Association and its friendship with the Italian Maritime Law Association:
– Investigation into maritime casualties: an example how the EU ensures protection of the environment and safety at sea;
– Jurisdiction clauses in international conventions: an issue for the EU and EU member States,
European Maritime Day 2012 – EU Maritime Law and Policy, Maritime Law Association of Slovenia, Portorož (Slovenia) 18 May 2012
30) The 1999 Convention on Arrest of Ships and the New Maritime Claims, II International Conference on Maritime and Shipping Law, University of Marmara, Faculty of Law, Istanbul 24-25 May 2012
31) The protection of the seafarer in the foreign port between MLC 2006 and IMO-ILO Guidelines 2006 on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers, Conference on the ILO Maritime Labour Convention 2006, University of Genoa, Department of Ship’s, Electric, Electronic and Telecommunication’s Engineering and Department of International Private Law and Commerce Law “G.L.M. Casaregi”, Genoa 20 June 2012
32) Contractual uniformity and the works of the CMI, Conference Flexibility, Foreseeability and Reasonableness in Shipping Contracts, VII European Colloquium on Maritime Law Research, Palermo, 27-28 September 2012
33) The works of CMI towards unification of maritime law and cross border insolvency, 2012 Conference Shipping and the Law in the recent and current markets, Naples 8 October 2012
34) Pollution and criminalization of seafarers: learning from the past to improve the future, CMI Conference 2012, Beijing 14-19 October 2012
35) Carriers’ agents: the legal framework – A summing up, ASLA’s Seminar Milan 25 January 2013
36) Liens and Maritime Hypothecs – Presentation at the Conference “Lex Trasporti” on: Maritime Claims – An update with the new provisions, Genoa, 26 June 2013
37) Recognition of insolvency proceedings under Council Regulation (EC) no. 1346/2000, CMI Symposium, Dublin 1stOctober 2013
38) Third parties rights in rem, maritime liens and the Member State in which the ship is situated: an analysis of art. 5 of Council Regulation (EC) no. 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings, 8th International Conference of Maritime Law, Piraeus 10-12 October 2013
39) Piracy in West Africa, Workshop ANIA-Associazione Nazionale Imprese Assicuratrici: Maritime Piracy and regime on international sanctions, Milan 26 February 2014
40) Defaulting shipowners and protection of their insolvency status, European Maritime Law Organization and Malta Maritime Law Association, joint Seminar, Valletta, Malta, 8 May 2014
41) The Rotterdam Rules, where we stand, ASLA-Associazione Studi Legali Associati and Propeller Club International, Milan, joint Seminar on International carriage of goods, Milan 19 May 2014
42) Council Regulation (EC) no. 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on Insolvency Proceedings and its applicability to the Kommanditgesellschaft – KG, XLI Conference of CMI, Hamburg 15 June 2014
43) An update on the works of the CMI and the project of convention on “Foreign judicial sale of ships and its recognition”, Conference “Shipping and the Law in recent and current markets”, Naples 8 October 2014
44) Liability and indemnification, 2010 Protocol to the HNS Convention and 2007 Wreck Removal Convention, IMO Conference: World Maritime Day 2014, Parallel Event, Tanger 28 September 2014
45) The instruments on Places of refuge and the CMI and IMO views, XIX Congress of the Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law, Lisbon 21 November 2014
46) The works of the CMI and the evolution of maritime law, ASLA – Associazione Studi Legali Consociati – Section Friuli Venezia Giulia – Seminar on the Italian contribution towards unification of maritime law, Trieste 24 April 2015
47) Recent decisions of the Italian Courts on access to port services ancillary to navigation, Conference of the Croatian Maritime Law Association on Croatian maritime domain and seaport legislation and other relevant topics of maritime and transport law, Mali Lošinj 28-29 May 2015
48) A novelty in the International Maritime Legislation: the 2007 Nairobi Convention on Wreck Removal, Conference of the Italian Maritime Law Association, Genoa 29 June 2015
49) Limitation of liability in International Maritime Conventions, Genoa Shipping Week 2015 – Med Security Summit – Legal & Insurance, Genoa 17 September 2015
50) Governance of the Adriatic and Ionian Maritime Space: International instruments to secure higher protection to the marine environment, University of Macerata 12 November 2015
51) Maritime Cross-Border Insolvency between Harmonization of Law and Jurisdiction Competition – Panel Discussion: Do we need further harmonization in maritime insolvency law? Bremen 26 November 2015
52) Recognition of Foreign Judicial Sale of Ships – Study relating to Liability for Wrongful Arrest, Spanish Maritime Law Association – Christmas Conference, Madrid 17 December 2015
53) Lien holders and mortgagees/holders of hypothecations in the battleground of the 1926 and 1993 Conventions, CMI 2106 Conference, New York 4 May 2016
54) Current Maritime Law Issues – The 2016 CMI Conference in New York, Adriatic Maritime Law Conference, Portorož 26 May 2016
55) Genoa: the past, the present, the future, Rotary Club Genova Nord, Genoa 10 June 2016
56) Barcolana and Millevele: the common passion of Trieste and Genoa for sailing, Round Table The new touristic-recreational employment of pleasure crafts: administrative regime, contracts, insurance, liabilities, Trieste, Chamber of Commerce, 4 July 2016
57) 9th International Conference on Maritime Law, Piraeus 13-15 October 2016, Chair of the Session on the Enforcement of Maritime Claims, the Insurance Act 2015 and Ship Recycling
58) Uniformity of maritime law and the need of adhering to international conventions, Conference “The new reference points in the law of maritime navigation”, University of Genoa, Stock Exchange Building, Genoa 21-22 October 2016
59) The appointment of Court experts in proceedings relating to maritime casualties, Conference “Twenty years of maritime law in the case law and the practice”, University of Genoa, Lecture Hall, Via Balbi, Genoa, 18 November 2016
60) The Arbitration clause in the NYPE 2015, Seminar BIMCO NYPE 2015, Genoa 30 November 2016
61) The impact of Brexit on the language of EU legislation, EMLO Spring Seminar, Genoa 27 April 2017
62) Current maritime law issues – CMI between New York and Genoa, II Adriatic Maritime Law Conference, Opatija 25-27 Maggio 2017
63) The Italian MLA and the CMI – CMI 2017 Genoa, Genoa, 8 September 2017
64) The main outcomes of CMI 2017 Genoa, Shipping and the Law, Naples 12-13 October 2017
65) Maritime Liens and International Conventions, 5th International Congress of Maritime and Admiralty Law – Marmara University, Istanbul, 22-23 May 2018
66) Francesco Berlingieri, at war and at home, 3rd Adriatic Maritime Law Conference, Grado 24-26 May 2018
67) Limitation of liability for maritime claims: status of domestic legislation and the way ahead, Conference of the Italian Maritime Law Association on the 1976/1996 LLMC, Genoa, 25 June 2018
68) The impact of E.U. Regulations on International Conventions dealing with jurisdiction issues, 2nd International Conference on Maritime Law, Split, 27-28 September 2018
69) Welcome speech Ship arrest and Insolvency in the UK and in Italy – London Shipping Law Centre – Young Maritime Professionals, The Standard Club, London, 5 October 2018
70) The liability of the carrier for damages to passengers in a maritime accident: Regulation (EC) n. 392/2009 and punitive damages in Italy, XXVII Congress of the Association for cultural exchanges between Italian and German jurists, Salerno, 12-14 October 2018
71) Francesco Berlingieri: a life for the law of the sea, Shipping & The Law, Naples, 15-16 October 2018
72) Wrongful Arrest of Ships: where we Stand, International and Comparative Maritime Law Conference – Current Developments and trends, Dubrovnik 19-20 September 2019
73) International Maritime Arbitration, On line seminar by Quadra for business companies: Commerce and International transportation, 27 May 2021
