Aliai, Assotir, Cna Fita, Confartigianato Trasporti, Lega Cooperative and Trasportounito write to Assarmatori, Assiterminal, Assologistica, Confitarma, Federagenti, Federlogistica and Fedespedi. Federlogistica invites its members to apply the rule in full
Genoa – The Ligurian road haulage associations in the container sector are calling for the “non-derogable” application of sanctions for waiting times in the port for the unloading and loading of containers. Aliai, Assotir, Cna Fita, Confartigianato trasporti, Lega cooperative and Trasportounito, in a letter addressed to Assarmatori, Assiterminal, Assologistica, Confitarma, Federagenti, Federlogistica and Fedespedi, underline that the regulation, the new law /125 regulating waiting times for the loading and unloading of goods, “is clear and does not allow for interpretation” and must be applied strictly.
“The free waiting period for vehicles to carry out loading and unloading operations, to be calculated from the moment the carrier arrives at the place of loading or unloading of the goods until its departure, is ninety minutes for each operation,” write the united representatives of road haulage. If the 90 minutes are exceeded, “compensation of 100 euros is provided for every hour or fraction of an hour of additional waiting time.” For the associations representing container transport, these are rules that “constitute a fundamental safeguard for the protection of the regularity and professional safety of road hauliers and the economic sustainability of companies in the sector.” Therefore, if waiting times are exceeded, the counterparties must pay the penalties. And, they warn, “evasive practices or attempts to postpone the effective application of the rule will not be accepted.”
On the other front, Federlogistica – Conftrasporto, through its national president Davide Falteri, invites its members and logistics sector operators to “accept and apply the rule in full” on truck waiting times. This means a first positive response for the Ligurian road haulage associations.
“The amendments introduced by Law /2025,” Falteri underlines, “represent an essential protection for the regularity, professional safety and economic sustainability of road haulage companies. All too often, carriers have been forced to accept extreme operating conditions and waiting times incompatible with an efficient and competitive system. The rule finally imposes a principle of fairness and responsibility along the entire supply chain.”
For Federlogistica, it is therefore necessary to review transport contracts to adapt them to the new regulatory parameters; to effectively reduce and optimise loading and unloading times in their own plants and operational hubs “concretely contributing to the modernisation and efficiency of the supply chain, as intended by the legislator, as well as to avoid incurring extra costs that have become particularly onerous and not included in the economic and financial plans of companies.”
The federation that represents the main Italian logistics companies, in turn, recalls what is established by the new rule, going into detail: Paragraph 1 regulates the free waiting period “before the start of loading or unloading operations” and the period “runs from the arrival of the vehicle and ends with the effective start of operations. If the waiting time exceeds 90 minutes, the carrier has an imperative right to compensation of 100 euros per hour or fraction, to be charged to the party responsible for the delay.” Paragraph 3, on the other hand, regulates compensation “for exceeding the actual execution times of the /unloading operations indicated in the transport contract signed between the parties,” which in this case will also be 100 euros per hour or fraction.
