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 (co-author with Avv. Andrea Berlingieri), Section for Italy Shipping Finance, IV Ed., Euromoney Books 2009 13) Vessel Registration (co-author with Avv. Andrea Berlingieri), 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 (co-author with Avv. Andrea Berlingieri), Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 33, Wolters Kluwer, 2009 16) Arrest of Ships (co-author with Prof. Francesco Berlingieri), 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
2 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 (co-author with Prof. Francesco Berlingieri), 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 25) Flag and Registration of Vessels and Mortgages on Vessels (co-author with Andrea Berlingieri Jr.), Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 52, Wolters Kluwer, 2014 26) Arrest of Ships (co-author with Prof. Francesco Berlingieri), Section for Italy, Maritime Law Handbook, Supplement 52, Wolters Kluwer, 2014 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) Monitoring Traffic and Places of Refuge, 1 st European Maritime Lawyers Summit, Benalmadena Costa (Costa del Sol) Spain 1-3 November 2006 6) 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 7) 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 8) 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
3 9) 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 10) Investigations into Maritime Casualties The International and the National Rules, Colloquium Italian Maritime Law Association, Genoa 23 November 2007 11) The arrest of ships in the code of navigation and in the 1952 Brussels Convention, Seminar at the University of Udine 13 March 2008 12) Investigations into Maritime Casualties, Congress on The New Regime of the Maritime Investigations and the relating legal questions, University of Modena 28 March 2008 13) Chairman at the session Liberalization of Port Services at the 2 nd European Maritime Lawyers Summit, Rome 13 June 2008 14) 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 15) Criminalization of shipmasters worldwide, 14 th General Assembly of CESMA, Confederation of European Shipmasters Association, Genoa 26 May 2009 16) 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 17) 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 18) 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 19) The Rotterdam Rules: why a new convention on maritime transport, I Conference on maritime and shipping law, Civitavecchia 11 December 2009 20) 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 21) The Rotterdam Rules: The main differences with the Hague-Visby Rules and the Hamburg Rules, Conference WISTA Switzerland, Geneva 14 September 2010 22) Salvage Arrest of ships and maritime liens The Rotterdam Rules, Master online Newton Management Innovation S.p.A., Milan 2 May 2011 23) 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 24) 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
4 25) 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 26) 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 27) - 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 28) 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 29) 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 30) 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 31) Pollution and criminalization of seafarers: learning from the past to improve the future, CMI Conference 2012, Beijing 14-19 October 2012 32) Carriers agents: the legal framework A summing up, ASLA s Seminar Milan 25 January 2013 33) Liens and Maritime Hypothecs Presentation at the Conference "Lex Trasporti" on: Maritime Claims - An update with the new provisions, Genoa, 26 June 2013 34) Recognition of insolvency proceedings under Council Regulation (EC) no. 1346/2000, CMI Symposium, Dublin 1 st October 2013 35) 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, 8 th International Conference of Maritime Law, Piraeus 10-12 October 2013 36) Piracy in West Africa, Workshop ANIA-Associazione Nazionale Imprese Assicuratrici: Maritime Piracy and regime on international sanctions, Milan 26 February 2014
5 37) Defaulting shipowners and protection of their insolvency status, European Maritime Law Organization and Malta Maritime Law Association, joint Seminar, Valletta, Malta, 8 May 2014 38) 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 39) 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 40) 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 41) Liability and indemnification, 2010 Protocol to the HNS Convention and 2007 Wreck Removal Convention, IMO Conference: World Maritime Day 2014, Parallel Event, Tangier 28 September 2014 42) 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 43) 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 2014 44) 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