The First-Level Master’s Programme in Maritime, Port and Integrated Logistics Law is an advanced programme of the Faculty of Legal Sciences of Campus HETG, designed to train professionals capable of operating within the maritime, port and international trade supply chain with legal, contractual, customs-related and organisational skills. The course enhances the traditional framework of navigation law and connects it with the current needs of businesses: intermodality, digital documentation, regulatory sustainability, safety, cybersecurity and risk management along the supply chain.
The teaching approach is designed for the Italian and European context, while maintaining an international outlook, because contracts, vessels, ports, customs and logistics require the coordinated interpretation of national sources, European Union rules, international conventions, documentary practices and sector standards.
Learning Objectives
The course aims to develop specialist skills in the interpretation and application of sources of maritime, port, customs and transport law; in the management of the main shipping and logistics contracts; in the analysis of the liabilities of shipowners, carriers, freight forwarders, terminal operators, concessionaires and clients; in the understanding of relations between Port System Authorities, private operators and public administrations; and in the preparation of compliance tools for customs, safety, environment, data and the digitalisation of trade flows. At the end of the programme, students should be able to connect the legal rule to the operational document, the company procedure and the professional decision.
| GIUR-02/B | Sources, Method and System of Navigation and Transport Law | 5 |
| GIUR-02/B GIUR-06/A |
Ports, Maritime Public Domain, Concessions and Port Services | 5 |
| GIUR-02/B | Vessel, Shipowner, Shipping Enterprise and Maritime Activities | 5 |
| GIUR-02/A GIUR-02/B |
Maritime Contracts, Forwarding, Logistics and Multimodal Transport | 6 |
| GIUR-08/A | Customs Law, Taxation of Trade Flows and Trade Compliance | 5 |
| GIUR-02/B GIUR-04/A |
Maritime Safety, Port Security and Maritime-Port Labour | 5 |
| GIUR-02/B GIUR-09/A |
Marine Environment, Decarbonisation and Environmental Liability | 5 |
| ECON-01/A GIUR-02/B |
Transport Economics, Intermodality and Port Supply Chain | 5 |
| GIUR-15/A GIUR-02/B |
Digitalisation of Trade Flows, Data, Electronic Documents and Cybersecurity | 5 |
| GIUR-02/B GIUR-14/A |
Casualties, Marine Insurance, P&I, Litigation and Arbitration | 5 |
| GIUR-02/B | Operational Workshop: Port Legal Clinic and Project Work | 4 |
| Final Thesis | 5 |
Career Opportunities
The Master’s Programme in Maritime, Port and Integrated Logistics Law offers employment and professional retraining opportunities in the maritime, port, logistics and international trade sectors. Some of the possible career opportunities include:
▪ compliance officer at shipping companies, terminal operators, freight forwarders, logistics operators, import/export companies and industrial companies involved in international trade flows;
▪ legal and contractual consultant for shipping, port operations, integrated logistics, customs and trade compliance;
▪ officer or collaborator at bodies, administrations, Port System Authorities, control bodies and structures connected with the regulation of trade flows;
▪ risk, claims and insurance assistant in companies, brokers, P&I clubs, professional firms and legal departments operating in the maritime and transport sector.
Admission Requirements, Assessment Examinations and Final Examination
Candidates holding an Upper Secondary School Diploma and a Bachelor’s Degree or a Specialist, Master’s or Old-System Degree may enrol. In the absence of the required educational qualifications, admission on the basis of a dossier is possible, following an assessment of the educational qualifications obtained, the experience acquired and the skills developed through professional activity. Educational pathways or experience in the legal, economic, business, logistics, port, customs, administrative or transport fields constitute preferential qualifications.
Teaching is delivered online through specialist materials, handouts, regulatory commentaries, practical cases, document-based exercises and live-streamed lessons where scheduled. The final examination consists of a thesis of at least 30 pages on one of the topics covered during the First-Level Master’s Programme. The assessment is expressed out of thirty.
