C.I.S.Co – International Center for Container Studies - is a nonprofit organization founded in Genoa in 1967 by Port Authority of Genoa and Chamber of Commerce of Genoa when the maritime container was unkown in the European shipping industry It aims to contribute in respect of maritime transport systems, land and air, to greater efficiency and development of logistics and freight transport, with particular reference to new transport technologies intermodal and combined, through the analysis of the related problems of the framework of the national and international critical debate and the formulation of concrete proposals for legislative or administrative actions. The Center operates as Italian organization representation of the Bureau International des Containers et du Transport Intermodal (BIC) and it has built partner relationships with maritime authority and companies in Italia and abroad, each needing in our expertise and contribution.