General Command of the Port Authority Corps - Coast Guard

By the Ministerial Decree dated 8th June 1989 the branches of the Harbour Masters Corps performing technical and operational tasks were established as "Coast Guard" which, therefore, represents an articulation of the Corps itself. This measure, which formally establishes the "Coast Guard" in our country, actually did nothing other than recognize the services always performed along the coasts and at sea by the Harbour Masters.

Similarly to what happens in all other nations, the naval and air units of the Corps, as well as bearing the words "Coast Guard", wear the traditional white livery with the logo which, all over the world, distinguishes the assets of the Coast Guard from that of other administrations, police and State organizations.

This "logo" (Decree dated 27th December 2006 "Adoption and guardianship of the logo of the Coast Guard. O.J. n. 13 dated 17th January 2007 ), in homage to the colours of the national flag and to the membership of the Harbour Masters Corps to the Navy, has been designed as a three-colour flag in which the red band has taken a predominant extension bearing in the center the traditional black navy anchor on a white circular base.

In 1994, with the Port Reform Law, the Inspectorate General was elevated to the General Command of the Harbour Masters Corps - Coast Guard, headed by the Coast Guard Commandant. In this way there was a qualitative leap of fundamental importance that allowed, and will allow, greater authority in the development of the overall organization, to better cope with the institutional functions that the Coast Guard has to perform.