ABSTRACT
The figure of the terminal operator, which can best be defined as the main player in the complex of port operations within the port area, is still one of the most controversial figures in the context of maritime law, and more specifically as regards the juridical qualification to be given to the contracts stipulated with them for the execution of the aforementioned operations and the consequent regime of liability in terms of the fulfilment of their obligations. Given that the law does not give any definition of a terminal operator, it does not discipline the contractual circumstances in which the juridical relations between them and the user who is benefiting from their activities should be included either.
