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Contship Group

Contship Italia Group is an opertaor in container terminal logistics and intermodal solutions. Its network includes maritime container terminals in La Spezia, Ravenna, Salerno, and Tangier, together with Sogemar’s subsidiaries active in the business of intermodal integrated solutions. Contship Italia S.p.A. is part of Eurokai – Hamburg.

Port of La Spezia receives first 24,000 TEU vessel

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 10, 2023 – The Port of La Spezia has received the MSC Nicola Mastro, the first 24,000 TEUs container ship to touch...

Concerns over reduced cargo at Port of La Spezia

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 16, 2023 – In the first four months of 2023, the port of La Spezia recorded a cargo reduction of -20% compared to the...

Contship Italia sees TEU traffic down over -16% in Q1 2023

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – In the first three months of 2023, Contship Italia’s terminals handled 358,402 containers (TEU), down...

New Hannibal rail link between HHLA PLT Trieste and Milan

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – Last month, Contship Italia Hannibal started a new railway service linking the HHLA PLT terminal in Trieste...

EUROKAI sees TEU handling down over 16% in Q1 2023

Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023 the container terminals in the EUROKAI Group saw an overall decline in...

Terminal Container Ravenna ends 2022 with traffic up over 9%

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 8, 2023 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) ended 2022 with over 200,000 containers (TEU) handled, up +9.4% on...

Hapag-Lloyd promotes new Damietta port terminal

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) January 11, 2023 – Last May, the joint venture Damietta Alliance Container Terminal S.A.E. was established to develop and...

Kombiverkehr acquires 10% of Rail Hub Milano

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) January 9, 2023 – Sogemar and Kombiverkehr have entered into a partnership which includes Kombiverkehr acquiring a 10% stake...

Eurokai sees slight fall in container traffic in Q3 2022

Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 9, 2022 – In January-September 2022, the container terminals of the EUROKAI Group saw a slight overall decline in...

Port of La Spezia to tender design for cold ironing project

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 6, 2022 – The Port of La Spezia to tender design for cold ironing project at the Garibaldi pier for 16 MW of...

La Spezia Container Terminal receives €160 million loan

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2022 – La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) has received a €160 million loan from Cassa Depositi e Prestiti...

Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy visit Ravenna Container Terminal

Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) August 16, 2022 – The Bangladesh Ambassador to Italy, Shameem Ahsan, visited  the Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) last...

Port of La Spezia signed improved agreement with Contship

La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) August 1, 2022 – The Port of La Spezia has signed an improved agreement with Contship to continue developing La Spezia...

Contship and Bahnoperator start new Italy-China intermodal railway service

Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – Contship Italia and Germany’s Bahnoperator GmbH have started a new Italy-China intermodal railway...

Terminal Container Ravenna inaugurates a new crane and celebrates 20 years

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) May 16, 2022 – Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) has inaugurated a new crane and celebrated twenty years of activity. The...

A new container terminal in Damietta, Egypt

“Damietta Alliance“ developing and operating a new container terminal in Damietta, Egypt – Contship, May 10, 2022 A new terminal will be built in...

Damietta Port Authority signs agreement to build and develop the second container terminal Tahya Misr 1

Damietta, Egypt (Ports Europe) May 11, 2022 – The Damietta Port Authority (DPA) and Damietta Alliance Container Terminal have signed an agreement to...

Fast rail corridor of RHM between La Spezia Container Terminal and Terminal Italia Marzaglia

Morelli (RHM): “This is the third fast corridor for Contship Italia. In this way we increase the competitiveness of our ports” – March 31, 2022...

Port of Ravenna and Sapir agree to new area for pleasure boat construction

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 23, 2022 – Sapir and the Port of Ravenna have signed an agreement with Polo Nautico Ravenna srl to establish a...

Kalypso shipping company to connect Ravenna with Chattogram in Bangladesh

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) February 14, 2022 – Kalypso, a new shipping company owned by RifLine, has chosen Ravenna  as a port of call connecting...

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