Italy
Italy is a republic in southern Europe, comprising a peninsula south of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands; member of the European Union (EU); by tonnage, its leading ports are Trieste, Genoa and Gioia Tauro. In September 2016, the government reorganised the port system into 16 new port system authorities (AdSP – Autorità di Sistema Portuale). The 57 ports of national importance are coordinated by 16 AdSPs with the task of planning, coordinating and regulating the port system in the reference area. The AdSPs are members of the Italian port association – Assoporti.
Naviris, the JV between Fincantieri and Naval Group is now fully operational
The first board meeting of Naviris, the joint venture between Fincantieri and Naval Group, took place. This partnership cements the shared desire of the two...
YILPORT hires Konecranes for Taranto port work
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 16, 2020 – YILPORT Holding has selected Konecranes to refurbish 23 cranes as part of its investment plan to develop...
Automar completes the acquisition of AutoTerminal Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 15, 2020 – Automar S.p.A. has recently completed the acquisition of AutoTerminal Gioia Tauro (ATGT) S.p.A.,...
Ancona port prepares to demolish silos to kick start redevelopment
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) January 15, 2020 – The port authority has started the process has started to demolish 12 structures on the Darsena Marche...
Leading shipping companies set to sign Livorno Blu Agreement next week
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 15, 2020 – The main shipping companies operating at Livorno port, including CIN, Forship, Grimaldi, Moby and...
Ocean Alliance confirms calls to Italian ports of Genoa, La Spezia and Trieste
Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale – January 10, 2020 The Ocean Alliance containerized shipowning alliance has presented the new...
Emanuele Grimaldi praises contribution of ICS to establishment of the International Maritime Research Fund
News release – Grimaldi Group – January 8, 2020 It is an unprecedented landmark decision, the one made by world shipping to fight global warming....
Gioia Tauro port’s MCT returns to growth
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) January 9, 2020 – After two years of economic uncertainty, the southwest Italian port of Gioia Tauro has returned to...
Civitavecchia port publishes tender for the design of the “last railway mile”
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 7, 2020 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Ports of Rome and Lazio: establishment of Simplified Logistics Zone imminent
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 7, 2020 – The work of the Group for the establishment of the Simplified Logistic Zones (ZLS) relative to the...
De Micheli: “The Italian government supports the Ligurians and the Genoese”
Italian Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport – December 31, 2019 “The Government is at the side of the Ligurians and the Genoese through the...
Assoporti promotes sustainability
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2019 – “The password is to simplify.” With this statement, Assoporti President Daniele Rossi has...
Hupac to provide Pescara-Novara intermodal rail service
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2019 – Hupac, a leading Swiss network operator in intermodal transport in Europe, will start a new rail link...
Trieste port receives further EU funding for rail project
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) December 23, 2019 – The European Union (EU) is to provide financing of €45.5 million ($50.45 million) to Autorita’ di...
MEDPorts, the association of Mediterranean ports, meets in Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) December 19, 2019 – The General Assembly of MEDPorts, an association founded in 2018 to establish an area of...
Minister promotes investment in Fincantieri’s Genoa facility
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) December 18, 2019 – Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Paola De Micheli, has visited the Fincantieri SpA shipbuilding...
Southern Italy port authorities seek TEN-T involvement
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) December 18, 2019 – The presidents of two of the Southern Italian port authorities have sent a joint letter to the Minister of...
Edison awarded concession in port of Oristano – Santa Giusta in Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) December 18, 2019 – Edison Energia Spa has been awarded a 50-year concession in the Port of Oristano –...
Ambassador of Azerbaijan visits Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) December 17, 2019 – President Paolo Emilio Signorini, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP...
Italy’s Assoporti assigns operational roles to port authority presidents
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) December 16, 2019 – A reorganization of Assoporti (Italian port association) is to include the formal attribution of...