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.
Gioia Tauro port officially welcomes the new terminal operator
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 9, 2019 – Swiss-based MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company, the new terminal operator of the port of Gioia...
Kombiverkehr to launch intermodal corridor linking Trieste port to Düsseldorf
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Trieste port has signed an agreement with railway operator Kombiverkehr KG for the launch of an intermodal...
Hungary in talks for cooperation with Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Hungary is in talks for cooperation with Trieste port as the project for the participation of the country in...
Genoa port signs agreement with China’s Port of Shenzhen
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – At the Transport Logistics fail in Munich, Germany, a cooperation agreement was signed between the ports of...
DB, SBB and FS to enhance rail traffic on Genoa-Rotterdam Corridor
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2019 – German railway group Deutsche Bahn (DB), Schweizerische Bundesbahnen (SBB) and Italy’s Ferrovie dello...
Trieste port sings MoU with Luxembourg’s Bettembourg logistic hub
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Adriatic Sea Port Authority)...
Civitavecchia port promotes investment potential at Transport Logistic fair
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2019 – Civitavecchia port has played a central role in a round table organised by Italian ports association...
Lazio court reduces fine imposed on ferry companies Moby, CIN
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – The Lazio Regional Administrative Court has reduced a fine imposed by the country’s antitrust...
New cargo rail service connects Trieste port and Nuremburg hub
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – The Danish Ro-Ro transport company DFDS and Alpe Adria are to launch a cargo service in July linking the...
CICT fails to pay May salaries to Cagliari port employees
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 4, 2019 – Cagliari International Container Terminal (CICT), a subsidiary of Contship Italia, has not paid the...
Deputy Ambassador of India to the port of Salerno
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – A meeting was held in recent days at the headquarters of the Port Authority of Salerno which was attended by...
Gioia Tauro port awards €2.5 million maintenance dredging contract
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Gioia Tauro port has awarded a €2.5 million ($2.8 million) three-year maintenance...
Hupac to manage new Pordenone intermodal terminal
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Ports in northern Italy are set to benefit from the opening of Interporto – Centro Ingrosso di...
Genoa port hosts Shenzen port promotion
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 1, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port Authority)...
Companies sign concession for former Piaggio Aerospace industries area of Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 1, 2019 – Following a process that has lasted two years, the companies Phase Motion Control SpA, Cosmet Snc, Cosnav...
Trapani port to have €15.5 million cruise terminal
Тrapani, Italy (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority)...
Genoa port handles first ship at Calata Bettolo container terminal
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – Genoa port has handled on May 30 MSC Giannina, the first ship at Calata Bettolo, the new terminal at the...
Contship Italia signs agreement to expand La Spezia Container Terminal’s Garibaldi pier
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – The Contship Italia Group has signed an agreement with Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale...
F2i acquires Porto di Carrara Spa to create a national port freight hub
Carrara, Italy (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – Italian infrastructure fund F2i has acquired Gruppo Porto di Carrara Spa (PDC) which owns port terminals in...
Italy’s SNAV to launch Naples-Aeolian Islands ferry link
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 29, 2019 – Italian ferry company Società Navigazione Alta Velocità (SNAV) plans to launch the operation of...