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 optimistic with start of port developments
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Gioia Tauro Port Authority commissioner, Andrea Agostinelli, has reported a number of developments which...
Costruzioni Bruno Teodoro wins contract to extend Palermo port’s cruise dock
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – Italian company Costruzioni Bruno Teodoro SpA has won a €868,500 ($972,116) contract for the extension of...
Italy co-finances project to promote green ports in Caspian Sea
Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan (PortSEurope) May 16, 2019 – Italy is cofinancing an OSCE project to promote the green ports and...
Hapag-Lloyd AG ceases EMX service call to Cagliari port
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2019 – The German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd AG has announced that it will stop calling the port of...
Genoa port ship repair workers to strike on May 16
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2019 – Italian trade union Fiom Cgil plans to stage a strike of ship repair workers at Genoa port on May...
Genoa port needs urgent dredging to support cruise traffic rise
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – Genoa port needs to increase its draft in order to support the constant increase in cruise passenger traffic,...
Italy’s government approves €75.5 million financing for Fincantieri Palermo shipyards
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Italy’s government has approved a €75.5 million ($85 million) loan for the overhaul of Palermo...
New intermodal connections for the Contship terminal in Ravenna
Ravenna, Italy (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Contship Italia Group has announced a collaboration between Terminal Container Ravenna (TCR) and Hannibal to...
Genoa will host the second edition of Blue Economy Summit – May 13-15, 2019
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – The 2nd edition of the Blue Economy Summit will be held in Genoa from 13 to 15 May 2019, an event dedicated to...
Giuseppe Santoro Srl signs concession agreement with Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2019 – Giuseppe Santoro Srl has signed an agreement with Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale...
Italian port authorities working to make Bari-Civitavecchia transport corridor competitive
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 10, 2019 – Italy’s Southern Adriatic and Lazio port authorities are working to make the corridor that...
Barletta port to invest €2.8 million in maintenance dredging
Barletta, Italy (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Barletta port plans to invest €2.8 million ($3.1 million) in maintenance dredging to bring the port area...
Italian trade unions to stage 24-hour port strike on May 23
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti plan to jointly hold a 24-hour strike of port workers...
Mario Paolo Mega appointed head of the Strait Port Authority
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has appointed engineer Mario Paolo Mega as president of the...
Livorno Terminals to invest €100 million in Porto Livorno 2000
Livorno, Spain (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Three years away from the winning the tender for the operation of Livorno port’s passenger station Porto...
Bari port’s cruise traffic set to grow 6.5% in 2019
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 8, 2019 – Bari port’s traffic is expected to grow both in terms of passenger numbers and ships docked, according to the...
MSC to make 32 cruise calls in Livorno port in 2019
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) May 7, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has launched its 2019 cruise schedule at Livorno port, where as many as...
Livorno Terminals Srl assumes control of Porto di Livorno 2000
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – Livorno Terminals Srl, the new company formed by Sinergest, LTM, Moby, and Marinvest, has signed the contract...
CIRCLE continues expansion with launch of new version of MILOS® TOS and its full operation for Samer Seaports & Terminals, Trieste
Press Release – CIRCLE S.p.A.: continues its expansion with the launch of the new version of MILOS® TOS and its full operation for Samer Seaports &...
Venice port budget approval may be cancelled by government
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2019 – The approval of the budget of Venice port with the only vote of the president of the port authority, Pino...