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.
Civitavecchia port faces a dramatic crisis
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2019 – Civitavecchia port is facing a dramatic crisis, the vice president of dockworker firm Compagnia Portuale...
Italy’s Technital wins tender for design of Genoa port’s breakwater
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 12, 2019 – A consortium led by Italian company Technital S.p.A. has won the tender for the design of a breakwater...
La Spezia port’s cruise traffic to soar 48% in 2019
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2019 – La Spezia port expects to handle about 700,000 cruise passengers in 2019, up 48% compared to last year,...
Genoa, Savona ports to handle 2.1 million cruise passengers in 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 10, 2019 – Genoa and Savona ports expect to handle a total of 2.1 million cruise passengers in 2019, up 13%, according to...
DocksTheFuture stages Midterm Conference on April 4, 2019, in
Press release – DocksTheFuture: has staged the Midterm Conference on April 4, 2019 – April 10, 2019 Circle S.p.A. (Italy) and Magellan Association...
Messina port to issues cruise terminal contract worth almost €7 million
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Messina Port Authority is set to issue a tender for a new cruise terminal worth €6.75 million ($7.61...
Italy’s cruise traffic to rise 7.13% in 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Italy’s cruise traffic is expected to rise 7.13% to 11.9 million passengers in 2019, the president of Cemar...
Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises, Costa Cruises to build €41 million cruise terminal in La Spezia
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Royal Caribbean, MSC Cruises and Costa Cruises plan to invest a total of €41 million ($46.2 million)...
Germany’s Kombiverkehr to launch new intermodal service to Italy in May
Verona, Italy (Ports Europe) April 9, 2019 – Germany’s Kombiverkehr plans to launch an intermodal service linking the Interporto Quadrante...
MSC executive director for Europe to change position
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The executive director for Europe of the MSC – Mediterranean Shipping Company, Maurizio Aponte, will...
EU Parliament President praises Ancona port developments
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – The President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, has visited the Adriatic port of Ancona, and praised...
Italy’s Onorato Armatori to intensify activity in Baltic Sea
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Italian company Onorato Armatori group announced an upcoming increase in its activity in the Baltic Sea,...
Contship responds to statements by Italian deputy transport minister
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Contship Italia has intervened following a press release launched during the presentation of the project for...
AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port Authority calls infopoints tender for Brindisi, Bari ports
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) April 8, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Naples port: Status of the Molo Beverello redevelopment project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Tyrrhenian...
Motorways of the Sea receive support at Barcelona event
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 7, 2019 – In Barcelona for the Mediterranean Motorways of the Sea Western – The 2020 Climate Action Program...
Eurogate announces 2018 results; Mediterranean terminal performance
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – The EUROGATE Group has announced results for the financial year 2018. The group generated a net...
Italy’s Filt Cgil welcomes agreement on Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Italian trade union Filt Cgil has welcomed the agreement reached between Contship Italia S.p.A. and...
Hapag-Lloyd cancels calls in Cagliari port
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Hapag-Lloyd has confirmed the cancellation of the port of Cagliari from the network of its maritime services,...
La Chiusa di Pontedoro to start construction of Piombino tourist port in 2019
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Italian cooperative La Chiusa di Pontedoro arl plans to start the construction of a tourist port in Piombino...