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.
Cruise companies sign “Venice Blue Flag 2019” agreement
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Venice municipality, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern...
AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (Palermo) okays dredging at Trapani port
Trapani, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian Sea Port...
Livorno port launches railway connection to Marchi Terminal
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Livorno port has launched a new railway connection linking the Marchi Terminal owned by logistics company...
Naples, Salerno ports container traffic rises 8.4% in Jan-Feb 2019
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Naples and Salerno ports handled a total of 164,000 TEUs of container traffic in the first two months of 2019,...
Catania port to handle 205,000 cruise passengers in 2019
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2019 – Catania port is expected to handle about 205,000 cruise passengers in 2019 and the city government is working...
La Spezia Container Terminal receives “Felix Industry” Award
The award was given to Contship’s Terminal in La Spezia for being one of the top-performing businesses in the region. La Spezia Container Terminal’s 2017...
European Commission allocates €6 million to Genoa port e-bridge project
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – As part of the European Commission CEF Transport 2018 call, €6 million has been allocated for the...
AdSP del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (Augusta) to participate in Seatrade Cruise Global
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Sicilian Sea Port...
Italy’s intermodal routes offset 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 emissions
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – A total of 1.5 million trucks were transported on intermodal routes in Italy, reducing the total weight of...
Piombino port’s cruise season to start on June 12
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – Piombino port’s cruise season will open on June 12, with a busy schedule of 15 ship arrivals until...
Agreement reached between Contship Italia and TiL for the control of Medcenter Container Terminal S.p.A. in Gioia Tauro
Press Release – Agreement reached between Contship Italia and TiL for the control of Medcenter Container Terminal S.p.A. in Gioia Tauro – April 1,...
Venice, Trieste and Koper ports sign SECNET agreement
Koper, Slovenia, March 28, 2018 – The SECNET project was officially concluded today in Trieste, which was held in the framework of the European project...
Venice port to lead Italy-Croatia Intesa project
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Venice port will lead the Improving Maritime Transport Efficiency and Safety in the Adriatic (INTESA) project,...
APM to operate Italy’s first semi-automated container terminal
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – The Vado Ligure container terminal of APM Terminals, named Vado Gateway, which will become operational at the end...
Caronte & Tourist strengthens fleet via €34 million loan
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Messina-based shipping company Caronte & Tourist is strengthening its fleet thanks to a €34...
Carrara port to handle export of four large turbines to Kazakhstan
Carrara, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Carrara port will handle four mega turbines with destination the Tengiz oil field in Kazakhstan on April...
Uiltrasporti says Hapag Lloyd eliminates Cagliari port from its services
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2019 – Hapag Lloyd, the German transport company, has decided to eliminate the Sardinian port of Cagliari from its...
Analysis – China and Italy sign new Silk Road agreement – the aftermath
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 31, 2019 – A total of 19 institutional agreements and 10 commercial agreements were signed during the state visit of...
Venice port president criticises MOSE project
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2019 – The president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Settentrionale (AdSP – Northern...
Genoa port’s Calata Bettolo container terminal to be launched by end-2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2019 – Genoa port expects the Calata Bettolo container terminal to enter into operation by the end of this year,...