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.
Austrian companies eye investments in Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Austrian companies are interested in investing in Trieste port which offers excellent growth opportunities,...
Council of State delays hearing on Genoa port’s dry docks concession
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Italy’s Council of State has postponed to July 25 the hearing on the potential concession...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico (Ancona) may lose Pescara, Ortona ports
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – Local sources have suggested that the ports of Pescara and Ortona, currently part of Autorita’ di Sistema...
DocksTheFuture will stage the Midterm Conference on April 4, 2019
Press release – DocksTheFuture will stage the Midterm Conference on April 4th 2019 in Trieste, Italy Circle S.p.A. (Italy) and Magellan Association –...
ÖBB and Trieste port sign agreements to increase cooperation
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) has signed two two memoranda of understanding (MoU) were signed to...
Italian trade unions back Naples port workers strike against self-handling
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) March 12, 2019 – The national secretariats of Italian trade unions Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti confirmed the support...
Livorno port’s new pilotage director takes office
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – Simone Maggiani has assumed the role of director of the pilotage services at Livorno port. After four years,...
Reggio Calabria entrepreneurs place bid to acquire stake in Gioia Tauro’s MCT
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – A group of entrepreneurs from Reggio Calabria presented a formal offer to buy shares of Medcenter...
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Italy, Monaco and France this week
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 18, 2019 – President Xi Jinping of China is to pay state visits to Italy, Monaco and France from March 21-26, 2019....
COSCO’s European container terminals see higher throughput in February 2019
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) March 17, 2019 – China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited has reported that in February 2019 output at its overseas...
ÖBB Rail Cargo Group starts service linking Venice port and Duisburg bimodal terminal
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – Shippers using Venice port to unload goods destined for Europe are set to benefit from a new rail cargo...
La Spezia port handles project cargo exported to ITER project in France
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – La Spezia port has handled a project cargo weighing over 200 tonnes, shipped by Master...
Qatari port management company officials visit Italy
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – Qatari port management company MWANI has sent a delegation to Italy to discuss potential cooperation in the...
Livorno port names secretary general
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 15, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Contship in talks to sell 50% in Gioia Tauro port’s container terminal operator
Press Release – Contship Italia S.p.A. has entered into negotiations for sale of MCT – March 15, 2019 Contship Italia S.p.A. has entered into...
Livorno port hosts delegation from Port of Authority of Alexandroupolis
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Pietro Verna, the new extraordinary commissioner of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Italy suspends process for termination of Contship’s Gioia Tauro port concession
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport (MIT) has received a list of commitments by Gioia...
China considers a new Silk Road role for Italy’s Palermo port
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Italy March 22-23, and after Rome will visit...
Shanghai-based investment fund eyes €5 billion port project in Palermo
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – An unnamed Shanghai-based investment fund is interested in participating in a €5 billion ($5.7 billion)...
Cagliari port’s container traffic continues to decline
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) March 13, 2019 – The container terminal of the industrial port of Cagliari continues to experience a period of crisis —...