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.
Genoa port guarantees salaries of dockworkers
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – Genoa port’s management has guaranteed the payment of salaries to the employees of dockworkers’...
Italy’s d’Amico signs sale, leaseback agreement for Cielo di Houston ship
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 8, 2019 – Italian company d’Amico Tankers, a subsidiary of d’Amico International Shipping (DIS), has signed a $38.6...
EU Commission adopts two decisions recommending taxation of ports in Italy and Spain
EU Commission Press Release – State aid: Commission adopts two decisions recommending taxation of ports in Italy and Spain Brussels, 8 January 2019 The...
Basalt Infrastructure Partners acquires 30% stake in Italian shipping group C&T
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – London-based investment fund Basalt Infrastructure Partners has acquired a 30% stake of the...
Italy’s Tirrenia ro-ro traffic to Sicily rises 35% in 2018
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Italian shipping company Tirrenia has recorded a 35% increase of total ro-ro traffic transported in 2018...
Trade unions express concerns over future of Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Trade unions active at Livorno port have expressed their joint concern about the future development of Livorno...
MSC launches “around the world” cruise at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – MSC Cruises launched at Genoa port on January 5 the first “around the world” cruise, a 119-day...
Reefer Terminal S.p.A. – November 2018 container terminal statistics
Vado Ligure, Italy (PortSEurope) January 7, 2019 – Reefer Terminal S.p.A., operated by China’s COSCO Shipping Ports Limited, has reported November 2018...
AdSP del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (Bari) to finance Brindisi airport infrastructure overhaul
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Salerno port calls dredging tender
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) January 4, 2019 – Salerno port has called a tender for a €220,000 ($250,000) dredging project to be carried out under the...
Palermo port names secretary general
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicilian Sea Port Authority)...
Livorno port receives largest self-propelled crane in Europe
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Livorno port has received the largest self-propelled crane in Europe, which will start operating in the coming...
Italy’s Grimaldi Lines may leave Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – Grimaldi Lines, a shipping company of the Neapolitan shipowning group Grimaldi, could decide to leave the port...
Gioia Tauro port approves budget for 2019, business plan for 2019-2021
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 31, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port’s board of directors has given the green light to the budget for next year and...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (Naples) records improved November 2018 cargo numbers
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 30, 2018 – Data from Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP –...
Measures introduced to improve viability of Naples port
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 30, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North...
Livorno port signs contract for Europa Platform development
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 30, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Italy’s Grimaldi gets two awards from FCA
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2018 – Italy’s Gruppo Grimaldi was awarded the best Ocean Carrier of the year for an extraordinary...
Trieste port to benefit from DFDS, Ekol cooperation
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 28, 2018 – Trieste port expects to take advantage of the cooperation agreement signed between Danish shipping group...
Trieste port expects more investments in 2019
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – Trieste port expects to attract several investors in 2019, in order to take advantage of its the...