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.
Italian association dissatisfied with lack of reforms on private marinas operation
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – Italian association Ucina Confindustria has expressed its dissatisfaction with the lack of actions on the...
Venice port completes first LNG refueling of ship
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 24, 2018 – Venice port has completed the third and last phase of its first refueling of a ship with liquefied natural...
Denmark’s DFDS enters cooperation deal with Ekol, expands presence in Mediterranean
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 25, 2018 – Danish shipping group DFDS, which has recently expanded its presence in the Mediterranean market with...
AdSP del Mar Ligure Orientale (La Spezia) reviews 2018
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – President of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian...
Air quality is the top priority of European ports – ESPO
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Air quality has remained the top priority of the European ports since 2013, according to the annual...
Salini Impreglio, Fincantieri to rebuild Genoa bridge with new Pergenova company
Press Release – Salini Impreglio, Fincantieri to rebuild Genoa bridge with new Pergenova company – December 18, 2018 Salini Impregilo and...
Italy’s Caronte & Tourist to introduce LNG-fired vessel next year
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist plans to introduce a liquefied natural gas-fired (LNG) vessel for its...
Salerno port to call €38 million dredging tender
Salerno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Salerno port plans to officially launch a €38 million ($43.5 million) tender for the dredging of seabed...
Four companies to carry out geophysical surveys at Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 20, 2018 – Italian companies Geotec SpA, Geoter Srl, Sondedile Srl and Get...
Italy’s Tirrenia records traffic growth at Catania port
Catania, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Italian ferry company Tirrenia has recorded a substantial increase in the cargo traffic at Catania port,...
Italy’s FdS to improve intermodal infrastructure at Venice’s Mestre railway station
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Italian state-owned railway group Ferrovie dello Stato (FdS) plans to launch a project for the...
2M Alliance to reduce calls in Gioia Tauro, La Spezia ports in March
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – Maersk Line and the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to reduce the calls of Asia-Mediterranean...
Hapag-Lloyd enhances its Adriatic Service with call at Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – German shipping company Hapag-Lloyd AG will add the North Adriatic port of Trieste to its Adriatic...
MSC to handle 1 million cruise passengers in Genoa in 2019
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – MSC Cruises expects Genoa port to have an extraordinary role in its business next year, as it will bring both...
Piombino port and municipality agree to develop Geodetica to Gagno highway
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Piombino port and the Municipality of Piombino have agreed to a feasibility study for the design of...
China’s Guizhou province eyes Italy’s Calabria ports
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – China’s Guizhou province has expressed interest in using the ports in the southern Italian region...
AdSP Palermo to invest in Termini Imerese port overhaul
Termini Imerese, Italy (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Occidentale (AdSP – Western Sicily...
Italy’s VGate Srl presents multipurpose terminal project at Chioggia port
Chioggia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 17, 2018 – Italian company VGate Srl has presented a project for the construction of a multipurpose terminal at...
Costa Cruises extends concession at Savona port to 2044
Savona, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Trieste traffic sees 10-month increase of over 3%
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 14, 2018 – With 52.9 million tons of goods handled, the total traffic volume in the port of Trieste grew by 3.48%...