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.
President of Chioggia port, Damaso Zanardo, announces investment project
Chioggia, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – The President of the port of Chioggia, Damaso Zanardo, has presented details of redevelopment at the...
Ligurian, Tuscan and Lazio ports meet at Federmanager event
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – Federmanager, an association of managers, has organised an event to bring together the port...
Sviluppo Marche Srl launches “4helix+” project
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – Sviluppo Marche Srl (Svim) is launching the “4helix+” project, which will provide funding to...
Propeller Club Port of Ancona organises Blue Economy event
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – The Propeller Club Port of Ancona has organised a meeting entitled “The fishing economy:...
AdSP Genoa approves 2019 forecast budget and the program of works for the next three years
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 8, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Eastern Sicilian Sea Port Authority headquarters to remain in Augusta
Augusta, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Sicily’s Regional Administrative Court has ordered the headquarters of Autorita’ di Sistema...
Genoa port loses 9% of traffic after Morandi bridge disaster
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Genoa port has lost approximately 9% of its cargo traffic since the collapse of the Morandi bridge in August,...
Italy’s ARPAC to monitor Naples port’s air quality
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 7, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Tyrrhenian...
Italy’s Onorato launches Genoa-Naples, Livorno-Naples routes
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Italy’s Onorato Group has launched two new Motorway of the Sea (MoS) lines to offer...
Italy to invest €922 million in Genoa, Savona ports by 2021
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Italy’s government plans to invest €922 million ($1 billion) in the development of Genoa and Savona...
FELB to launch freight rail service linking Italy to China’s Chengdu
Melzo, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – Austria-based company Far East Land Bridge (FELB) plans to launch a freight rail service connecting the Melzo...
Adriatic ports need to grasp opportunities of trade with Asia
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 6, 2018 – The Adriatic ports need to take advantage of the increased trade with Asia to realise their full...
Fiumicino, Fregene beach at risk with the new commercial port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – On Thursday, at the Fiumicino office of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno...
Alexandroupolis Port Authority managers meet Italian ambassador
Alexandroupolis, Greece (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Executives of the Port Authority of Alexandroupolis attended on Thursday 29 November 2018 at a...
Italian court reinstates 30 workers of Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – An Italian court has reinstated 30 of the 377 workers of the port of Gioia Tauro who were fired in July...
Italy offers rental of two vessels to save Liberty Lines’ jobs
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) December 5, 2018 – Italy’s infrastructure ministry has proposed the rental of two vessels with a reinforced hull to...
New record for rail operations in La Spezia
La Spezia, November 28, 2018 Over the last three years, the number of trains in and out of the terminal, including those handled at the Santo Stefano Magra...
Conference of the South ports in Bari, D’Agostino asks for renewed ports government policy
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – The conference “I ports del mezzogiorno” was held today in the Bari cruise terminal, organized...
HMM may leave alliance with MSC, Maersk in 2020
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) December 4, 2018 – Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) may abandon its alliance with the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)...
Local chamber of commerce starts planning for Crotone port development
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) December 3, 2018 – The Crotone Chamber of Commerce (Camera di commercio di Crotone)has started the process to develop...