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.
MSC sets up Trieste port-Giegen rail service
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 19, 2018 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA has announced a new rail connection between Giengen (a.d. Brenz)...
Venice port to modify rail link to Porto Marghera
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 19, 2018 – The City Council of Venice has approved the project for the railway modification to the access road to...
Italian government against privatisation of the port system
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) November 18, 2018 – Following a question in parliament, Danilo Toninelli, Minister of Transport, said that the Italian port...
Genoa port publishes breakwater tender
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 16, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Palumbo Superyacht Savona srl awarded port concession
Savona, Italy (PortSEurope) November 18, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Consortium awarded Genoa port concession in ex-Piaggio location
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 17, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Genoa port launches tender for technical study of new breakwater
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 16, 2018 – Genoa port has launched a tender for the technical and economic feasibility studies of the construction...
Gioia Tauro port’s container traffic decline trend continues
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 16, 2018 – Gioia Tauro port recorded a 6% decline in the traffic of containers year-on-year in the first nine...
Ancona port authority discusses dredging project at San Benedetto del Tronto port
San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – San Benedetto del Tronto’s mayor Pasqualino Piunti held a meeting with...
Italy’s Nogaro, Ukraine’s Mariupol ports to sign cooperation agreement
Nogaro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – Ukrainian port of Mariupol plans to sign a cooperation agreement with Italy’s inland port of Nogaro,...
Italy’s Moby, Toremar open bookings for trips to Elba island
Portoferraio, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – Italian companies Moby and Toremar have opened bookings for the Island of Elba for the 2019 season....
Italy to invest €5.7 million in railway project at La Spezia port
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport (MIT) and state-run railway infrastructure...
Changes planned for Capraia port
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 14, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Port authority to discuss Elba issues
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 14, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Shipbuilding in ports of La Spezia and Marina di Carrara to be discussed in December
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 14, 2018 – On December 3, 2018, there will be a meeting in Genoa to discuss the shipbuilding industry in the...
Italy’s Moby wins Quality Seal award for fifth consecutive year
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 14, 2018 – Italian ferry company Moby has won the Quality Seal award, awarded by the German Quality and Finance...
Liguria authorities including AdSP sign contract with Leonardo for environmental work
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – An agreement was signed today between Regione Liguria, Comune di Genova, Autorita’ di Sistema...
Italy’s Spediporto warns against fall of traffic at Genoa port following Morandi disaster
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – Genoa shippers association Spediporto has warned against the negative effect of the collapse of Morandi bridge...
Psa di Voltri-Prà introduces electronic service for containers
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – Psa di Voltri-Prà, a container port terminal, has introduced an electronic interchange service for...
Mercitalia Rail increases container rail services to Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – Mercitalia Rail (Polo Mercitalia) has initiated ten additional freight trains per week for transporting...