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.
AdSP Livorno awards port overhaul contract to SA.SI.T. Srl
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North Tyrrhenian Sea Port...
Italian company applies for construction of cement factory at Brindisi port
Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Italian company Doronzo Infrastrutture Srl has filed an application with Brindisi port for the...
Grimaldi Group receives Automotive Global Awards
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) November 12, 2018 – Italy’s Grimaldi Group has received the Corporation of the Year Award and the Shipping Company...
San Giorgio del Porto included in list of ship breakers authorized by the EU
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 10, 2018 – The ship repair yard San Giorgio del Porto SpA (SGdP) has been included in the list of ship breakers...
President of Calabria in Rome to discuss Gioia Tauro port issues
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 11, 2018 – The President of the Calabria region, Mario Oliveiro, has visited Rome to discuss a number of...
Piombino port’s cruise traffic doubles in 2018
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Piombino port has managed to double the number of cruise passengers serviced this year to 12,759. ...
Italy’s Coedmar signs €72 million port construction contract
Messina, Sicily, Italy (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Italian company Coedmar has signed a €72 million ($81.7 million) contract for the construction of...
Civitavecchia may lose Chiquita’s banana traffic
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – Civitavecchia port may lose its entire traffic of bananas imported by US company Chiquita, due to...
Italy’s Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport to support new economic zones in the south
Rome, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – The Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport (MIT) has said that it will create the necessary conditions...
Piombino and Portoferraio ports report successful cruise seasons
Piombino, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – The cruise season is coming to an end and cruise ship companies that have alternated in the ports of...
Event: 25 – 5th Citizen Port Meeting of the AIVP, October 25-26, Genoa, Italy
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – The 5th Citizen Port Meeting of the AIVP (Association Internationale Villes & Ports) took place in...
Tirrenia to increase frequency of Genoa-Porto Torres line in 2019
Porto Torres, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Italian company Onorato Armatori has said its subsidiary Tirrenia plans to operate...
Cosco Shipping launches Venice-Piraeus feeder service
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Cosco Shipping has started operating a new feeder service linking Italy’s Venice port to Piraeus in...
ESPO appoints Trieste port’s head as vice president
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) has appointed as vice president Zeno D’Agostino, the...
Livorno port carries out first ship handling operation at night
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Livorno port has started night ship handling operations with the operation of the MSC Rachel container...
Ancona port closes cruise season with traffic increase
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Ancona port closed the cruise season on November 8, recording a total of 38 calls, 20 of them of the MSC...
Grimaldi Lines to launch line linking Civitavecchia port to Sardinia
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Italian shipping company Grimaldi Lines plans to launch a new line linking the ports...
AdSP La Spezia presents strategic planning project
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) November 8, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSP – Eastern Ligurian Sea Port...
Indian delegation visits Taranto port for event
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – The international conference Mediterranean and Indian Ocean, dialogue between seas, was presented at a...
Italy’s Tuna Callipo Group to open warehouse at Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) November 7, 2018 – Italian tuna producer Tuna Callipo Group has agreed a contract for the operation of a warehouse of...