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.
Companies join AdSP-Contship EU intermodal project meeting in Milan
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) October 11, 2018 – A number of companies from eight member states have participated in an Intermodal EU project meeting at...
Augusta port suspends €47 million contract
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – The European call for tenders for the acquisition of areas and the construction of new equipped...
Italy aims to recover normal traffic at Genoa port in March 2019
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – Italy’s government estimates that the normal traffic of cargo to and from Genoa port can recover in...
Freeway Trieste project to combine efficient logistics, innovation
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – The Freeway Trieste project, promoted by public and private entities operating in Trieste port, aims...
Minister Toninelli in Genoa for talks with the European Commissioner Bulc
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – Minister of Infrastructures and Transport, Danilo Toninelli, and the European Commissioner for Transport,...
Livorno port’s Lorenzini Terminal to receive largest mobile harbour crane in Europe
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Lorenzini & C, terminal operator, has invested over €4 million in a Konecranes Gottwald HMK 8412-64...
Trieste port community attends logistics event in Graz, Austria
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – The port community of Trieste and Monfalcone has presented to economic operators of Styria the...
Genoa port hosts blockchain event
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western Ligurian Sea Port...
Italy’s ports lag behind in economic growth generation
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 9, 2018 – The total cargo traffic of ports in the Mediterranean region rose by 500% in the last 20 years, whereas the...
Ministry approves dredging of Salerno port
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – The Ministry of the Environment has authorised the dredging of Salerno port, following the support of...
Spediporto members to benefit from extension of delivery vouchers
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 – Spediporto, the association of the Genoese forwarders, is to guarantee an extension of delivery vouchers....
Italy’s Abruzzo region looks to relaunch ferry link to Croatia
Pescara, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2018 – Italy’s Abruzzo region plans to invest €2.4 million ($2.77 million) in the relaunch of its direct...
Venice port tests real time weather conditions info system
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2018 – Venice port has started trialling a system that will provide additional information in real-time on...
Ravenna port to test experimental dredging technology
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – The University of Bologna and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale...
Region, Assocostieri and port authority to cooperate on LNG promotion in Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – A cooperation agreement to develop liquified natural gas (LNG) facilities in Sardinia has...
AdSP Civitavecchia announces EIB investment
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved €195 million in financing for the expansion of...
Railway lines to Genoa port resume following bridge collapse in August
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Today, rail traffic will resume on two of the three lines suspended since August 14, following the...
Genoa port cruise business to gain from more passengers using the city’s Cristoforo Colombo
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Positive passenger numbers from Genoa’s Cristoforo Colombo can only benefit the port, with September...
EIB approves €195 million financing of projects at Civitavecchia, Fiumicino ports
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a €195 million ($224.7 million) loan to...
Sardinia Ferries introduces larger discounts for Sardinia island residents
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Italian company Sardinia Ferries has introduced more discounts of tickets for residents of the...