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.
Livorno port to host autonomous vehicle test project
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Livorno port will become the second pilot site in Europe together with Tampere, in Finland, to test the...
Contship Italia starts dock overhaul project at Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Contship Italia has started work on the redevelopment of Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT), its Gioia...
Trieste port set to compete with Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Trieste port is actively seeking Chinese investment in a move which could challenge Piraeus port, now...
Noise environment project starts in Ligurian ports
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – With the acronym ‘Rumble’, which stands for noise reduction in large port cities, a new project...
Swedish delegation visits Augusta port
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – A Swedish delegation from the two most northern regions of the country, Västerbotten and...
Italy maintains its leadership in Mediterranean’s cruise sector
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Italy is again the first Mediterranean country for the number of passengers handled, with six ports in...
Livorno port launches safety at work cooperation project with local institutions
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Livorno port has signed a cooperation agreement with a number of local institutions to promote the safety at...
Italy calls tender for operation of Porto Torres’ Nino Pala dock
Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Di Sardegna (AdSP – Sardinian Sea Port...
Sicilian trade unions call for investment in Fincantieri’s Palermo port shipyards
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – Sicilian trade unions Fiom and CGIL Palermo have requested a meeting with the commissioner Girolamo...
Elizabeth Lee Martinez, U.S. Consul General in Milan, returns to Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – U.S. Consul General Elizabeth Lee Martinez has returned to Genoa port following a visit in March this...
Ericsson to create 5G model of Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 28, 2018 – The cooperation project between Ericsson, Livorno port and the National Inter-university...
EU to invest €6.54 million in TriesteRailPort
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The European Commission has proposed to invest €695.1 million ($804.7 million) in 49 key projects to...
EC approves €12.1 million co-financing for Venice port LNG project
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 – The European Commission (EC) has approved a €12.1 million ($13.9 million) co-financing for the construction...
Motorways of the Sea training takes place in Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – The fourth edition of the MOST (Motorways of the Sea Training) course, organized by the European...
Italy may launch plan to encourage development of Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Italy’s government is to establish a national plan for the development of the port sector, which...
Corsica Ferries adds Sicily to connections with islands
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – France-Italy based ferry company Corsica Ferries has added Sicily to its connections with the islands,...
European Commission announces CEF financing for TriesteRailPort
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2018 – The European Commission has announced financing for the TriesteRailPort project, proposed by...
Bluferries takes over Messina-Reggio Calabria ports passenger service
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) October 1, 2018 – Starting today, the Bluferries shipping company will operate a fast passenger service across the...
Local port authority must approve offshore Melendugno gas pipeline tunnel
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2018 – At a location offshore from San Foca, Melendugno, construction of a microtunnel for the Trans...
AdSP Naples sees ZES progress
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – With the appointments of lawyer Roberto Rosiello and of Domenico Bellobuono, respectively representing...