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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.

Italy’s state aid to Tirrenia illegal EU says

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – The state aid that Italian ferry company Tirrenia benefited from, and which allowed it to apply excessively...

Parliamentary commissions to visit AdSP Genoa

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – On September 19, 2018, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP –...

Undersecretary of State to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers Giancarlo Giorgetti visits Trieste port

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – The governor of Friuli Venezia Giulia (Fvg) region, Massimiliano Fedriga, will join undersecretary of...

AdSP Ravenna to attend RemTech

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – Ravenna-based Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP –...

EU Commission appoints new coordinators for Trans-European transport network (TEN-T)

European Commission, September 14, 2018 – Commission appoints new coordinators for Trans-European transport network (TEN-T) Today the Commission...

Valle 3.0 consortium wins Palermo port design tender

Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – A group headed by the Roman company Valle 3.0 srl has won the contract issued by Autorita’ di...

Invitalia tender submission date for Savona development pushed back to October

Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – Invitalia, the national agency for investments and business development, owned by the Ministry of the...

Italy’s GNV urges Genoa port to build more LNG supply facilities

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) has called on Genoa port to accelerate its adoptation to...

Assoporti to promote city-port relations with Ente Nazionale Italiano del Turismo

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Assoporti (Associazione Porti Italiani) has signed a memorandum of understanding with ENIT (Ente...

Assoporti signs agreement with trade agency

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Agenzia ICE, Assoporti (Associazione Porti Italiani) and UIR-Unione Interporti Riuniti have signed a...

AdSP Livorno meets with CS Group spa and Zhidou Electric Vehicle

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North...

La Spezia port and Contship Italia delegation visits New York

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – At the Italian Trade Agency, the Secretary General of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...

La Spezia port aims to strengthen links with New York business

La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – La Spezia port seeks to strengthen its link with the business in New York by participating in a...

Apulian ports, banks to cooperate in developing free trade zones

Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – Italy’s Apulia port authority, Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSP...

Marghera port receives Konecranes “Model 6” crane

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 13, 2018 – The latest generation “Model 6” crane produced by Konecranes Gottwald has been tested and will...

Event: 17th Western China International Fair – Chengdu, Sichuan Province, September 20-24, 2018

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Italy will be the “Guest Country of Honor” at the...

Region Friuli Venezia Giulia to send delegation to the Western China International Fair

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Enhancing and promoting Friuli Venezia Giulia (Fvg), encouraging incoming tourism from China,...

Genoa authorities meet to discuss bridge collapse and infrastructural upgrades with transport corrodr

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – Representatives of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale (AdSP – Western...

Italy’s Macchi to export three boilers to Kazakhstan through Marghera port

Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) September 11, 2018 – Italian company Macchi SpA plans to export a total of three boilers to Kazakhstan through Marghera port...

Meeting in Piombino between AdSP president Corsini and the mayor Giuliani

Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) September 10, 2018 – Last week, Mayor Massimo Giuliani and the President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar...

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