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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.

Port System of Western Sicily signs deal with Escola Europea

Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 4, 2024 – An agreement has been signed between the Port Authority of the Western Sicilian Sea and Escola...

Genoa Port authority comments on ANAC breakwater challenge

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2024 – AdSP del Mar Ligure Occidentale has made a brief comment on the ANAC report of last week, which challenges...

Construction work on the tourist port of Livorno will begin in April

Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2024 – Construction work on the tourist port of Livorno will begin in April, said Azimut|Benetti and the marina...

Works completed on the Ponte dei Mille Maritime Station, Genoa

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 3, 2024 – Works have been completed on the Ponte dei Mille Maritime Station, the location of the Genoa Cruise Terminal....

Guardia di Finanza find 150kg cocaine in Port of Gioia Tauro

Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – On March 15, 2024, the Guardia di Finanza confiscated 150kg of cocaine inside a container at the Port...

Eastern Sicilian Sea Port System Authority to start digitalisation

Catania, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 2, 2024 – The Eastern Sicilian Sea Port System Authority (AdSP) has taken out two loans to finance...

EIA to start on Port of Civitavecchia offshore wind project

Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2024 – After almost two years, the Ministry for the Environment and Energy Security (MASE) yesterday gave...

Construction of the Ro-Ro terminal at Cagliari’s Canal Port starts

Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2024 – Construction of the Ro-Ro terminal at Cagliari’s Canal Port has started the operational...

Messina Bridge: Preliminary services conference, April 16, 2024

Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2024 – The bureaucratic process for starting work on the bridge over the Strait of Messina is about to...

Hennebique signs contract to redevelop granaries in Genoa port

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 1, 2024 – Hennebique srl and the Port System Authority in Genoa (AdSP) have signed the deed of state concession to...

VTTI, IKAV enter agreement to purchase Adriatic LNG

Rovigo, Italy (Ports Europe)- March 29, 2024 – VTTI, a global leader in energy storage and developer of energy infrastructure, and IKAV, an international...

MSC presents terms to take over Wartsila facility, Trieste

Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2024 – Last month, MSC-Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. announced its interest in taking over the plant in...

Unionized port workers plan strike across Italy April 3-5

Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2024 – The trade union Fit-Cisl has said that negotiations for renewing the sector’s national collective...

MSC set to purchase Genoa newspaper “Il Secolo XIX”

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe)- March 28, 2024 – The Gedi publisher has announced the signing of a preliminary agreement with the MSC group to sell the Il...

Eni Versalis ends dispute in Brindisi

Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2024 – Eni Versalis has withdrawn its appeal against the landfill project in the Costa Morena area in the port...

Anti-corruption authority challenges Genoa port breakwater process

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe)- March 27, 2024 – Italy’s anti-corruption authority (ANAC) has challenged the procedures for awarding the Genoa...

Port of Ravenna receives green light for solar installation

Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 26, 2024 – The Port of Ravenna has received green light for solar installation from the Ministry of the Environment...

Eni, Fincantieri and RINA establish partnership for maritime transport decarbonisation

Fincantieri – Press Release – March 25, 2024 Eni, a global energy company, Fincantieri, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding groups, the only...

Protecting marine life around the new Genoa breakwater

Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – The Webuild-led consortium and the Genoa Aquarium (Acquario di Genova) have set up a partnership to protect...

Port of Augusta starts handling containers

Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) March 25, 2024 – Last Saturday, the Port of Augusta handled a container ship called the “Michigan”, its...

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