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.
Port of Taranto identifies areas to develop wind energy
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – The Management Committee of the Ionian Sea Port System Authority held an extraordinary meeting on May 3 to...
Port of Naples questions Axpo LNG project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – The Port Authority of Naples has postponed an evaluation into the potential risks of a project proposed by...
Genoa will soon have a new berth for latest generation of ships
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 7, 2024 – Genoa’s Ponte dei Mille Levante will soon be able to welcome the latest generation of ships due to the...
Tall ships will pass under the proposed Messina strait bridge
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – The world’s tallest ships will be able to pass under the future bridge over the Strait of...
Hannibal to launch rail service from Milan to Hungary and Romania
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 6, 2024 – Hannibal, Contship Multimodal Transport Operator, is set to launch an intermodal rail freight service linking...
Port of Taranto handled 2.66 mln tonnes of cargo in Q1 24, -15.1%
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) May 5, 2024 – In the first quarter of 2024, the port of Taranto handled 2.66 million tonnes of cargo, down -15.1% compared...
Further questions for the bridge over the Strait of Messina project
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) May 4, 2024 – The executive project of the bridge over the Strait of Messina will arrive “not before...
DEPORTIBUS – the Festival of Ports connecting the world
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 3, 2024 – “DEPORTIBUS – the Festival of Ports connecting the world” is the first European...
Tarros, Messina in new connections with Italy, Libya and Egypt
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 2, 2024 – Tarros group launches the new LEX service, connecting the ports of Salerno, Genoa, La Spezia, Tripoli,...
IPSI report analyses Red Sea crisis
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 1, 2024 – Independent think tank IPSI has produced an analysis of the Red Sea crisis and its effects. It identifies five...
LNG regasifiers’ “musical chairs” in Italy
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 1, 2024 – As Italy’s Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security reviews the proposal to move the Piombino...
Port of Genoa has renewed the “Genoa Blue Agreement”
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2024 – The Port of Genoa has renewed the voluntary agreement “Genoa Blue Agreement” for the reduction of the...
Surveys for dredging begin at Bellaria Igea Marina, Rimini
Rimini, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2024 – Bathymetric surveys have begun in the canal port of Bellaria Igea Marina to assess the need for dredging....
Work has begun on construction of the new Fiumicino fishing port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 30, 2024 – With the arrival of the dredger “Cavaliere Sergio M.”, work has begun on construction of...
Does the EU support the bridge over the Strait of Messina?
Messina, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) April 28, 2024 – In the past few months, the Italian government, especially Matteo Salvini, has been making much...
AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale – a core EU port
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 28, 2024 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSPMTCS – Centre-North...
Port of Ravenna presents in Brussels
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 27, 2024 – ‘The logistics system of the port of Ravenna: a Mediterranean gateway to and from Europe’...
TIV Terminal concession, Venice, renewed for 25 years
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe)- April 25, 2024 – Terminal Intermodale Venezia (Tiv) has had its concession renewed for 25 more years until 2050. After...
Ravenna to host “Adria Shipping Summit”
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) April 25, 2024 – Ravenna is preparing to host the first edition of the Adria Shipping Summit, the event dedicated to the...
Ferretti confirms Taranto port withdrawal, what next?
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) April 25, 2024 – The luxury group Ferretti has confirmed its withdrawal from a proposed development of the former Belleli...