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 announces dredging tender
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 16, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority),...
Engel & Völkers Yachting ranking: the ten highest priced marinas in Europe
Engel & Völkers Yachting has published its ranking of the ten highest priced marinas in Europe: With a mooring fee of €3,025 per day, Ibiza Magna in...
Trieste port cargo traffic edges up 0.9% y/y in H1 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Trieste port handled 29.7 million tonnes of cargo in the first half of 2017, up 0.9% on the year. The highest...
Marco Polo Foundation trains future port employees in sustainable mobility
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 14, 2017 – Fondazione ITS Marco Polo (The Marco Polo Foundation) aims to train future experts in the field of...
Ancona port works on improved waste services
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2017 – A Memorandum of Understanding “Re-Cleaned Ports” has been signed by the Region of Abruzzo and...
Monfalcone to in integrated into port system in 2018
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2017 – The operational integration of the port of Monfalcone in Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare...
Livorno port trials new water supply
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2017 – Livorno port has trialled a new water supply system for ships. The new system, operated from a 350-metre...
Most cruises in Europe start from Italy and Spain
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) August 11, 2017 – In European Union (EU) countries, almost seven million passengers annually took a cruise in 2012 and in...
Italy is preferred destination for cruisers, Eurostat survey shows
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – Italy is the preferred starting point for European cruise tourists. This is what emerges from a Eurostat...
Ancona-based port authority starts dredging works at San Benedetto del Tronto port
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) August 10, 2017 – The Authority of the Central Adriatic Sea Port System (Autorità di sistema portuale del mare...
Durrës port ferry lines handle 7% more cargo y/y in Jan-Jul 2017
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) August 8, 2017 – The Durrës-Bari and Durrës-Ancona-Trieste ferry lines handled 7% more cargo and 4% more...
Darsena Europa commission to call two tenders in September
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 4, 2017 – The commission for the management of the project for the construction of the Darsena Europa dock at Livorno...
Genoa-based port authority delays decision on Spinelli concession request
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) August 3, 2017 – The Authority of the Western Ligurian Sea Port System (Autorità Portuale del Mar Ligure Occidentale) has...
Guglielmi has been appointed Secretary General of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di Sicilia Orientale
Augusta, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Carlo Guglielmi has been appointed Secretary General of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare di...
Akfen Holding sells 40% stake in Mersin port to Australia’s IFM
Mersin, Turkey (Ports Europe) August 2, 2017 – Turkish infrastructure company Akfen Holding has sold its 40% stake in Mersin International Port to IFM...
Italian Court of Audit provides €39 million funding to La Spezia port
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Italian Court of Audit has unblocked €39 million ($46.1 million) in financing for the construction of...
Messina highlights concerns over new authority
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The Commissione Territorio e Ambiente dell’Ars (Territorial and Environment Commission of the Ars) has...
Container traffic, record growth for the port of Salerno
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – The Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) saw growth of 20% in the second quarter of 2017. Containers at the...
Mayor of Civitavecchia supports port authority appointment
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2017 – Antonio Cozzolino, Mayor of Civitavecchia, has said that he supports the appointment of Francesco...
Genoa-based port authority president expresses support for China’s Silk Road initiative
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Countries in northern Europe oppose the One Belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative of China, as they want to prevent...