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.
Palermo-based port authority to give equal opportunities to ports under management
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – The Authority of the Western Sicilian Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema portuale del Mare di...
Ancona-based port authority completes management structure design
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – The Port System of the Central Adriatic Sea (Autorità di Sistema Portuale dell’Adriatico Centrale) has...
Genoa port handles record-high container traffic in H1 2017
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2017 – Genoa port handled record-high 1.283 million TEUs of container traffic in the first half of 2017, versus 1.133...
Agreement signed for cleaning of Manfredonia port
Manfredonia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (the Port Authority of the Southern...
Trieste Marine Terminal reports improved traffic for H1 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – Data from the first half of 2017 confirm a trend of considerable growth of Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A....
China investment in Mediterranean ports
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) July 28, 2017 – The Italian financial daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore has published an article looking at Chinese state...
Iranian delegation visits the port of Bari
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdPMAM – Southern Adriatic Sea Port...
Fincantieri and Mapei announce cooperation
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – Fincantieri, a Trieste-based world leader in cruise ship construction, and Mapei, a leader in chemical products...
Contship’s presents webinar to streamline logistic processes
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – After its successful webinar debut in Italian language in April, Contship Italia launched its first...
Fincantieri starts on the multipurpose amphibious unit
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – At Fincantieri’s shipyard in Castellammare di Stabia, work has begun on a multipurpose amphibious unit...
CMA CGM presents new service in Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 25, 2017 – At the historic Ca ‘Foscari University Barracks on July 20, the Venice stage of the French shipper...
Cargo flows across the Swiss Alps
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – In 2016, a total of 40.4 million tons of goods crossed the Swiss Alps, which marks a new record and...
Puglia and Sicily considered for special economic zones
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) July 24, 2017 – Puglia and Sicily are being considered at locations for special economic zones under discussion be the...
Kiel expands southern rail capacity
Kiel, Germany (Ports Europe) July 22, 2017 – The German Baltic seaport of Kiel is to expand its cargo platform space to accommodate longer trains...
La Spezia port cargo traffic rises 14.2% y/y in H1 2017
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 20, 2017 – La Spezia port has closed the first six months of the year with a growth in traffic to 713,434 TEUs, up...
Government okays appointment of Cagliari-based port authority president
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Massimo Deiana has been appointed as president of the Authority of Sardinia port system (Autorità di Sistema...
Livorno port’s Darsena Europa construction to start in 2018
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) July 19, 2017 – Tuscany regional government president Enrico Rossi has said the construction of Darsena Europa complex at...
Genoa port books record-high container traffic in May
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Genoa port handled record-high 233,995 TEUs of container traffic in May, versus 200,725 TEUs in the fifth month...
Court dismisses appeal against Vado Ligure port platform
Vado Ligure, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Italian administration court has dismissed the appeal of environmentalist association Italia Nostra against...
Ravenna port signs framework agreement to improve job safety
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Ravenna prefecture has signed a framework agreement for ensuring the safety of workers at Ravenna port. The...