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.
La Spezia-based port authority starts monitoring Liguria port economy
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Port System (Autorità portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale) has started...
Venice-based port authority sets up board of directors
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – The Authority of the North Adriatic Port System (Autorità di...
Porto Torres project to arrive soon
Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy (PortSEurope) July17, 2017 – At the roundtable organised by Italy’s Assocostieri (Associazione Nazionale Deposit Costieri...
Cagliari port completes project for improvement of Dogane dock
Cagliari, Italy (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Cagliari port has completed a project for the improvement of the look of its water front by installing street...
Ancona developing as super yacht centre
Ancona, Italy (PortSEurope) July 16, 2017 – The Adriatic port of Ancona is experiencing growth in the super yacht business. The port is the location for...
BlueConnect is now online, and includes ports in France and Italy
Nice, France (PortSEurope) July 15, 2017 – BlueConnect, the port observation platform, is now online, and includes 295 ports in Var, Alpes Maritimes,...
Port of Trieste: Decree on the management of free port areas
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 15, 2017 – The Port Network Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea (Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
EU supports new railway line from Venice to Ljubljana
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union is to support the construction of a new railway line from Venice to Ljubljana, Slovenia....
Italy’s Marche region gives green light to dredging of Fano port
Fano, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – Italy’s Marche regional government has given the green light to the start of dredging works at the port of...
Taranto port to open 600m of overhauled quay
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – On July 27, Italy’s Minister for the South and Territorial Cohesion, Claudio De Vincenti, will officially...
La Spezia tenders for development of Garibaldi quay
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 12, 2017 – A new tender procedure is open for the extension of the Garibaldi dock in La Spezia Container Terminal....
Grimaldi joins joins GIA decarbonisation alliance
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – The Grimaldi Group, the global shipping and logistics company, has become the fourteenth company to join the...
Trieste to host EU-China meeting on transport
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Trieste-based port authority to acquire two warehouses from Wärtsilä
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Adriatic Sea Port System (Autorità di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
TMT expands Trieste-Budapest rail connection
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. has started a fifth regular weekly block train departure from Trieste to...
Port of Trieste, new decree for the duty free area has been signed
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 9, 2017 – Authorizations for industrial activities, reorganization of the area based on international trade needs and...
MSC receives award for best shipping company in Asian-European connections
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has recently been awarded the Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain...
Interporto di Trieste acquires free zone plot
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Following on the last week’s declaration of Trieste port as a free port, Interporto di Trieste S.p.A....
Fincantieri, GE Power to jointly develop system for control of pollution of ships
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri S.p.A. has signed a cooperation agreement with GE Power for the development of a...
SRM – The 2017 Report on the Maritime Economy
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (SRM) has published the fourth issue of the Report on the Maritime...