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.
DP World starts offering Tarragona-Genoa regular line
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – DP World has started offering a regular shipping line between Spain’s Tarragona and Italy’s Genoa...
Event – SRM to present its fourth annual report “Italian Maritime Economy” – Naples.
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) June 12, 2017 – On Wednesday June 21, 2017, Studi e Ricerche per il Mezzogiorno (SRM) will present its fourth annual...
Consortium completes dredging at Taranto port
Taranto, Italy (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The consortium of Consorzio Stabile Grandi Lavori S.C.R.L., Ottomano Ing. Carmine & C. S.A.S. and Favellato...
Qatar crisis to cause problems in international shipping – Spediporto
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 8, 2017 – The breakup of diplomatic relations with Qatar, accused by the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and...
Trieste and Duisburg ports to cooperate
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 9, 2017 – Duisburger Hafen AG (duisport) and the northern Italian port of Trieste are set to increase their...
Noatum, MSC extend working hours of terminals at Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Noatum Container Terminal Valencia and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have extended the working hours of...
Genoa port should focus on dredging – former port president
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Genoa port should keep working on increasing the draft of its basin, as the world-class vessels of Mediterranean...
Italy’s Caronte & Tourist to build ten LNG-fuelled ferry ships
Messina, Italy (PortSEurope) June 6, 2017 – Italian company Caronte & Tourist S.p.A. plans to invest a total of €200 million ($225.53 million) in the...
Trieste port sees its integrated management system certification renewed
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Trieste port has become the first Italian harbour to obtain an extension of its integrated management system...
La Spezia port to complete electrification of docks by 2025
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – La Spezia port docks will be completely electrified by 2025, allowing the reduction of the carbon dioxide (CO2)...
Italy’s Rina Consulting wins contracts to design three ports in Kuwait
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Rina Consulting, a subsidiary of Genoa-based Rina S.p.A., has won a €1.5 million ($1.7 million) contract to...
Finnlines Group – Financial Review January–March 2017
Helsinki, Finland (PortSEurope) June 5, 2017 – Finnlines group, owned by the Napoli-based Grimaldi Group, has published its financial review for the...
Costa Crociere has no plans to move headquarters away from Genoa
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Italy’s Costa Crociere S.p.A. has no plans to move its headquarters away from Genoa, CEO Michael Thamm said....
Two new signatories to the Malta MedFish4Ever Declaration
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – On 16 and 31 May respectively the Ambassadors to the European Union of the People’s Democratic...
European Ports Forum invites membership applications
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) has set up a group of experts...
Italy’s Stazioni Marittime expects 2019 to be a year of record cruise traffic at Genoa port
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Edoardo Monzani, who was appointed on the helm of Genoa harbour passenger stations management company Stazioni...
Italy completes list of presidents of new port authorities
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – The last three names of presidents of Italian port system authorities have been announced, Transport Minister...
Eni, Fincantieri sign cooperation deal on development of offshore platforms
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Italian oil and gas company Eni S.p.A. and shipbuilder Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. have...
NGO to carry out unofficial referendum on cruise ships in Venice lagoon
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Italian non-governmental organisation No Grandi Navi (NGV), which seeks to ban the entry of big cruise ships in...
Contship increases Hannibal rail connectivity between Melzo and Rotterdam
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – The ERS Melzo-Rotterdam rail service by Hannibal, Contship’s Multimodal Transport Operator,...