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.
Meeting of the management committee of the Port Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 24, 2017 – The Management Committee of the Port Authority System of the Eastern Ligurian Sea (Autorita’ di Sistema...
Event – Genoa Shipping Week – June 26-July 1
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) June 23, 2017 – Genoa Shipping Week will take place June 26 – July 1, 2017, and will be organised around the...
Drewry expects ONE to become fifth largest container company globally in 2021
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – UK consultancy Drewry Shipping foresees a new wave of mergers and acquisitions in the container shipping...
Bari, Durrës ports sign cooperation deal for cargo, passenger traffic
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Bari and Durrës ports agreed to set up a cooperation project to facilitate the flow of cargo and passengers...
Trieste and Koper host Baku port delegation
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) june 21, 2017 – A staff delegation from the port of Baku, in Azerbaijan, has visited the ports of Trieste and Koper...
Hannibal launches Melzo-Trieste intermodal service
Trieste, Italy June 20, 2017 – Hannibal, in partnership with Alpe Adria S.p.A., is launching a new intermodal service between Melzo (Milan) and Trieste,...
Trieste, Koper ports discuss cooperation
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – Whilst Trieste and Koper ports are competitors, they can cooperate, especially in the field of promotion and...
TEN-T – Connecting Europe – Core network corridors
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – TEN-T (Trans-European Transport Networks) envisages coordinated improvements to primary roads, railways,...
Trieste Marine Terminal sees increased May traffic
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – In May 2017, the total volumes handled at Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. (TMT) increased by 25.7% compared...
Chinese delegation visits the port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The Counselor Minister of the commercial economic office of the Chinese embassy in Italy, Xu Xiaofeng, has...
Venice Chamber of Commerce calls for special economic zone
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The national government has been asked to reconsider its policies for new Special Economic Zones (SEZ) which...
Brindisi pushes for investment and development
Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The association of Salento port operators (Operatori portuali salentini) has met with both the President...
Brindisi looks at LNG opportunities
Brindisi, Italy (PortSEurope) June 19, 2017 – The association of Salento port operators (Operatori portuali salentini – OPS) has met with the...
Italian infrastructure ministry signs framework agreement for development of Gioia Tauro port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – Italian Infrastructure Ministry has signed a framework agreement to boost the recovery of Gioia Tauro port...
La Spezia port joins Assoporti’s port planning working group
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) June 16, 2017 – The Authority of the Eastern Ligurian Sea Port System (Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure...
Trieste port completes photovoltaic plant modification project
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – Trieste port has completed the project of modification of the photovoltaic system at the harbour, as a result of...
EU to support sustainable fisheries in Mediterranean region
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – The European Parliament adopted with 558 votes in favour and 43 against an initiative in support of sustainable...
Gruppo Laghezza opens offices in Venice, Ancona
Venice, Italy (PortSEurope) June 14, 2017 – Italian port services firm Gruppo Laghezza S.r.l. has opened offices in Venice and Ancona as part of its efforts...
Trieste port to hold open day
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) June 15, 2017 – The port of Trieste (Porto di Trieste) is to hold an open day and invites local people to visit the ports...
Call for local employment at Civitavecchia port
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) July 13, 2017 – Municipal Councilors, Mauro Guerrini and Mirko Mecozzi, have asked the president of the Centre-North...