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.
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,...
Civitavecchia-based port authority names secretary general
Civitavecchia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Italy’s Authority of the Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port System (Autorità si Sistema portuale del Mar...
Bremen shippers increase use of Mediterranean ports
Bremen, Germany (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Verein der Bremer Spediteure is an association representing the interests of local shippers and freight...
Trieste port’s Pier VII receives crane upgrade
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 28, 2017 – The upgrading phase of the second crane of Trieste’s container terminal has been carried out in the past...
Munich, Port of Trieste meets with Bavarian delegates
Munich, Germany (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Harbour logistics, customs, railroad operations and professional training were the topics discussed at the...
Voltri Terminal Europa orders 21 electric cranes from China’s Zhenhua
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – Voltri Terminal Europa S.p.A, the operator of Genoa container terminal PSA Voltri Prà has ordered the delivery of...
Trieste port takes advantage of Italy’s economy digitalisation strategy
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 23, 2017 – Italian regional government of Friuli Venezia Giulia said it became the first regional authority to participate...
Chinese investors show interest in Ligurian ports
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Italian transport minister Graziano Delrio said Chinese investors have expressed serious interest in the ports of...
Croatia’s Jadrolinija starts operating Bar-Bari ferry line
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) May 22, 2017 – Croatian ferry operator Jadrolinija started operating a regular line connecting Montenegro’s Bar port to...
Fincantieri acquires control of STX France
Trieste, May 19, 2017 – Fincantieri S.p.A. has announced that it signed today a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of 66.66% of the share capital...
China looks at Trieste port investment
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Following a visit to China, Italy’s Premier Paolo Gentiloni said that Chinese investors were...
Hugo Trumpy appointed agent for Intermarine
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – Hugo Trumpy, a shipping agency, has been appointed as exclusive commercial agent in Italy for Intermarine...
Venice port and Grimaldi at Transport Logistic 2017 in Munich
Munich, Germany (PortSEurope) May 19, 2017 – Porto di Venezia, the port of Venice, was present at the Transport Logistic Munich “Transport...
La Spezia Container Terminal reports improved container throughput in 2017
La Spezia, Italy (PortSEurope) May 21, 2017 – La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) has recorded its largest ever result in container throughput in the...
Hapag-Lloyd improves IMEX service between Mediterranean, India, Middle East
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Hapag-Lloyd has announced the improvement of its IMEX service between the Mediterranean, India and the Middle East...
Italian ports are strategic for China’s One Belt One Road initiative – PM
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – China puts in place a multi-billion dollar investment plan for the New Silk Road, the largest infrastructure,...
Italy to close Sicilian ports during G-7 summit
Palermo, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – Italy will close the ports on the island of Sicily during the G-7 summit in Taormina on May 26 and 27, the head...
Bari port looks to improve Albanian passenger services
Bari, Italy (PortSEurope) May 15, 2017 – A new phase of cross-border cooperation was initiated by Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico...
Grimaldi to invest in upgrading fleet
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 12, 2017 – Italian shipping company Grimaldi Group has designed an ambitious investment programme for a period of ten years...