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.
Alphaliner expects East-West container demand to rise by 5% in April
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 22, 2017 – With the launch of new alliances, especially in East-West traffic, as of April 1, the demand for ships and...
Barska Plovidba to relaunch Bar-Bari ferry line
Bar, Montenegro (PortSEurope) April 23, 2017 – Montenegro’s Barska Plovidba A.D. has signed an agreement with Croatia’s Jadrolinija to restart...
MedCruise welcomes European Blue Growth report
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – MedCruise, the Association of Mediterranean Cruise Ports, has welcomed yesterday’s announcement by...
Naples port dredging to begin in July
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – The dredging of Naples port seabed will start in July and will last for two years or so, the president of the...
Trieste port handles 20% more trains in Q1 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 20, 2017 – Trieste port handled some 2,000 trains in the first quarter of 2017, up 20.06% on the year, while total cargo...
Palermo port handles 10,000 cruise passengers in single day
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – Palermo port handled around 10,000 cruise passengers in a single day on April 18. Costa Fascinosa and MSC...
Trieste Marine Terminal reports increased traffic in Q1 2017
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 19, 2017 – In the first three months of 2017, cargo volumes moved via Trieste Marine Terminal increased by 12.56% to...
Ferretti group reports first profit since 2008
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 12, 2017 – The Ferretti Group has presented its financial results for 2016 and the first quarter of 2017. The group...
Grimaldi launches Mexico Ro-Ro service
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – The Grimaldi Group is launching a new direct Ro-Ro service to Mexico for the transport of cars, rolling...
STX Fincantieri sign agreement
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 12, 2017 – Fincantieri S.p.A. has announced that it has signed with the French State, represented by the Agence des...
Salerno Container Terminal is a port of call for three new container services
Salerno, Italy (Ports Europe) April 18, 2017 – Salerno Container Terminal (SCT) in southern Italy will receive three new container services – The...
Contship expands Hannibal rail services
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2017 – Hannibal, the multimodal transport operating division of the Contship Italia Group, is expanding with a...
Shipping Company of the Year Award for Grimaldi Group
Naples, Italy, April 10, 2017 – In the majestic surroundings of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New Orleans, last 5th April the Grimaldi Group received the...
Gioia Tauro container terminal MCT employees block port
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) April 13, 2017 – Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) employees have blocked Gioia Tauro port to protest against the plans...
Naples port starts LNG bunkering project
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Naples port will launch later this year an expression of interest for a liquefied natural gas bunker. This was...
Italy’s Sonsub to set up headquarters at Trieste port
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – Sonsub A.S., a company that develops applied technology for the Saipem Group, plans to set up its headquarters...
President of Southern Adriatic Sea Port System named
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – The Italian government has appointed Ugo Patroni Griffi as president of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare...
Genoa, Savona ports investments total €330 million
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) April 11, 2017 – The investments in capacity improvements at Genoa and Savona ports will total €330 million ($349.4 million),...
Eurogate Group presents its results for the 2016 financial year
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) April 6, 2017 – EUROGATE Group today presented its results for the 2016 financial year – expansive business...
Northern Sardinia ports passenger traffic rises 17% in 2016
Olbia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 7, 2017 – The ports in northern Sardinia, namely Olbia, Golfo Aranci and Porto Torres, handled a total of 4.5 million...