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.
Liguria court requests compensation from former Genoa port president
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – The prosecutor of the Court of Auditors of Liguria has demanded compensation of €88,000 ($93,960) from...
Eastern Sicily port authority to be based at Catania port
Catania, Italy (Ports Europe) January 26, 2017 – Italian Transport Minister Graziano Delrio has signed the decree establishing Catania port as the...
Taranto port starts dredging works
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The Port Authority of the Ionian Sea System has started the project for the dredging of 2.3 million cu m...
New report confirms positive economic trends in EU fishing fleet
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 – The economic performance of the EU fleet improved significantly again in 2014, according to the...
Event – European Maritime Day – Poole, UK, May 18-19, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) January 25, 2017 -The European Maritime Day (EMD) is the annual meeting point for Europe’s community of maritime...
Grimaldi interested in Mediterranean acquisitions
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Speaking during the 3rd Naftemporiki shipping conference in Athens, Grimaldi managing director President...
Event – BiLOG Logistics and Maritime Forum
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – Piacenza’s mayor, Paolo Dosi and the President of Eastern Liguria Sea Port Authority, Carla...
Trieste port president to present services on conference at Italy’s Embassy to Austria
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 24, 2017 – The president of Trieste port, Zeno D’Agostino, plans to take part in an event to present the...
First train on TEN-T Adriatic-Baltic corridor to depart from Trieste port on Jan 25
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 23, 2017 – The first intermodal train scheduled on the Kiel-Gothenburg route will travel from Trieste port...
Court orders Genoa port to change way of granting access to dry docks
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Genoa port authority will have to reconsider the access of operators to dry docks. This was ruled by the...
Minoan replaces Trieste with Venice in ferry route connecting Ancona to Greece
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 19, 2017 – Minoan Grimaldi Lines has changed the route of its ferry line connecting Ancona to the Greek ports of...
Livorno port launches intermodal terminal
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) January 10, 2017 – With a total investment of around €40 million ($42.3 million), Livorno port has opened a new...
Event – Trieste – Your Rail Port in the heart of Europe
Vienna, Austria (Ports Europe) January 16, 2017 – On January 26 a conference entitled “Trieste – Your Rail Port in the heart of Europe” will...
Trieste Marine Terminal increases container throughput in 2016
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. ended 2016 with a container throughput of 449,481 TEU, up 1.6% on 2015,...
Trieste Marine Terminal reports record rail growth in 2016
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Rail volumes at Trieste Marine Terminal S.p.A. (TMT) increased by 26.5% in 2016, compared with the...
Cagliari port to handle 400,000 cruise passengers in 2017
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2017 – Cagliari port expects to handle 400,000 cruise passengers in 2017, versus 260,000 last year. The...
GPH acquires controlling stake in Cagliari Cruise Terminal
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) January 18, 2017 – Global Ports Holding (GPH), a world leader in the cruise sector, has acquired a controlling stake in...
Enel to operate coal-fired power plant at Genoa port for few months in 2017
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Italian power utility Enel Spa has announced that it can reopen the coal-fired power plant at Genoa port...
Svimez calls for launch of special economic zones at Gioia Tauro, Taranto ports
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – Italian association for the economic development of southern Italy, Associazione per lo sviluppo...
Civitavecchia port president meets EC representatives
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) January 17, 2017 – The President of the Port System of the Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea, Francesco Maria di Majo, was...