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.
Trieste remains key port for Austria
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) February 4, 2017 – Trieste was one of the most important ports of the Habsburg monarchy. Today, the port is once again the...
GPH acquires stakes in three Italian cruise port terminals
Cagliari, Italy (Ports Europe) February 1, 2017 – Turkey-based Global Ports Holding (GPH) has acquired stakes in three companies managing cruise ports...
Trieste railway line to make Baltic-Mediterranean transport more flexible
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – The German port of Kiel on the Baltic Sea and the Italian port of Trieste in the Adriatic have been...
Rail Cargo Austria subsidiary relocates to Porto Marghera
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 31, 2017 – The Rail Cargo Austria subsidiary Rail Cargo Carrier Italy (RCCI) is to relocate its operational...
Trieste port cargo traffic rises 4% Y/Y in 2016
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) January 27, 2017 – Trieste is a port that is growing by some 4% annually. This is what emerges from the annual statistical...
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...