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.
PSA Venice awarded new concession
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) June 2, 2023 – PSA Venice has been awarded a new concession in the Port of Venice. The client is Autorita’ di Sistema...
Piombino LNG FSRU terminal to start operations in June
Piombino, Italy (Ports Europe) May 30, 2023 – Italian energy company Snam has said that at its Golar Tunda floating storage and regasification...
Contship Italia sees TEU traffic down over -16% in Q1 2023
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – In the first three months of 2023, Contship Italia’s terminals handled 358,402 containers (TEU), down...
What are the advantages of the new bridge over the Strait of Messina?
Messina, Italy (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – This week, the Italian Senate agreed to convert the decree on the bridge over the Strait of Messina into...
Passenger traffic with Italy at Port of Durrës increases
Durrës, Albania (Ports Europe) May 29, 2023 – Passenger traffic between the Port of Durrës and Italy has maintained an upward trend during the first...
Terminal Alti Fondali Savona acquires the transport branch of Dotta
Savona, Italy (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – Terminal Alti Fondali Savona (Tafs), part of the Italiana Coke group based in the port of Savona, has...
Port of Termoli signs contract for “cold ironing”
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Meridionale (AdSPMAM) has signed a contract with company...
Baltic-Adriatic Rail Freight Corridor meeting in Gdansk
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) May 26, 2023 – On 23 May 2023, representatives of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale...
Italian Senate approves bridge over Strait of Messina
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) May 25, 2023 – After the green light from the Senate to convert the decree on the bridge over the Strait of Messina into law,...
Egyptian delegation visits Port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – An Egyptian delegation has visited the Port of Livorno as part of a twinning project –...
New Hannibal rail link between HHLA PLT Trieste and Milan
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – Last month, Contship Italia Hannibal started a new railway service linking the HHLA PLT terminal in Trieste...
Czechs to import more oil via Port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) May 24, 2023 – The Czech state energy company Mero will fund a $73 million expansion of the Transalpine oil pipeline (TAL),...
Medkon starts calling at Port of Taranto
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) May 23, 2023 – The Medkon Mersin vessel called at the Port of Taranto on May 2, starting a service which Medkon hopes will...
Italy’s Adriatic Port of Vasto handles largest ever ship
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) May 22, 2023 – Italy’s Adriatic Port of Vasto has received its largest-ever ship in order to transport vans to...
Ports of Civitavecchia and Lazio see cargo up +3.2% in Q1 2023
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 19, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023, the Ports of Civitavecchia and Lazio handled a total of 3.42 million...
Port of Venice cargo down -3.6% on annual basis
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) May 18, 2023 – Between April 2022 and March 2023, the Port of Venice handled 24,220,555 tons of cargo, down -3.6%...
EUROKAI sees TEU handling down over 16% in Q1 2023
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) May 17, 2023 – In the first quarter of 2023 the container terminals in the EUROKAI Group saw an overall decline in...
Huge cocaine haul found in Port of Gioia Tauro
Gioia Tauro, Italy (PortSEurope) May 16, 2023 – Media reports say that police in Italy have seized 2.7 tons of cocaine hidden among 78 tons of bananas in...
Regional court rules against Genoa Port breakwater contract
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 11, 2023 – The regional court (TAR) has ruled against the contract for the construction of a new breakwater. The Port...
Glencore considers repurposing plant in Sardinia
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) May 10, 2023 – The commodity trader Glencore owns Portovesme Srl which operates two production sites and a...