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.
Southern Mediterranean shore transhipment hubs
Paris, France (Ports Europe) November 12, 2024 – From Tanger Med to Damietta, transhipment hubs in the Mediterranean are developing rapidly on the...
Port of Genoa’s new shipbuilding dock on schedule for 2025
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – The Port of Genoa is on schedule to complete the new outfitting dock in Sestri Ponente in December 2025....
Trieste Terminal Passeggeri handled over 500,000 passengers in 2024
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – Trieste Terminal Passeggeri has said that it handled over 500,000 passengers in 2024, up 5% on the...
Government approves finance for Pier VIII in the port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) November 8, 2024 – The Interministerial Committee for Economic Planning and Sustainable Development (CIPESS) has approved...
Port of Cagliari exceeds 500,000 cruise passengers
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – The port of Cagliari has exceeded 500,000 cruise passengers so far in 2024. By the end of...
Vestas inaugurates new production line in Taranto
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) November 6, 2024 – Vestas, a wind turbine company, has inaugurated a new production line for the V236-15.0MW wind turbine...
NGO ship arrives in port of Naples with 81 migrants
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – The NGO ship Solidaire arrived today in the port of Naples with 81 migrants of various nationalities. The...
Port of Venice approves budget for 2025
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – The Management Committee of the Northern Adriatic Sea System Authority (AdSP) approved the budget for...
Ports of Genoa and Kobe, Japan, discuss cooperation
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – On November 4, 2024, a delegation from the Port of Kobe-Osaka, led by President Kido Takafumi, visited the...
Melzo and Milano Smistamento hubs will join the Genoa ZLS
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) November 5, 2024 – The Melzo and Milano Smistamento hubs will be included in the Simplified Logistics Zone (ZLS) of the port...
Port of Milazzo work to resume
Milazzo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – On October 30, the Port System Authority of the Strait awarded to a consortium of Sostenia srl...
Public-private company to manage Trieste port digital system
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – Port Community System (PCS), a new publicly controlled company, with the participation of an industrial...
Ukrainian Maritime Administration visits Genoa
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – Today, the Councilor for Heritage, Port and Sea, Francesco Maresca, met a delegation from the Ukrainian...
40 kg cocaine seized at Port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – The Guardia di Finanza and the Customs Agency have discovered 40 kg of cocaine in the Port of Livorno....
Nuclear power in Porto Marghera?
Porto Marghera, (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Last month, the Italian government indicated an intention to explore becoming a nuclear power....
Interporto Rivers Venezia to open platform in Porto Marghera in spring
Porto Marghera, Italy (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Interporto Rivers Venezia, formerly Centro Intermodale Adriatico, a terminal company in Porto...
AdSP del Mare Di Sardegna budget approved
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Over half a billion euros in funding for works over the next 5 years, 70% of which to cover...
Bucci: In Vado Ligure, the FSRU makes no sense
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 30, 2024 – Marco Bucci, current mayor of Genoa and future president of Liguria, has said that the FSRU in Piombino...
Port of Gioia Tauro receives last of 25 new cranes
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) October 29, 2024 – With the arrival of the last two cranes, which arrived two days ago in the port of Gioia Tauro, the...
Port of La Spezia plans extensive dredging works
La Spezia, Italy (Ports Europe) October 28, 2024 – The new extraordinary commissioner of Autorita’di Sistema Portuale del Mar Ligure Orientale (AdSPMLO...