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.
RFI tenders for two green ferries for Strait of Messina
Palermo, Italy (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) is tendering for the supply of two fast dual fuel ferries for the Strait of...
European Commission approves support for Italian rail freight transport companies
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) June 22, 2022 – The European Commission has approved €374 million to compensate Italian rail freight transport...
Port of Civitavecchia welcomes bitumen cargo
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) June 21, 2022 – The port of Civitavecchia is the first Italian port where bitumen is unloaded directly onto trucks,...
Port of Taranto returns improved April cargo figure
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) June 21, 2022 – The Port of Taranto returned to positive cargo numbers in April 2022, after a negative first quarter. April...
PSA Venice seeks 25-year renewal for Port of Venice concession
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) June 21, 2022 – PSA Venice has requested a 25-year renewal of its container terminal concession at Porto Marghera, Venice....
Port of Ravenna sees cargo traffic up by over +6% in first quarter
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) June 16, 2022 – In the first quarter of 2022, the Port of Ravenna reported total cargo of 8.69 million tons (mt), up +6.1%...
Port of Livorno Raccordo rail project to go ahead
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) June 15, 2022 – The Port of Livorno Raccordo rail project is to go ahead. Top priority will go to the first phase of the...
U.S. consul Ragini Gupta visits Port of Livorno
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) June 15, 2022 – The Consul General of the United States of America in Florence, Ragini Gupta, has visited the Port of...
CEVA Logistics has started a new weekly intermodal service with HHLA PLT Italy, Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) June 15, 2022 – CEVA Logistics, part of CMA CGM, has started a new weekly intermodal service from Trieste to Central and...
Port of Naples sees total cargo traffic down slightly in Jan-Apr 2022
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – The ports of Naples, Salerno and Castellammare di Stabia have reported that total cargo handled in...
Renovit to build 10 MW of solar farms for five Fincantieri facilities
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) June 14, 2022 – Renovit, a Snam subsidiary and an associate company of CDP Equity (CDPE), is to build 10 MW of solar farms...
European Commission approves €55 million Italian scheme to encourage intermodal freight transport
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €55 million Italian scheme to encourage freight transport to shift from road to rail...
AdSP wins in the Court of Appeal against Compagnia Porto Civitavecchia Spa
Civitavecchia – With a non-definitive sentence of 31 May, the Court of Appeal of Rome accepted the appeal proposed by the Port System Authority of the...
Contship and Bahnoperator start new Italy-China intermodal railway service
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) June 9, 2022 – Contship Italia and Germany’s Bahnoperator GmbH have started a new Italy-China intermodal railway...
Porto Antico di Genova SpA awarded Genoa concession
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) June 8, 2022 – The Port of Genoa has approved a concession for Porto Antico di Genova SpA on areas and stretches of water in...
Italian ports targeted by Russian cyber hackers
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 7, 2022 – Italian ports have been targeted by “Legion”, an offshoot of the pro-Russian activist...
Port of Genoa subject to cyber attack
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – The Port of Genoa has said that it has been the subject of a cyber attack this morning. In an announcement the...
Italian ambassador in Libya visits Misurata Free Zone
Misrata, Libya (Ports Europe) June 6, 2022 – Giuseppe Grimaldi, the Italian ambassador in Libya, has visited the Misrata Free Zone (MFZ). MFZ Chairman,...
Italian government approves Port of Genoa breakwater project
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) May 28, 2022 – The Special Committee of the Higher Council of Public Works of the Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructures and...
Di Maio proposes use of Trieste and Venice ports to handle grain exports from Ukraine
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) June 3, 2022 – Speaking in the Italian parliament yesterday, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi di Maio, proposed establishing...