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.
Ports of Rome see cargo traffic down 10.5% in H1 2024
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 14, 2024 – The Ports of Rome handled 6.22. million tons (Mt) of cargo in the first half of 2024, down 10.5% on...
Authorities seize cocaine in Port of Naples
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) August 14, 2024 – The customs authorities have seized 188 kilograms of cocaine in the Port of Naples. The drugs came from...
148 kg of cocaine seized in Italy’s Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 13, 2024 – 148 kg of cocaine were seized in Italy’s Mediterranean port of Livorno and three Albanian citizens who...
Trieste Marine Terminal: TEU traffic – July 2024
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 13, 2024 – Trieste Marine Terminal srl (TMT)Â handled 68,894 containers (TEU) in July 2024. This compares with...
Palermo to develop the local port of Bandito
Palermo, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) August 13, 2024 – The Port of Palermo is to invest 16 million euros in developing the local port of Bandito,...
‘Cruisezillas’: How much bigger can cruise ships get? – T & E
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe)- August 13, 2024 – Clean energy advocate Transport & Environment has published a report asking how big cruise ships...
Port of Venice sees cargo handled down 3.3% in Q2 2024
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) August 13, 2024 – In the second quarter of 2024, the Port of Venice handled 6.16 million (Mt) of cargo, down 3.3% on the...
Port of Barletta issues tender to extend dock
Bari, Italy (Ports Europe) August 12, 2024 – The Southern Adriatic Port System Authority has published a tender for the design and works for the...
Update – Rome invites applicants to manage nine leading port authorities
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – Last month, the Italian government invited applicants for the job of president of nine of the country’s...
Port of Civitavecchia to receive 35 million euros – MIT
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – A total of 35 million euros has been allocated to the port of Civitavecchia to purchase an area...
Lorenzini to join Livorno Terminal Marittimo concession
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – The Port Authority for Livorno, AdSP MTS, has responded to problems at the Livorno Terminal Marittimo...
Fake luxury goods worth €15 mln seized in Port of Trieste
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 8, 2024 – A joint operation of various official agencies has seized almost 115,000 items of counterfeit luxury...
Port of Naples’ terminal operators to be sanctioned
Naples, Italy (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – The terminal operators Conateco and Soteco, jointly with the parent company Marinvest, and the Terminal...
Port of Trieste starts cold ironing processes
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) August 5, 2024 – The Port Authority of Trieste has started the procedure for the assignment of the engineering and...
Port of Gioia Tauro set to receive cranes from China
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) August 2, 2024 – The Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) will soon welcome a ship from China carrying four new cranes...
MSC completes the purchase of Italian AlisCargo Airlines
Milan, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. MSC has completed the purchase of the capital of the Italian airline...
Enel workers continue strike at Port of Brindisi
Brindisi, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – For nearly two weeks, the Port of Brindisi has been affected by a strike of workers from Enel. Picketing...
Port of Ravenna and FS Group sign digitalisation agreement
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – The FS Group’s Logistics Hub and the Port System Authority of the Northern Central Adriatic Sea...
Wartsila to transfer its manufacturing site in Trieste, Italy to shipping company MSC
Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release 1 August 2024 In July 2022, technology group Wärtsilä announced a plan to ramp down manufacturing in...
Terminal Rinfuse Venezia seeks concession extension
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) July 31, 2024—Terminal Rinfuse Venezia SpA has requested a 25-year extension to its concession, which covers over 278,500 m²....